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Faculty Publications
Department faculty regularly are published and have contributed to books and scholarly journals.
Department Spotlight: Dr. Jin-Young Kwak
Dr. Jin-Young Kwak was recently interviewed about her time since graduating from Northwestern University with a doctorate in Political Science, about her academic career in Korea, and about what it was like to become the first woman provost at one of Korea's top 10 universities.
News & Events
Events
Apr
10
2026
International Relations Speaker Series: V. Page Fortna (Columbia ...
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host V. Page Fortna, Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security P...
Apr
10
2026
War, the End of Empire, and the Expansion of Women’s Political Ci...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, Evanston
Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences workshop as they host Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Aili Mar...
Apr
15
2026
Statistical Computing Workshop: Sameer Deshpande (University of W...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Online
Please join the Statistical Computing Workshop as they host Sameer Deshpande is an Assistant Professor in Statistics at the University ...