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Events
Feb
4
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Ulaş Erdoğdu, "Weapons of the Ordi...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Evanston
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Northwestern Political Science PhD student Ulaş Erdoğdu, presenting "Weapons...
Feb
7
2022
Red Skin, White Masks: A Conversation with Glen Coulthard (U of B...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, No Location
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 7 for Professor Glen Coulthard's presentation of his book, Red Sk...
Feb
11
2022
Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop: Prof. David Cortez (Notre Da...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, Online
Please join the Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop as they host Dr. David Cortez, assistant professor of political science and Latinx ...