UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies

💫Deadline Extended: International Parliamentary Scholarship of the German Bundestag

📅 Deadline: 31 August 2025

🔗Find out more: www.germany.info/ips

Take a look at our Spring Semester Newsletter! 🌸

Read about all the IES events, visiting speakers, and conferences that took place this spring at the link below ⬇️

tinyurl.com/IESBerkeley25

Join us TOMORROW for a talk by Janine Silga, EU Policy on Migration and Development in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A New Iteration of the Colonial Legacy?: events.berkeley.edu/...

Co-Sponsor
The Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law

Join us MAY 13 for a talk by Janine Silga, EU Policy on Migration and Development in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A New Iteration of the Colonial Legacy?: events.berkeley.edu/...

Co-Sponsor
The Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law

Join us TOMORROW at 12pm for a lecture by Niall Ó Dochartaigh, "Making peace in the shadows: back-channel negotiation in the Irish peace process" : events.berkeley.edu/...

Co-sponsors:
Irish Studies
Political Science
Institute of International Studies
Celtic Studies Program

Democratic Knowledge under Attack: Trump vs. Academic Freedom | Online Discussion When? Tuesday, 29 April 2025 | 17:00-18:30 (CEST) | 8 a.m. (Pacific), 11 a.m. (Eastern) Where? Online via Zoom - link below No registration required

Democratic Knowledge under Attack: Trump vs. Academic Freedom | Online Discussion

UC Berkeley's Professor John Connelly will be part of this online event discussing the impact of the Trump administration's policies on academic freedom.

Find out more:
europeamerica.de/news-and-eve...

Starting this weekend!
events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/29...

NO BORDER: The Films of Sylvain George:”Paris est une Fête (un film en 18 vagues)” Join us for the opening night of “No Border: A Sylvain George Retrospective” with a special screening of 2017’s Paris est une fête (un film ...

APRIL 27-30: NO BORDER: The Films of Sylvain George. Free Screenings! events.berkeley.edu/...

Sponsors:
UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies
Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry
Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence
UC Berkeley Department of French
The European Union

Join us NEXT WEDNESDAY for a lecture by Niall Ó Dochartaigh, "Making peace in the shadows: back-channel negotiation in the Irish peace process" : events.berkeley.edu/...

Co-sponsors:
Irish Studies
Political Science
Institute of International Studies
Celtic Studies Program

Join us TOMORROW for a talk by Luigi Prada, Colonial philology? Neo-hieroglyphic inscriptions, 19th century Egyptology, and European politics events.berkeley.edu/...
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Italian Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for African Studies

Niall Ó Dochartaigh | Making peace in the shadows: back-channel negotiation in the Irish peace process Drawing on a rich store of new evidence that has emerged in recent years Niall Ó Dochartaigh (University of Galway) examines how and why secret ba...

I'll be talking at the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social about Back-channel Negotiation during the N. Ireland conflict on Wed April 30th at 11am. Registration & more info here: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/28...
@uniofgalway.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

Join us APRIL 25 -26 for Bordered Life and the Right to Move, an international conference examining borders, race, and migration today in the United States, Europe, and across the globe: events.berkeley.edu/...

Join us APRIL 23 for a talk by Luigi Prada, Colonial philology? Neo-hieroglyphic inscriptions, 19th century Egyptology, and European politics events.berkeley.edu/...
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Italian Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for African Studies

Join us TOMORROW for a talk by Amedeo Arena, "Enlightening Correspondences Between Italy and America: Cirillo and Morgan, Filangieri and Franklin" : events.berkeley.edu/...

Cosponsors:
Department of Italian
Italian Consulate San Francisco
Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco

Join us TOMORROW for a talk by Melanie Hack, Everybody Needs a Helping Hand? An Overview of Employee Rights in the Context of Elder Care in the EU and Norway : events.berkeley.edu/...

Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
Berkeley Law
Nordic Center
Center on Comparative Equality Law

Join us TOMORROW for the Annual Underhill Lecture by Sean Gailmard, "Agents of Empire: English Imperial Governance and the Making of American Political Institutions": events.berkeley.edu/...

Cosponsors:
Institute for Governmental Studies
Political Science
American Studies
@goldmanschool.bsky.social

Join us APRIL 15 for a talk by Amedeo Arena, "Enlightening Correspondences Between Italy and America: Cirillo and Morgan, Filangieri and Franklin" : events.berkeley.edu/...

Cosponsors:
Department of Italian
Italian Consulate San Francisco
Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco

Join us APRIL 10 for a talk by Melanie Hack, Everybody Needs a Helping Hand? An Overview of Employee Rights in the Context of Elder Care in the EU and Norway: events.berkeley.edu/...

Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
Berkeley Law
Nordic Center
Center of Comparative Equality Law

Join us APRIL 9 for the Annual Underhill Lecture by Sean Gailmard, "Agents of Empire: English Imperial Governance and the Making of American Political Institutions": events.berkeley.edu/...

Co-sponsors:
Institute for Governmental Studies
Political Science
American Studies
@goldmanschool.bsky.social

Join us APRIL 9 for the Underhill Lecture by Sean Gailmard, Agents of Empire: English Imperial Governance and the Making of American Political Institutions events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/28...

Cosponsors
Institute for Governmental Studies
Political Science
American Studies
@goldmanschool.bsky.social

65 - Realism and imperialism w/Matthew Specter Spaßbremse · Episode

IES Senior Fellow @matthewspecter.bsky.social was recently featured on the Spaßbremse podcast to discuss his 2022 book, "The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States." Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/3q3n...

Join us APRIL 1 for a lecture by Thomas Kohut (Williams College). Register now for "Empathy and Historical Understanding" : events.berkeley.edu/...

Co-sponsors:
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
Center for German and European Studies
UC Berkeley History
UC Berkeley German

Big thanks! The collective light of the Berkeley community shone brightly during Big Give 2025! The generosity of alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff, and friends like you will brighten the future for generations to come.

Today is BIG GIVE, when your love and support for IES shines even brighter. We invite you to give our Institute a big boost before the clock runs out! Make a gift before 9pm tonight to help enrich the learning and research experience at Berkeley: give.berkeley.edu/fu...

Today is Big Give when your support for UC Berkeley shines even brighter. Together, alumni, parents, friends, students and staff like you are empowering the incredible people and programs that make Berkeley a global beacon of innovation and positive change give.berkeley.edu/fu...

The Big Give kicks off tonight at 9pm! For 24 hours, we’ll come together to illuminate our extraordinary Cal students, groundbreaking research, and life-changing programs that spark discovery. Join us in creating change that will have a lasting effect: give.berkeley.edu/fu...

March 13, help strengthen our mission to foster international cooperation and support the next generation of transatlantic leaders with a gift to IES. Your contribution goes toward expanding educational opportunities such as the annual Schuman Challenge: ies.berkeley.edu/new...

March 13, join our colleagues at the UC Berkeley Italian Migration Studies Working Group for a panel discussion on the Italian diaspora featuring Professors Clarissa Clò, Laura Ruberto and Pasquale Verdicchio. Register for Italian Diaspora Between Past and Present events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/29...

Join us MARCH 20 for a book talk by p. feijó (UC Berkeley) in conversation with Natalia Brizuela (UC Berkeley), Episodes of Fantasy & Violence: events.berkeley.edu/ies/event/28...

Center for Portuguese Studies
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Center for Race & Gender
Gender & Women’s Studies

Big Give, UC Berkeley's annual fundraising blitz, is right around the corner! On March 13 we invite you to support the continued excellence of our students. Hear what Atiana Novikoff (URAP student) has to say about the impact IES has on her Cal experience: ies.berkeley.edu/news/big-giv...