R. Kirk Underhill Lecture 2026: The Eclipsed Republicanism of the Era of Conquest 🗓️ 27 April 🕛 5p.m.📍IGS Library, Philosophy Hall 🔗 Register for this event on our website: lnkd.in/gY3TmvKu

Political Ontology of the Closet: Elite Minorities and Sectarian Majorities in the Wilhelmine Empire 🗓️ 22 April 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall 🔗 Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Who owns Intangible Cultural Heritage from a Shared Colonial Past? The Rijsttafel, Food Media, and the Dutch East Indies 🗓️ 17 April 🕛 3 p.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event here events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Tracing a Social History of the Neapolitan Camorra: Markets, Power, Families. 🗓️ 16 April 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Past and future of the Trans-Atlantic Alliance: A Historical Perspective 🗓️ 14 April 🕛 Noon 📍223 Philosophy Hall events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED** New Date + Time TBD, keep an eye on our socials or subscribe to our mailing list for weekly updates! berkeley.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Language and Colonial Legacies in Portuguese Higher Education: The Experiences of Brazilian and African Portuguese-Speaking Students 🗓️ 2 April 🕛 3:30p.m. 📍200 Wheeler Hall Event Listing: events.berkeley.edu/sp/event/317...

Tyrol in Austria in Europe: Insights into an iconic region in the Heart of the Alps 🗓️ 8 April 🕛 11:30a.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Why Do Voters Support the Far Right in France? A Sociological Perspective 🗓️ 8 April 🕛 11 a.m. 📍4229 Dwinelle Hall events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

The Iberian Scientific Journey to Berkeley 🗓️ 1 April 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Thawing Ice, Rising Tensions: Canada's Arctic Security Challenge March 30 | 1:00 pm | 223 Philosophy Hall Please RSVP using QR code or at the following link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The Nazi-Era Theft of the 1709 Mendelssohn Stradivari – A Case Study on Looted Cultural Property, Provenance, and the Law 🗓️ 31 March 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall 🔗 Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Collective Representations of the Greek War of Independence 🗓️ 11 March 🕛 6p.m.📍322 Wheeler Hall Register for this event on our website events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

The German Blues. A Historian’s Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany 🗓️ 10 March 🕛 5p.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Next week our 2026 Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour begins! We look forward to welcoming Dorothee Wierling to present "The German Blues: A Historian’s Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany." Further information here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

Architectures of Asylum in Berlin, Germany 🗓️ 25 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Europe Against Liberalism: Fascist Europeanism and Its Contemporary Echoes 🗓️ 24 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

French Graduate Student Conference | Mutations ❇️ 🗓️ 12-13 February 📍4229 Dwinelle Hall Contact: [email protected] events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Competition in the AI age: Evolutions in antitrust design and enforcement 🗓️ 17 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

We are now accepting manuscripts for consideration for the 2027 Franz Steiner Prize! The prize is awarded every two years to an outstanding work of historical scholarship in the field of North American studies or transatlantic relations. Application details here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/fra...

GHI Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen will be giving a public lecture on "Spaces of Contested Statehood: A Legacy of Empire" at @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social on Thursday, February 19th. Registration details are available here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

IES Senior Fellow Matthew Specter quoted in the New York Times on Realism in US National Security Strategy. Read the full article --> www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/m...

Contesting Pluralism(s): How to learn from Turkey and “Non-Western” Cases 🗓️ 12 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall 🔗Register for this event on our website events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

⭐ Internship Opportunity! ⭐ FLAD will select up to seven interns with an interest in public service and eager to acquire significant experience in the US legislative process. Applicants can learn more about this opportunity on our website: www.flad.pt/en/applicati...

2026 Botstiber lecture in Austrian Studies The Jewish Community of Vienna in the Middle Ages: A Turbulent History and its Material Remains 🗓️ 4 February 🕛 Noon-2p.m. 📍223 Philosophy Hall 🔗Register for this event on our website events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Transatlantic Research Partnership 2026 The TRP now supports collaborative research projects carried out by two early-career researchers in France and the United States. The application deadline is February 15, 2026. albertinefoundation.org/albertine-hi...

Join us for our first event of the spring semester 2026! The Blurred Line: Speculation and Gambling in Germany and Britain around 1900 🗓️ 28 January 🕛 5pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Hibernation is nearly over... 🐻🌸 Looking forward to Spring Semester 2026! We have lots of fun events planned this semester, keep an eye on our socials for event updates! #gobears🐻 #springsemester #ucberkeley #berkeley

This holiday season please consider making a donation to the IES! Support our research, keep our events free, have Berkeley's gateway to Europe open for everyone! More info at the link below: give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0717000

Can we Disentangle AI from Governmentality? a Foucauldian Perspective 🗓️ 2 December 🕛Noon 📍Library of French Thought, Dwinelle 4229 For more information see our event listing events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Bernat Metge Knocking on Hell’s Door: Why the Souls of the Suicides Keep Moving 🗓️ 4 December 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register on our website! events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

Reminder: Applications for our 2026 West Coast Germanists' Workshop are due this Friday, November 14! Details about our gathering next spring at UC Boulder are here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

Join us for "Populism and the Far Right: Global Frameworks and Local Crises" on Wednesday, November 19 at 4pm. 📍2111 Bancroft Way & Zoom Register: bit.ly/Populism2025 Sponsored by Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies of @ucberkeleyissi.bsky.social & co-sponsored by @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social

2025 Ana Hatherly Lecture: Luís De Camões Between Europe and Asia (1553-1570) 🗓️ 6 November 2025 🕠4-5 p.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/31...

Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy 🗓️ 6 November 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

🎵 Creators, Influencers and Haters: How Catalan Troubadours Helped Shape Today’s World 📅 November 5 🕛 Noon-1.30pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies is now accepting grant proposals up to $25,000 for research and projects that promote an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria. Deadline: March 31, 2026 botstiberbiaas.org/grants/resea...

As the curator of UC Berkeley’s Salz Collection of Stringed Instruments, Carla Shapreau traces the rich histories of treasured, centuries-old violins and connects them to the next generation of musicians. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/17/t...

Shaping Health and Well-Being Across the Life Span 📅 October 30 🕛 Noon-1.30pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

🌳🍂Graduate Student Workshop with Maruška Svašek | Making Sense: Space, Movement, Interaction 📅 October 29 🕛 1-4p.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall Space is limited to 20 participants, please register your interest at the link below! events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

Join us for After/Lives: The Multiple Temporality of Czech Art, a lecture by Maruška Svašek. 📅 October 28 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall Register for this event on our website! events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

EU Big Tech Laws: An Emerging Public Utilities Regulation 📅 Thursday, October 23 🕛 11am–12pm 📍Room 244, Berkeley Law For more information or accommodations, please contact Toni Mendicino, [email protected] RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thanks to our colleagues for participating in last week's excellent conference "The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s"! ghiworkshops.hypothe...

Join us for a lecture by Maria van Lieshout discussing her new graphic novel "Blackbird". 📅 October 24 🕛 3pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall 🔗Register for this event on our website events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...

❄️☀️ Urban life through the seasons! Our 11th Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour features Dorothee Brantz, urban environmental historian and director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies at TU Berlin. More info -> history.ubc.ca/events/event... Zoom link -> ubc.zoom.us/j/6192851488...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Teaching Assistant Professor with a specialization in international relations. The position will have a joint appointment with the Center for European Studies unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307.... Deadline: October 24

Join us next Tuesday for Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Language Education: A Case Study of German for International Business Students at a Spanish University, a lecture by Maria Labarta (University of Valencia) 📅 October 21 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/30...