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IES Senior Fellow Matthew Specter quoted in the New York Times on Realism in US National Security Strategy.

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January 28, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Contesting Pluralism(s): How to learn from Turkey and “Non-Western” Cases

🗓️ 12 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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⭐ 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...
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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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

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January 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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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.

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TRANSATLANTIC RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP - Albertine Foundation
Overview The Transatlantic Research Partnership (TRP) provides a 2-year grant to support collaborative research projects, jointly led by US-based and France-based scholars. The program fosters an inte...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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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

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January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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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
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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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
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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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

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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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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

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November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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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...
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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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
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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2025 Ana Hatherly Lecture: Luís De Camões Between Europe and Asia (1553-1570)

🗓️ 6 November 2025 🕠4-5 p.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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2025 Ana Hatherly Lecture: Luís de Camões between Europe and Asia (1553-1570)
The Center for Portuguese Studies presents: 2025 Ana Hatherly Lecture: Luís de Camões between Europe and Asia (1553-1570) The verses that Camõ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy

🗓️ 6 November 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Brandon Bloch | Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy
Professor Brandon Bloch presents findings from his new book, Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-N...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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🎵 Creators, Influencers and Haters: How Catalan Troubadours Helped Shape Today’s World

📅 November 5 🕛 Noon-1.30pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Miriam Cabré | Creators, Influencers and Haters: How Catalan Troubadours Helped Shape Today’s World
The troubadours, active from the 11th to the 13th centuries, are fundamental to Western literature. They pioneered poetic forms and expressions of ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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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

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Research & Project Grants | The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
The BIAAS seeks grant proposals for research or projects aimed at promoting an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including Habsburg Austria.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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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...
The secret lives of violins — and the Berkeley scholar who uncovers them - Berkeley News
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 musici...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Shaping Health and Well-Being Across the Life Span

📅 October 30 🕛 Noon-1.30pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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October 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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🌳🍂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!

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Graduate Student Workshop with Maruška Svašek | Making Sense: Space, Movement, Interaction
This three-hour multi-sensory workshop builds on a series of similar events held between 2023 and 2025 in Belfast, Delhi, Barcelona, Hanoi, Beijing...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Join us for After/Lives: The Multiple Temporality of Czech Art, a lecture by Maruška Svašek.

📅 October 28 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Maruška Svašek | After/Lives: The Multiple Temporality of Czech Art
The talk investigates temporal aspects of Czech art production, drawing on Nicolai Ssorin-Chaikov’s argument that ‘time is relational rather th...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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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:
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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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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...
Group photo of participants in the workshop "The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s"
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Join us for a lecture by Maria van Lieshout discussing her new graphic novel "Blackbird".

📅 October 24 🕛 3pm 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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❄️☀️ 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 ->
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October 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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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

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Deadline: October 24
Teaching Assistant Professor
The Teaching Assistant Professor, with a specialization in international relations, will be located in the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense (PWAD) and will have a joint appointment with the Cente...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM