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February 6 Film Screening of Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar
February 5 with Prof. Denise Dresser: Mexico, Venezuela and the U.S. in the Era of Democratic Backsliding and the “Donroe” Doctrine
February 5, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall
Denise Dresser is an academic, public intellectual, columnist, and activist. Her work focuses on Mexican democratization, corruption, the construction of citizenship, and political economy issues from a comparative...Read more about February 5 with Prof. Denise Dresser: Mexico, Venezuela and the U.S. in the Era of Democratic Backsliding and the “Donroe” Doctrine
IIS is hiring! Undergraduate Student Assistant - Spring 2026
$20/hr up to 10 hours per week
IIS is recruiting up to three Undergraduate Student Assistants. This is a hands-on opportunity for students who are motivated to develop professional skills, engage with the Institute’s intellectual...Read more about IIS is hiring! Undergraduate Student Assistant - Spring 2026
February 10: "Who's Flying This Thing?" Thoughts on U.S. military action in Venezuela, the “Donroe” Doctrine, and U.S. relations with Latin America
February 10, 2026 | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall
After a career of federal service as a Marine Corps pilot and American diplomat, and with long experience in journalism and the not-for-profit sector, Ambassador Feeley possesses a unique view on both the...Read more about February 10: "Who's Flying This Thing?" Thoughts on U.S. military action in Venezuela, the “Donroe” Doctrine, and U.S. relations with Latin America
February 12: Book talk with Professor Chipo Dendere
February 12, 2026 | 3:30 - 5:00 PM | 223 Philosophy Hall
Join the UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies, Center for African Studies, and The Charles & Louise Travers Department of Political Science for a book talk with author Chipo Dendere, Associate...Read more about February 12: Book talk with Professor Chipo Dendere
The UC Berkeley Global Forum: Contemporary Challenges in the Asia Pacific
May 2, 2025 | 8:00AM - 5:00PM | Banatao Auditorium
The conference aims to bring together leading scholars and practitioners together to analyze, debate, propose solutions to several contemporary challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to provide an...Read more about The UC Berkeley Global Forum: Contemporary Challenges in the Asia Pacific
Aftershocks: Myanmar Earthquake in Perspective
April 25, 2025 | 4:00 PM | IEAS Conference Room
This hybrid Late Breaking News panel invites experts to discuss what the March 28 earthquake - and other ruptures and fissures in the domestic, regional and global political landscape - mean for the people of Myanmar.
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