Mehmet Sinan Birdal | Political Ontology of the Closet: Elite Minorities and Sectarian Majorities in the Wilhelmine Empire This lecture will develop a political ontology of minority articulation by examining divisions within the 19th century homosexual movement under co...

Political Ontology of the Closet: Elite Minorities and Sectarian Majorities in the Wilhelmine Empire

🗓️ 22 April 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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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

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Tracing a Social History of the Neapolitan Camorra: Markets, Power, Families.

🗓️ 16 April 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Past and future of the Trans-Atlantic Alliance: A Historical Perspective

🗓️ 14 April 🕛 Noon 📍223 Philosophy Hall

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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

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Franz Fischler, Andreas Altmann | Tyrol in Austria in Europe: Insights into an iconic region in the Heart of the Alps Tyrol is one of Austria’s most iconic regions. Located in the heart of the Alps, it has a unique history in the context of which a distinguished ...

Tyrol in Austria in Europe: Insights into an iconic region in the Heart of the Alps

🗓️ 8 April 🕛 11:30a.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Why Do Voters Support the Far Right in France? A Sociological Perspective

🗓️ 8 April 🕛 11 a.m. 📍4229 Dwinelle Hall

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The Iberian Scientific Journey to Berkeley

🗓️ 1 April 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Thawing Ice, Rising Tensions: Canada's Arctic Security Challenge

March 30 | 1:00 pm | 223 Philosophy Hall

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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

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Collective Representations of the Greek War of Independence

🗓️ 11 March 🕛 6p.m.📍322 Wheeler Hall

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The German Blues. A Historian’s Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany

🗓️ 10 March 🕛 5p.m. 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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Poster for the Gerda Henkel Stiftung 2026 lecture tour by Dorothee Wierling (Hamburg University), presenting "The German Blues: A Historian's Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany," listing upcoming dates: March 4, Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies (USC); March 6, University of Colorado, Boulder; March 10, UC Berkeley; March 12, UC San Diego.

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

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Europe Against Liberalism: Fascist Europeanism and Its Contemporary Echoes

🗓️ 24 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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French Graduate Student Conference | Mutations ❇️

🗓️ 12-13 February 📍4229 Dwinelle Hall

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Competition in the AI age: Evolutions in antitrust design and enforcement

🗓️ 17 February 🕛 Noon 📍201 Philosophy Hall

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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...

Portrait of GHI Washington Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen

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.

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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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⭐ 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.

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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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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...

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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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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Hibernation is nearly over... 🐻🌸

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