multi-day
Multiple Battlefield Cinema
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
This workshop, entitled Battlefield Cinema, brings together filmmakers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples whose goal is to explore how community-engaged and...
Past Events
multi-day
Faculty & Fellows Colloquium: Diego Arispe-Bazán
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Diego Arispe-Bazán is a Buffett Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. He received his PhD from the Department of Anthropology at the University...
multi-day
Education in Turkey
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Education is central to political contestation in today’s Turkey. This two day conference will examine the state of ongoing transformation such...
multi-day
Compañero: The Radical Life and Films of Raymundo Gleyzer
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Between 1963 and 1974, Argentinian insurgent filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer made over a dozen documentaries and one narrative feature film, each...
multi-day
The Iron Friendship: China's Economic Development in Pakistan and the Creation of a New Global Order
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
China has been developing both economic and strategic political ties with Pakistan aggressively as part of their reimagining of the...
multi-day
Wildcat Welcome
All day
Wildcat Welcome is Northwestern's weeklong orientation for all new undergraduate students (mandatory for both freshmen and transfer students). Wildcat Welcome...
multi-day
Parent and Family Orientation
All day
Parent and Family Orientation (PFO) is our opportunity to welcome the families of our incoming students. Parent and Family Orientation...
multi-day
Political Science Summer Undergraduate RA's weekly Wednesday Lunches
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Political Science Department is hosting weekly lunches for summer Undergraduate RA’s on Wednesdays from 12pm-1pm during July and August....
multi-day
Regional Colloquium on Global Capitalism and Law
All day
Program: http://buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/global-capitalism-law/regional-colloquium/2018-regional-colloquium-program.html Location: Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation The Global Capitalism & Law Research Group at the Buffett Institute invites you and relevant...
multi-day
How Demanding Should Human Rights Be? An Interdisciplinary Workshop
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
International human rights are classically understood to be “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations” (Preamble,...
multi-day
Wednesdays@PAS: On Juridical Colonialism: International Law and the Ottoman Scramble for Africa
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Come join PAS and the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for a lunch and lecture. Lunch provided. Speaker: Mostafa Minawi (History, Cornell; Director...
multi-day
Wednesdays@PAS: Escape From Nigeria: A Memoir of Faith, Love and War
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Come join PAS for our weekly lunch and lecture. Lunch provided by PAS. Speaker: Maudlyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun-Times Urban Affairs Reporter and...
multi-day
INFO SESSION: DEPARTMENTAL HONORS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Planning to pursue honors next year? Attend an Info session! DEPARTMENTAL HONORS IN POLITICAL SCIENCEFor your convenience, two Info sessions...
Feb
23
2021
Memorial Drive: On Race and Writing | Anti-Racism in Thought and Action Speaker and Discussion Series
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Professor Natasha Trethewey will be reading from her New York Times Bestselling book “Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir” and discussing...
Feb
19
2021
American Politics Workshop: Nazita Lajevardi
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nazita Lajevardi is a political scientist and attorney at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on issues related to public...
Feb
12
2021
Political Theory Workshop: Ainsley LeSure
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
We're excited to be able to invite you to our first Up the Street event of the year this Friday,...
Jan
28
2021
International Relations Speaker Series: Abraham Newman
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Abraham Newman, Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of...
Jan
26
2021
The Dual Pandemic: Racial Inequalities, Racism, and COVID-19
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The panel will focus on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-standing racial disparities in US society. The...
Jan
19
2021
Reflections on the Trump Presidency and What Comes Next
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
On the eve of the inauguration of a new president, join the Department of Political Science to take stock of...
Jan
15
2021
American Politics Workshop: Jaime Settle
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The American Politics Workshop hosts Dr. Jaime Settle for a presentation based on: Opting Out: Why Americans Avoid Political Talk Why, despite...
Dec
10
2020
Antiracism in Thought and Action Speaker Series: Racial Politics after the 2020 Elections
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Professors Masuoka, Watts Smith, and Wallace are leading experts on racial and ethnic politics in the United States. They will...
Dec
4
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Daniel Encinas
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Comparative Politics Workshop hosts Daniel Encinas for a presentation on “Experiments as Case Studies: A Qualitative Approach to External...
Nov
23
2020
IPR Colloquium: J. Gans-Morse (Pol. Sci./IPR) - The Demand Side of Bribery
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"When Do Citizens Grease the Wheel? The Demand Side of Bribery" by Jordan Gans-Morse, Associate Professor of Political Science and IPR...
Nov
20
2020
Political Theory Workshop: Shawn Dean
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a presentation from Northwestern University graduate student Shawn Dean. Dean will be presenting...
Nov
20
2020
American Politics Workshop: Nathan Kalmoe
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dr. Nathan Kalmoe will be presenting With Ballots & Bullets: Partisanship & Violence in the American Civil War (& Today). What...
Nov
20
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Michael Weintraub & Rob Blair
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
How can the state re-establish control after decades of civil war? Which public policies best reduce violence in the world's...
Nov
13
2020
Teaching Political Science Online: Zoom Tools & Crowdsources Challengings
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Members of the Teaching Committee will be leading a professional development workshop for mastering the use of Zoom for online...
Nov
6
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Jennifer Cyr
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Comparative Politics Workshop hosts Jennifer Cyr for a discussion on “Focus Groups: When and Why to Use Them, and...
Oct
30
2020
American Politics Workshop: Eleanor Neff Powell
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The American Politics Workshop hosts Eleanor Neff Powell for a presentation (details forthcoming). Her book, Where Money Matters in Congress:...
Oct
23
2020
Global Lunchbox: Sovereignty and Diversity: What we Can Learn from Early Modern Empires (Loubna El Amine)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
Oct
16
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Lucien Ferguson
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host Political Science PhD candidate Lucien Ferguson. (Details forthcoming)
Oct
16
2020
Political Science Professor Chat with Cody Keenan
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join the Political Science Department for a chat with Visiting Professor and Speechwriter Cody Keenan ’02. Cody will speak about...
Oct
16
2020
Global Lunchbox: The Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness: Critical Questions for Critical Times (Galya Ben-Arieh)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...
Oct
12
2020
International Relations & Comparative Politics: Melissa Lee
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Policymakers worry that "ungoverned spaces" pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of...
Oct
9
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Tom Dabrowski
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the NU Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop this Friday October 9 at 3PM for Tom Dabrowski's Political Theory...
Oct
2
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Sam McChesney
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host Political Science PhD candidate Sam McChesney (details forthcoming)
Sep
29
2020
NU Presidential Debate Watch & Chat
7:45 PM - 9:30 PM
Chat with faculty from Political Science, SESP, and the Center for Legal Studies as we all watch the debate together...
Sep
25
2020
Sep
25
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Tim Charlebois
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host Political Science PhD candidate Tim Charlebois, "How to Die...
Sep
25
2020
Sep
18
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Arturo Chang
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PhD candidate in the department of Political Science Northwestern University and Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow in the Department of Political...
Jun
16
2020
Department of Political Science Awards and Honors Ceremony
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Department of Political Science and their Faculty for a session celebrating the exemplary work and outstanding achievements...
Jun
11
2020
Department of Political Science Town Hall
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
We encourage all who can to attend this week’s Department Town Hall on Race, recognizing that the meeting was arranged...
Jun
5
2020
Department of Political Science Town Hall
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
In this spirit of listening, the Department of Political Science is hosting a handful of Town Hall meetings for faculty,...
Jun
5
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Jesse Driscoll
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Associate Professor Jesse Driscoll from the University of California San Diego will be joining us for our second virtual Comparative...
Jun
1
2020
Global Theory Workshop: Melissa Schwartzberg
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop for a session with Melissa Schwartzberg, the Silver Professor of Politics at New York...
May
22
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Volha Charnysh
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Assistant Professor Volha Charnysh from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be joining us for our first virtual Comparative Politics...
May
18
2020
Global Theory Workshop: Loubna El-Amine
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop for a session with Prof. Loubna El Amine. (Session details TBA). Loubna El Amine |...
May
15
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop for a session with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, the Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy...
May
15
2020
CSDD: Conducting Community Engaged Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Save the date for the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy and the Department of Political Science for...
May
11
2020
Political Theory Workshop: Daniel Kapust
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a session with Daniel Kapust, Professor of Political Theory in the Department of...
May
4
2020
Global Theory Workshop: Sarah Song
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop for a session with Sarah Song, Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political...
May
1
2020
International Relations Speaker Series: Abraham Newman
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series for a session with Abraham Newman, Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign...
Apr
24
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Volha Charnysh
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop for a session with Volha Charnysh, Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT. (Session...
Apr
14
2020
Internation Relationship Speaker Series: Melissa Lee
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speakers Series for a session with Melissa M. Lee, Assistant Professor of Politics and International...
Apr
3
2020
American Politics Workshop: Jaime Settle
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop for a presentation by Jaime Settle, the David and Carolyn Wakefield Term Associate Professor...
Mar
9
2020
Political Theory Workshop: Alison McQueen
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Prof. Alison E.J. McQueen (Stanford), "Absolving God's Laws: Thomas Hobbes's Scriptural...
Mar
6
2020
American Politics Workshop: Cathy Cohen
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop for a presentation by Cathy Cohen (UChicago, session topic TBA). Cathy J. Cohen is the...
Mar
6
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Melike Arslan
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Guest speaker, Melike Arslan, will present her paper "Whose Paradigm?: Antitrust Policy Reform in the Times of Inflation and Chicago...
Mar
4
2020
Political Science quarterly undergraduate lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Any student interested in political science is invited to join our quarterly lunches to meet other students and faculty, and...
Feb
28
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Usdin Martinez
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Northwestern University Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host PhD Student Usdin Martinez (session details TBA)
Feb
28
2020
Teaching Workshop (Google Scholar)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
With so many research tools at our disposal, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed by the breadth of options, particularly in...
Feb
28
2020
Global Lunchbox Series
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the discussion "Transparency and the Rule of Law: Preliminary Results From a Field Experiment in Ukraine" presented...
Feb
28
2020
Global Lunchbox Series
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the discussion "Transparency and the Rule of Law: Preliminary Results From a Field Experiment in Ukraine" presented...
Feb
28
2020
International Relations Speaker Series: Nikhar Gaikwad
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join with International Relations Speakers series for a presentation with Nikhar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political...
Feb
21
2020
IRWG: Horia M. Dijmarescu "Rules Rhetoric and Weapons of War"
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Working Group. Horia M. Dijmarescu will be presenting his paper “Rules Rhetoric and Weapons of...
Feb
20
2020
Applying to Graduate School in International Affairs: Tips & Best Practices
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Thinking about applying to graduate school in international affairs or a related field? A representative from the Association of Professional...
Feb
14
2020
NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Shaul Notkin
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Northwestern University Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host PhD Candidate Shaul Notkin (session details TBA)
Feb
14
2020
REEES Speaker Series
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Borders and Bordering in the Polish Second Republic: Refugees and the Shaping of Modern Citizenship.
Feb
12
2020
Beyond the PhD: Preparing for the academic job market
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In this session, we will provide you with a roadmap of what the political science academic job market looks, get...
Feb
7
2020
Teaching Workshop (Citations Management)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Students often find that putting together a works cited section under the deadlines imposed by the short quarter system is...
Feb
7
2020
American Politics Workshop: Greg Huber
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Greg Huber, Forst Family Professor of Political Science, Department of Political...
Feb
7
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Guy Grossman
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Guy Grossman, Associate Professor at the political science department at the...
Feb
6
2020
What’s Going on in Colombia? Conversatorio with María Camila Palacio & Laura García Montoya
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the LACS Program for the launch of our Conversatorio series, conversations about contemporary issues in Latin America and...
Feb
5
2020
Delivering Engaging Presentations
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
A discussion with Dr. Peter Civetta on building great presentation skills for academics.
Feb
4
2020
NUGW General Member Meeting
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join NUGW for our Winter Quarter General Meeting! We'll be talking the 6th year funding campaign, mental health, NLRB updates...
Jan
30
2020
Russia Policy Forum Series presents: "Russian Hybrid War, Ukraine, and US Policy"
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Colonel (Ret.) Liam Collins, a career Special Forces Officer, served as a high-level defense advisor to Ukraine from 2016-2018. He holds...
Jan
27
2020
Political Theory Workshop: Onur Ulas Ince, "Saving Capitalism from Empire"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a presentation by Onur Ulas Ince on "Saving Capitalism from Empire: Uses of...
Jan
20
2020
Commune Winter Quarter General Meeting
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Commune for a session on Winter Quarter activities, graduate student business, and all other subjects impacting the...
Jan
20
2020
Commune Winter Quarter General Meeting [copy]
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Commune for a session on Winter Quarter activities, graduate student business, and all other subjects impacting the...
Jan
17
2020
Comparative Politics Workshop: Tom Pepinsky, Voting in Authoritarian Elections
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop for a session with Thomas Pepinsky on "Voting in Authoritarian Elections" When accounting for why...
Jan
17
2020
International Relations Speaker Series: Sarah Kreps, "Purely Partisan Warriors? A Study of Legislative Rhetoric in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars"
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series for a session with Sarah Kreps, Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of...
Dec
6
2019
Audrey Nicolaides || Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop for a presentation by PhD candidate Audrey Nicolaides (topic TBA). Audrey Nicolaides is a...
Dec
5
2019
Comparative Politics: Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Comparative Politics Workshop presents Dipali Mukhopadhyay (Columbia), Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar. Dipali Mukhopadhyay...
Nov
22
2019
International Relations Speaker Series: George Lawson
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
George Lawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at London School of Economics and Political Science....
Nov
22
2019
Arendt on Earth | Workshop II: Earth and Expropriation
All day
Arendt on Earth takes the elusive concept of “earth” in the thought of Hannah Arendt as a frame, impetus and...
Nov
21
2019
"Elite Theory and the Populist Threat to Stable Democracy" with Prof. John Higley (Texas-Austin)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Abstract: Elite theories tend to be shunned. This is, at least in part, because they are distasteful. They pertain to...
Nov
21
2019
The Commune: Political Science Research Paper Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
The Commune will host a panel including representatives from each subfield to discuss and answer questions about preparing and writing...
Nov
15
2019
Jennifer Forestal Up the Street Lecture Series | Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop for Jennifer Forestal's lecture in the Up the Street lecture series.
Nov
15
2019
American Politics Workshop: Daniel Galvin, The Political Development of Worker Centers
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop for a session with NU Political Science Professor and IPR Affiliate Daniel Galvin on...
Nov
12
2019
Commune Fellowship Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Commune as they host Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director of Northwestern's Office Of Fellowships, for a session...
Nov
8
2019
Critical Theory in Critical Times Annual Workshop: Charles Mills
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The White Leviathan: Nonwhite Bodies in the White Body Politic | A Conversation with Charles Mills Friday, November 8, 2019 3:30pm –...
Nov
8
2019
American Politics Graduate Student Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Graduate Students in the American Politics subfield will hold a seminar on a working paper in the department. To be...
Nov
8
2019
Arendt on Earth Graduate Practicum: Earth and Expropriation
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This 90-minute practicum will examine the questions and themes that animate the upcoming Arendt on Earth (Humanities without Walls) Earth...
Nov
8
2019
Comparative Politics: Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Comparative Politics Workshop presents Dipali Mukhopadhyay (Columbia), Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar. Dipali Mukhopadhyay...
Nov
6
2019
Nov
1
2019
Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop: Bill French
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host PhD Candidate Bill French on "Epistemic Injustice in Of the...
Nov
1
2019
Commune Job Talk: Sean Diament, Congressional Representation of the Poor, 1933-1946
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Commune as they host a practice job talk with PhD Candidate Sean Diament, who will present a...
Nov
1
2019
Working on Political Campaigns: Political Science Undergraduate Student & Faculty pizza lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join the Department of Political Science for the quarterly undergraduate student & faculty pizza lunch! The lunch will feature a...
Oct
31
2019
Commune Job Talk: Yuchen Liu: The Politics of Policing in China: How Frontline Police Shape Order and Security
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join the Commune for a practice job talk with PhD candidate Yuchen Liu, who will present a chapter from his...
Oct
28
2019
Global Politics Workshop: Jeffrey Howard
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Politics Workshop for a lecture by Jeffrey Howard. Lunch provided.
Oct
25
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Rhana Khoury presents for the Comparative Politics Workshop.
Oct
24
2019
Erin Lockwood: a conversation with graduate students about the academic job market
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Erin Lockwood converses with grad students about the academic job market.
Oct
24
2019
IR Speaker Series Presents: Erin Lockwood
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Erin Lockwood is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She received...
Oct
23
2019
Oct
21
2019
Global Theory Workshop: Lisa Ellis
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Come hear Dr. Lisa Ellis from the University of Otago in a workshop sponsored by the Global Theory Workshop and...
Oct
18
2019
Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop: Andrew Day
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the graduate student Political Theory Workshop as they hear a talk from Andrew Day.
Oct
18
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop: Susan Stokes
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Prof. Susan Stokes from the University of Chicago presents "Political Behavior and 'Direct Democracy': Reflections from the Referendum on Colombia's...
Oct
11
2019
American Politics Workshop: Alex Coppock
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Alexander Coppock of Yale University presents "Persuasion in Parallel".
Oct
9
2019
Oct
7
2019
Joshua Simon presents José Martí's Immanent Critique of American Imperialism
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Come hear lecturer Joshua Simon from Columbia and discussant Arturo Chang in an event sponsored by the Political Theory Workshop...
Oct
4
2019
Political Theory Workshop: Rhiannon Auriemma
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
"Radical and Resistant: Intersectional Politics in Feminist Theory and Praxis" Discussed by Usdin Martinez.
Oct
2
2019
Andrew Thompson: Commune Job Talk
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
“A Threat to Democracy? How Demographic Changes Affect Political Attitudes and Perceptions”
Sep
27
2019
Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop: Tim Charlebois
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
“How to Not Do Things Without Words: Unintelligible Histories in the Political Thought of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler”
Sep
23
2019
Department Kick-Off
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us at the Firehouse Grill to meet and welcome our newest graduate students and department members. We will...
Jun
21
2019
Class of 2019 Political Science Commencement Reception and Open House
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Dear Political Science Majors, class of 2019, and their graduation guests: I cordially invite you to our commencement reception and open...
Jun
7
2019
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop Presents Efrén Pérez
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Efrén Pérez Professor of Political Science, University of California–Los Angeles
Jun
4
2019
Incoming & Outgoing Political Science Honors Student Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dear Incoming and Outgoing Honors Students, You’re invited to a lunch! Tuesday, June 4 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Scott Hall room 107, Burdick...
May
31
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop Presents Yuhua Wang
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Keep It in the Family: Elite Marriage Network and State-Making in Imperial China Yuhua Wang Asst. Professor, Dept. of Government Harvard University Abstract: Why do...
May
29
2019
Peter Van der Veer: Master Class on "The Value of Comparison"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Peter Van Der Veer leads a masterclass on his new book, The Value of Comparison. In this book, he argues that many...
May
23
2019
American Political Development Workshop & the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy Presents Desmond King
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
White Reconstruction in America Desmond King Andrew Mellon Professor of American GovernmentProfessorial Fellow Nuffield CollegeDirector of Graduate Studies (Politics)Emeritus Fellow St John’s...
May
23
2019
2019 Undergraduate Research Poster Session
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Interested in conducting political science research but uncertain how to start? Want to hear about research currently being conducted by your fellow...
May
23
2019
International Relations Workshop Presents Kemi Fuentes-George
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
How Local Lore Affects Global Conservation in Developing CountriesKemi Fuentes-George Associate Professor of Political Science Middlebury College Kemi Fuentes-George is an Associate Professor in...
May
20
2019
Political Science and the TGS Classics Cluster Presents Melissa Lane
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Colloquium: Plato on the Nature of Rule Melissa LaneClass of 1943 Professor of Politics & Director, UCHVPrinceton University
May
17
2019
American Politics Workshop Presents David Doherty
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
The Primary Electorate and Party Polarization Observers often point to primary elections as playing a critical role in fostering polarization, positing...
May
16
2019
“The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel): Artistry, Impact, Feminism”
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
One Book One Northwestern, Comix Revolution, and the Evanston Literary Festival present a discussion about the new graphic novel adaptation...
May
16
2019
2019 Weber Lecture: Ambassador Michael McFaul
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Department of Political Science hosts an annual speaker series in honor of the late Admiral Alban ‘Stormy’ Weber. The...
May
15
2019
Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law & Politics of Ordinary Abortion
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for a book talk with author and Northwestern Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Medical Education and Obstetrics...
May
13
2019
What was the International Rule of Law? Histories & Narratives
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for an end-of-the-year event to discuss the international rule of law. Monica Hakimi teaches and writes in the fields...
May
13
2019
Global Theory Workshop Presents Abraham Singer
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Racial Justice without Character: Structures, Agents, and the Extended Mind A common trope in discussing the persistence of racial supremacy and...
May
11
2019
2018 Arryman Fellows Symposium
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
2018 Arryman Fellows present their year-long research papers. Papers can be found on the EDGS web site at: 2018 Arryman Fellows...
May
10
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop Presents Christa Kuntzelman
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Exploring the logic of tactic selection: Refugee political claims-making in Uganda" Christa KuntzelmanPh.D. Candidate, Northwestern University
May
10
2019
"X" - Past, Present, & Future of Latinx Studies: at Northwestern & Beyond
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Latina and Latino Studies Program at Northwestern University invites you to commemorate its 10-year anniversary on campus. We will...
May
8
2019
Michael Dillon - After Infinity: The Government and Politics of Transfinite Life
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Michael Dillon (Lancaster University) with discussants Samuel Weber (Northwestern) and James Martel (San Francisco State University). Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/731005547314223/ Michael Dillon, Emeritus...
May
7
2019
Spring Quarter 2019 Undergraduate & Faculty Pizza Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Come enjoy pizza and conversation with your fellow majors/minors and Political Science faculty. Find out about 2019-2020 classes. Learn about upcoming research...
May
6
2019
Moral Dilemmas of an Author in Times of Communism
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ludwika Wlodek, sociologist and journalist from the University of Warsaw, will discuss Polish writer Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz. Her talk is titled:...
May
6
2019
Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy & Political Theory Presents Shatema Threadcraft
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Critical Reflections on Spectacle: #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #MeToo Shatema Threadcraft Professor, Department of Political Science Dartmouth College
May
3
2019
Crude Choice: The Developing World’s Transformation of Crude Oil Regimes
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The talk explores three competing models countries that adopt to determine who owns the oil and how revenues are divided....
Apr
30
2019
American Politics Workshop & International Relations Speaker Series Present Dr. Tine Hanrieder
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Medicine’s Backyard: Community Health Workers and the Making of a Global Medical South in the United States Dr. Tine Hanrieder Head of...
Apr
26
2019
American Politics Workshop Presents Leonie Huddy
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
"Anger, Anxiety, and Selective Exposure to Terrorist Violence" Leonie Huddy Professor of Political Science Stony Brook University
Apr
26
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop Presents Austin L. Wright
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Information Operations Increase Civilian Security Cooperation and Support for Reintegration Austin L. Wright Asst. Professor of Public Policy University of Chicago
Apr
25
2019
The Student Agenda: Advancing Higher Education for the Next Generation, featuring US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi & IL State Representative Will Guzzardi
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CANCELED: Unfortunately, due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, we have to cancel this event. We are hoping to find another time...
Apr
25
2019
A Conversation with Civil Rights Icon Diane Nash
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Esteemed civil rights activist and Chicago native Diane Nash will participate in a conversation facilitated by Dr. Martha Biondi, Lorraine...
Apr
25
2019
Campus Conversation with Diane Nash, Civil Rights Activist
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Esteemed civil rights activist and Chicago native Diane Nash will participate in a campus conversation facilitated by Dr. Martha Biondi,...
Apr
25
2019
Catharine MacKinnon: Butterfly Politics
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Professor MacKinnon will address the politics and law of sexual harassment, focusing on its violation of equality rights, considering the...
Apr
25
2019
Reporting Islam: Media, Policy, Politics
All day
This international symposium will bring scholars of Islam, international and public affairs, education, race, and law together with practicing journalists...
Apr
23
2019
A Conversation with Victoria Nuland: US, Ukraine, and the Russian Challenge
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Victoria Nuland is the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University. From 2013 to 2017, she was the...
Apr
22
2019
Global Theory Workshop Presents Robert Sparling
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Debt, Corruption and State Identity in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought The subject of national debt raises serious questions concerning state identity....
Apr
18
2019
Don’t Let the Misogynists Grind you down: Popular Feminism and The Handmaid’s Tale Talk by Sarah Banet-Weiser (Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California)
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel turned Hulu serialized drama The Handmaid’s Tale (1985, 2017, respectively) arrived as a chilling forewarning during...
Apr
16
2019
Alexander Hamilton Society Information Session
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
NEW DATE! TUESDAY, APRIL 16th. SAME LOCATION & TIME! The Alexander Hamilton Society, an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to enhancing campus...
Apr
15
2019
Master Class with Suzanne Berger on "Globalization and Populism"
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having a master class entitled, "Globalization and Populism," with Suzanne Berger, the Raphael Dorman-Helen...
Apr
15
2019
"Lessons from the First Globalization, 1870-1914" by Suzanne Berger
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is sponsoring a lunchtime talk, entitled "Lessons from the First Globalization, 1870-1914," with Suzanne Berger,...
Apr
15
2019
The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In the 17th and 18th centuries, a pioneering community of Christian scholars laid the groundwork for the modern Western understanding...
Apr
12
2019
CHSS workshop - Isaac Reed
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Isaac Ariail Reed works in social theory, historical sociology, and cultural sociology. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Yale...
Apr
12
2019
International Relations Workshop Presents Kelly Greenhill
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
“Fear and Present Danger: Extra-factual Sources of Threat Conception and Proliferation” Kelly Greenhill Associate Professor, Department of Political ScienceDirector, International Relations Program When...
Apr
12
2019
Conference on migration
All day
Graduate CONFERENCE on “Walls and Bridges: Migration and Its Histories” (convened by Breen Fellow Aram SARKISIAN)Friday, April 12—all day, starting...
Apr
11
2019
Maggie Haberman, NYTimes White House Correspondent
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Northwestern Hillel, in partnership with Medill, the Office of the President and CTSS presents the Jordan and Jean Nerenberg Family...
Apr
9
2019
Commune Spring Quarter General Meeting
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Political Science graduate student group Spring Quarter 2019 general meeting.
Apr
8
2019
Permission as Material — Jill Magid
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
SPRING 2019 KEYNOTE of THE SECURITY DIALOGUES Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/395773314531837/ Jill Magid will discuss projects related to security, intimacy, and access. This talk...
Apr
8
2019
The After-life of Phenomenology Workshop - Prof. Vicki Spener
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Vicki Spencer (New Zealand) Title: "Herder and Relativism"
Mar
15
2019
American Politics Workshop Presents Shanto Iyengar
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
“The intensification of partisan affect” Shanto Iyengar Professor of Political Science Stanford University
Mar
15
2019
War and Society Working Group with Charlie Glaser
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
"Extending Nuclear Deterrence to Japan as China Rises" Charlie GlaserProfessor of Political ScienceDirector, Institute for Security and Conflict StudiesGeorge Washington University
Mar
14
2019
Deportation Research Clinic: Recent Litigation and New Student Opportunities!
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Deportation Research Clinic has been at the cutting edge of successful class action litigation against private prisons and new...
Mar
12
2019
"An American Summer-Love and Death in Chicago" book discussion with author Alex Kotlowitz
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Author and Medill faculty member Alex Kotlowitz discusses his new book with Interim Dean Charles Whitaker. Light refreshments will be served...
Mar
12
2019
International Relations Working Group Presents Ayodeji Perrin
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Judicialization of the Business and Human Rights Regime for Africa's Extractive Industries Ayodeji Perrin PhD Candidate Northwestern University
Mar
11
2019
Commune Grant Writing Workshop with Stephen Monteiro
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Stephen Monteiro Financial Coordinator, Dept. of Political Science Northwestern University
Mar
8
2019
Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop Presents Audrey Nicolaïdes
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Liberal Internationalism and Its Histories Audrey Nicolaïdes Ph.D. Candidate Northwestern University
Mar
8
2019
International Relations Graduate Student Working Group Presents Jeffrey Alan Wright
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Non-Permanent Membership on the UN Security Council: The Politics of Election, 1966-2010 Jeffrey Alan Wright
Mar
8
2019
Workshop: Islamist Movements in Indonesia and Turkey: Mobilization, Islamization, and Legitimacy
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
This one day workshop aims to bring together scholars on Indonesia and Turkey to have a fruitful conversation regarding the...
Mar
4
2019
IPR Colloquium: John Bullock (IPR/Politicial Science) - Partisan Bias in Factual Beliefs About Politics
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Partisan Bias in Factual Beliefs About Politics" by John Bullock, Associate Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow This is part of...
Mar
4
2019
The Smiling General & Nixon's New Asia: Suharto's Gambit, the Nixon Doctrine, and the Evolution of Development
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Graduate Student Lecture Series Brandon Kirk Williams PhD Candidate, History UC Berkeley On June 1, 1970, Indonesian authoritarian Suharto toured the Port of...
Mar
1
2019
CHSS Workshop - Phillip Gorski
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"Philip S. Gorski (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996) is a comparative-historical sociologist with strong interests in theory and methods...
Mar
1
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop with Jesse Driscoll
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Social Media and Russian Territorial Irredentism: Some Facts and a Conjecture Jesse Driscoll Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Political Science Chair of the Global...
Mar
1
2019
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop Presents LaFleur Stephens-Dougan
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
The “Race” for Votes: Messenger Race and Strategic Racialized Appeals LaFleur Stephens-Dougan Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Feb
27
2019
Threats and Political Instability in Authoritarian Regimes: A Dynamic Theoretical Analysis
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
EDGS and the Political Science Speaker Series on Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific presents Threats and Political Instability in...
Feb
27
2019
Teaching Committee Panel Discussion: Managing the Professor-TA Relationship
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Discussion Featuring Panelists: Arturo Chang, Ph.D. Candidate Nathalia Justo, Ph.D. Candidate Reuel Rogers, Assoc. Professor Hendrik Spruyt, Professor Kim Suiseeya, Asst. Professor
Feb
26
2019
Pi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony & Quarterly Undergraduate Faculty/Student Pizza Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
All students and faculty are invited to this quarterly Faculty/Student lunch. Come cheer on your fellow political science students and...
Feb
25
2019
INPut Lecture with John Bullock
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
"Partisan Bias in Surveys" Link for paper: http://johnbullock.org/partisanBiasInSurveys John Bullock Assoc. Professor, Department of Political Science Northwestern University
Feb
25
2019
IPR Colloquium: G. Ben-Arieh (Poli Sci/IPR) - Shifting Resettlement Strategies Through the Refugee Knowledge Hub
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Shifting Resettlement Strategies from Survival to Investment in the Future Through the Refugee Knowledge Hub: A Case Study of Supporting...
Feb
25
2019
Sovereignty as Self-Elimination: The Israeli Case — A Lecture by Joyce Dalsheim
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Joyce Dalsheim is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor of Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is...
Feb
19
2019
Political Science Honors Info Session 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Professor Steve Nelson, Director of the Political Science Honors Program, is hosting this info session to provide an opportunity for...
Feb
19
2019
War, Disease Environments and State-Building: The Case of Malaria Eradication in Palestine and Israel
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
EDGS Graduate Student Lecture Series Omri Tubi, Sociology In this paper I suggest that much of the development of medical institutions that...
Feb
18
2019
The Saudi-Iranian Struggle for Supremacy — A Talk by Simon Mabon
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
For two consecutive years now, the International Crisis Group has put the Saudi-Iranian rivalry on its annual list of the...
Feb
18
2019
Global Theory Workshop with Jeff Spinner Halev
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Group Agency and Historical Injustice Jeff Spinner-HalevKenan Eminent Professor of Political EthicsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Feb
15
2019
CHSS workshop - student presentations
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Claudia López is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science Emilio Lehoucq is a Ph.D. Student in Sociology
Feb
15
2019
Rosemary Hancock: Religion and Race in Grassroots Politics: Reflections and Questions from Australia
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Visiting scholar Dr. Rosemary Hancock will deliver a lecture on race, religion, and Australian grassroots politics. Although there is a significant body of...
Feb
14
2019
APSIA Undergraduate Information Session on Graduate School Admissions
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Join the Department of Political Science in hosting Briana Suarez from the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs in...
Feb
13
2019
Courses & Tacos: Undergraduate Spring Courses Info Event
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Come enjoy lunch and hear about upcoming Spring Quarter 2019 courses from Department faculty members. Bring your questions and appiptites....
Feb
11
2019
French Interdisciplinary Group (FIG) and Political Science Presents Gabrielle Marceau
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Current State of Multilateral Trade Relations Gabrielle Marceau, Ph.D., is Senior Counselor in the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO,...
Feb
11
2019
IPR Colloquium: C. Thurston (IPR/Political Science) - The Political Development of Asset Inequality in the U.S.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"The Political Development of Asset Inequality in the U.S." by Chloe Thurston, Assistant Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow This is...
Feb
7
2019
Sociology Colloquium: Rachel Beatty Riedl, Northwestern University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Rachel Beatty Riedl presents: From Pews to Politics in Africa and Beyond
Feb
1
2019
Up the Street with Adom Getachew
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Graduate Students Political Theory Workshop invites students and faculty to a discussion with Adom Getachew, Assistant Professor of Political...
Jan
28
2019
Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa — Evanston Public Library
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) and the Middle East and North African Studies Program...
Jan
28
2019
Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA) is pleased to present this program in partnership with the Institute for the...
Jan
25
2019
American Politics Workshop Presents John Bullock
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
"Reconsidering the Stability of Policy Preferences" John Bullock Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Political Science Northwestern University
Jan
25
2019
Comparative Politics Workshop with David Peyton
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Securing Property in Insecure Environments: Wealth Defense, Institutional Selection, and Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo" David PeytonPh.D. Candidate, Northwestern...
Jan
24
2019
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Discussion with Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
UPDATE 1/24: This event is SOLD OUT. We will do our best to accommodate standby guests if seats become available....
Jan
18
2019
Aristotle on Living Well with Profs. Edith Hall (King's College, London) & Richard Kraut (Northwestern)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
This panels celebrates, and places in dialogue, these two eminent scholars’ 2018 books published in 2018: Edith Hall, Aristotle's Way....
Jan
18
2019
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11
2019
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop Karthick Ramakrishnan
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Karthick Ramakrishnan Professor of Public Policy and Political ScienceUniversity of California - Riverside "State Citizenship: A New Framework for Rights in the...
Dec
17
2018
2018 Department Winter Celebration
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join your fellow faculty and staff members at the Page Residence (1030 Ridge Ave. Evanston, IL) for appetizers and...
Dec
7
2018
American Politics Workshop Presents Eric Oliver
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Eric OliverProfessor, Dept of Political ScienceUniversity of Chicago
Dec
5
2018
Childhood Air Pollution Exposure, Human Capital Accumulation, and Adult Wage: Evidence from China's Huai River Policy
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for the inaugural China Lab Lecture. Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago) will present "Childhood Air Pollution Exposure, Human Capital...
Nov
30
2018
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30
2018
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30
2018
What is Buddhist Law and Why Does It Matter?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contrary to popular stereotypes, Buddhism does have its own system of religious law, similar to shariah or Halakah or canon...
Nov
28
2018
"The Feeling of Being Watched" - Documentary film / Q&A with director Assia Boundaoui
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A filmmaker digs into tales of surveillance inside her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago’s south suburbs and discovers that her hometown...
Nov
28
2018
INPut Lecture Series Presents Karen Alter and Jean Clipperton
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Gender and Status in American Political Science: Who Determines weather a Scholar is Noteworthy?"
Nov
27
2018
Ethiopia: A Turn to Democracy?
6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
In 2018, there have been notable democratic advances and setbacks in Africa. The Working Group on Governance & Development has...
Nov
26
2018
Screening of "Duniya Juyi Juyi" (How Life Goes)
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
Duniya Juyi Juyi (which means "How Life Goes" in Hausa) is a 69-minute docudrama written, filmed, directed, and acted in...
Nov
26
2018
Educating Muslim Youth in Asia and Africa: An ISITA Perspectives Symposium
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Join the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) for a dialogue between the authors of two...
Nov
16
2018
CHSS Workshop: Daniel Immerwahr, "Empire of the Red Octagon: Stop Signs, Screw Threads, the English Language, and the Making of U.S.-Centric Globalization"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Daniel Immerwahr (Ph.D., Berkeley, 2011) is an associate professor, specializing in twentieth-century U.S. history within a global context. His first...
Nov
16
2018
Scott Straus: "Political Authority After Civil War: The Peacebuilder's Dilemma"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The War & Society Working Group of the Buffett Institute co-hosts Prof. Scott Straus (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Political Science) with...
Nov
13
2018
American history lecture by Daniel Rodgers (CCHS)
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Daniel RODGERS (Princeton U), author of Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age (1998) and Age of Fracture (2011) Lecture:...
Nov
13
2018
Relative Power of the State: A Theory of Economic Inequality
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Laura Garcia Montoya, PhD Candidate, Political Science In this chapter, I theorize about the forces sustaining stables trajectories of economic inequality...
Nov
12
2018
IPR Colloquium: 2018 Midterm Election Panel
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
"2018 Midterm Election Panel: Partisanship, Media, and the Economy" by Robert Gordon, Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences; Laurel...
Nov
12
2018
Irfan Ahmad: Beyond the “Secular/Enlightenment” Frame: Critique as an Everyday Practice among Muslims
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing...
Nov
9
2018
Critical Theory in Critical Times Workshop: Seyla Benhabib
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
EXILE, STATELESSNESS, MIGRATIONA Discussion with Seyla Benhabib Invited commentators: Craig Calhoun (Arizona State University), Mary Dietz (Northwestern), José Medina (Northwestern), and...
Nov
9
2018
West Wingers: Stories from Inside the Obama White House
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House – Book Excerpts,...
Nov
9
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop with David Szakonyi
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Collateral Damage: Evaluating International Sanctions using Firm-Level Data David SzakonyiAssistant Professor of Political ScienceGeorge Washington University
Nov
8
2018
Requirements for Survival: On Stockpiling and the Techniques of Resilience - Andrew Lakoff
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
FALL 2018 KEYNOTE of The Security Dialogues Andrew Lakoff will trace the genealogy of "national resilience" to the early Cold War,...
Nov
6
2018
Rape Law in a Time of #MeToo
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join fellow members of the Northwestern community in this dialogue over dinner on Tuesday, November 6, from 5:30 - 7...
Nov
5
2018
Master Class with Thomas Christiano
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having its first master class of the academic year with Tom Christiano,...
Nov
5
2018
Democracy and Oligarchy in the Czech Republic
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mr. Lubomir Zaorálek: Oligarchs and Divisive Populism in the Czech Republic Democracy in Czech lands was born one hundred years ago....
Nov
5
2018
Signs of Satan in Iran: Hollywood, Cosmopolitanism, Paranoia — Alireza Doostdar
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hollywood productions live complex social lives in Iran. They are consumed as objects of entertainment, contemplated as vehicles of spiritual...
Nov
5
2018
Thomas Christiano, "A Democratic Theory of Fair Exchange in Markets"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Buffett Institute's Global Capitalism & Law Research Group for a lunchtime talk by Thomas Christiano entitled "A Democratic...
Nov
1
2018
Politics of the Studio: Race and Design in Mid-Century America
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Using the uniquely cosmopolitan space of the Goldsholl studio as a point of departure—including the long-term position of African-American designer...
Oct
31
2018
Allison Davis Lecture, Noliwe Rooks: "The Segrenomics of American Public Education: Why Segregated Education is Too Lucrative to End"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
“The Segrenomics of American Public Education: Why Segregated Education is Too Lucrative to End” This talk will explore the history and...
Oct
29
2018
International Relations Working Group Presents M. Lena Trabucco
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
"Adjudicating Power: Law, War, and the Shadow of the Court"
Oct
26
2018
CHSS Workshop: Sasha Klyachkina and Omri Tubi
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sasha will present a paper entitled "Dimensions of Governance: Institutional Configurations Across the Post-Conflict North Caucasus." I am a PhD Candidate...
Oct
26
2018
Political Theory Graduate Student Workshop 'Up the Street' Series Presents Ross Carroll
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
"A Refusal to Argue: Ridicule in Scottish Englightenment Polemics Against Slavery" Ross CarollLecturer in Political TheoryUniversity of Exeter, UK
Oct
25
2018
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25
2018
A Jurisprudence of Generosity: A Celebration of The Alchemy of Race and Rights
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
This day long event will bring together nationally recognized scholars across the humanities and social sciences to consider the extended...
Oct
24
2018
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23
2018
Religious Control of Politics and the Limit of Religious Democracy
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
EDGS Graduate Student Speaker Series Gde Metera, Political Science Previous research on Muslim democracies reveals that the distinction between a religious democracy...
Oct
22
2018
Ben Schonthal: At the Seams of Saṅgha and State: Legal Pluralism and Buddhist Monasticism in Contemporary Sri Lanka.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Contrary to popular stereotypes, Buddhist monks do not live in separate, cloistered worlds sealed off from government lawmaking and courts....
Oct
19
2018
CHSS Workshop: Ho-Fung Hung, "The Origins of Globalization Revisited: The Case of Clinton's U-Turn on US-China Trade, 1993-94"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ho-Fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at the Sociology Department and the...
Oct
19
2018
Ben Schonthal: Methods Master Class
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Master Class on Research Methods for the Study of Religion and Law with Dr. Benjamin Schonthal (Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian...
Oct
19
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop with Mariana Borges
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
“Vote Buying and ImpressionManagement – Performing Largessein Northeast Brazil” Discussant: Nathalia Justo
Oct
18
2018
John Judis on The Nationalist Revival
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Trump in America, Brexit in the U.K., anti-EU parties in Europe, nativist and authoritarian leaders around the world – Why...
Oct
17
2018
Lecture- Rejecting Compromise: Legislators' Fear of Primary Voters
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for an event as part of the Practical Policies: Real-world applications of policy theories with the Institute...
Oct
16
2018
Richard W. Leopold Lecture: Vicente Fox
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
29th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture Perspectives and Challenges in US-Mexico Relationships Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will be joining us...
Oct
16
2018
Fall Quarter Undergraduate Student and Faculty Pizza Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Come enjoy lunch and conversation with fellow Political Science majors, minors, and faculty. Catch up with colleagues after a long summer....
Oct
15
2018
International Relations Working Group Presents Caroline de Lima e Silva
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Relationship between the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the STF
Oct
15
2018
Global Theory Workshop with Chiara Cordelli
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Making the law together: democratic legitimacy in the privatized state" I argue that legitimate law (i.e. law that can fully claim...
Oct
12
2018
NU Philosophy Colloquia Series - Mark Lance
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Northwestern's Department of Philosophy in welcoming Dr. Mark Lance for a talk entitled: "Toward a Revolutionary Nonviolent Strategy"
Oct
11
2018
Financial Citizenship: Experts, Publics, and the Politics of Central Banking
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Government bailouts, new populist and nationalist movements that target central banks, and central bankers as a source of popular malaise:...
Oct
5
2018
CHSS Workshop: Mala Htun, "Implementing the Rights Revolution? Effects of Sexual Assault and Harassment Training on College Campuses"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Mala Htun is Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico and co-PI and deputy director of ADVANCE...
Oct
5
2018
Melissa Crouch: States of Interpretive Denial in Myanmar: How the Rohingya Lost the Right to Vote and Why it Matters
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The international community celebrated the 2015 Myanmar elections and the success of the National League for Democracy and Aung San...
Oct
1
2018
Striking to Survive: A Student-Led Forum
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Political Science Speaker Series on “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” What is the meaning of the thousands of strikes that...
Sep
28
2018
Daniel Immerwahr (NU, History): "Bases as Borderlands: Sony, the Beatles, and Osama bin Laden as Products of the U.S. Basing System"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The War and Society Working Group welcomes Prof. Daniel Immerwahr (Northwestern University, History) for the first presentation of the 2018-2019...
Sep
24
2018
Communicating climate change: The power of visual storytelling
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Climate change has commanded global attention for decades – but critical solutions at scale have yet to be implemented. While...
Sep
24
2018
2018 Welcome Back and Fall Quarter Kick Off Party
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Come join fellow Department graduate students, faculty, and staff at Taco Diablo to reconnect after the summer and get ready...
Sep
24
2018
Weinberg Academic Directions Fair
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Considering Classics as a Major or Minor? Visit our table at the Weinberg Academic Directions Fair.
Jul
31
2018
RStudio Training for Undergraduates
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Interested in learning RStudio? All current Undergraduate Research Assistants affiliated with the political science department are welcome to attend this...
Jul
20
2018
STATA Training for Undergraduate Research Assistants
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
All current Undergraduate Research Assistants interested in learning STATA are welcome to attend this training, Introduction to STATA. While you...
Jul
12
2018
GIS training for Undergraduates
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
All current Undergraduate Research Assistants interested in learning GIS are welcome to attend this training, Introduction to GIS. While you...
Jun
27
2018
Political Science Summer Undergraduate Research Assistants Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Political Science Department is hosting an Undergrad Summer RA Kickoff. Political Science Faculty and their Undergraduate RA’s are invited...
Jun
23
2018
Political Science Undergraduate Convocation Reception 2018
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Dear Political Science Majors, class of 2018, and their graduation guests: I cordially invite you to our convocation reception in honor...
Jun
7
2018
Symposium: Rethinking the 'Muslim World': Concepts, History, Law, Politics
All day
Symposium: Rethinking the 'Muslim World': Concepts, History, Law, Politics.” The event will feature the recent work of Iza Hussin (The Politics...
Jun
4
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Legitimate Opposition under Attack: Democracy, Populism and the Specter of Electoral Autocracy Alex Kirshner Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science Duke University
Jun
4
2018
IPR Colloquium: Anthony Chen (IPR/Sociology) - How American Colleges and Universities Came to Value Racial Diversity
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"How American Colleges and Universities Came to Value Racial Diversity" by Anthony Chen, Associate Professor of Sociology and IPR Fellow This is...
Jun
1
2018
Political Theory 'Up the Street' Workshop with Jeff Rice
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Radical Actions at NU: From the 1968 Bursars Office Takeover to the Student Strike in 1970 Jeff Rice WCAS Adviser and Senior...
Jun
1
2018
Cecelia Lynch: Wrestling With God (Talk and Panel)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Graduate Group will be hosting Cecelia Lynch in a panel discussion of her new book Wrestling With God. Wrestling with God is...
May
30
2018
Farrell Fellowship Kick Off Lunch & Training
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch will be served. The purpose of this lunch and training is to discuss expectations and resources and make sure...
May
25
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Laura Garcia Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University "Parasitism: State Formation and The Economic Elite during the United States of Colombia"
May
23
2018
Democracy and Good Governance in Africa: How Northwestern Students Can Have an Impact
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
In this anticipated Africa Week event, keynote speaker Dr. Richard Joseph, John Evans Professor of International History and Politics, will...
May
23
2018
IPR Q-Center: G. Blair (UCLA) and A. Coppock (Yale) - When to Ask: Lessons from 500 List Experiments on Sensitive Topics
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
"When to Ask: Lessons from 500 List Experiments on Sensitive Topics" by Graeme Blair, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of...
May
22
2018
International Relations Faculty Book Release Celebration
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Come celebrate Drs. Karen Alter, Ian Hurd, and Stephen Nelson’s accomplishments over drinks and appetizers. Make sure to RSVP for...
May
18
2018
Undergraduate Research Poster Session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, May 18th 12:00pm-1:00pm Scott Hall, first floor, Guild LoungeLunch provided Interested in doing research in political science but not sure...
May
15
2018
Undergraduate Faculty/Student Pizza Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, May 15th 12:00pm-1:00pm Scott Hall, 212 Informal faculty/student lunch. Drop in any time between 12:00 pm -1:00 pm. Come chat...
May
14
2018
2018 Barry Farrell Lecture: Georgia: On the Front Lines with Russia
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Please join us for the Department of Political Science's 2018 Barry Farrell Lecture, Georgia: On the Front Lines with Russia. Co-sponsored...
May
11
2018
Racism, Patriotism, and Black Protest
9:15 AM - 4:30 PM
We will host "Racism, Patriotism, and Black Protest: From the 1968 Uprisings to the NFL #TakeAKnee Protests.” The workshop will...
May
11
2018
Chicago area Comparative and Historical Social Sciences Conference
All day
The Comparative and Historical Social Sciences Working Group (CHSS) at Northwestern University invites you to our first annual conference. We...
May
10
2018
Marc Crépon Talk: "Surviving the Loss of the World: Günther Anders, Migration, and the Refugee Crisis"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Marc Crépon is Chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and Research Director of the Husserl Archives. He is...
May
8
2018
Documentalities: Between the Homeless Shelter and Classical Literature - Dan-el Padilla Peralta
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
On migration, displacement, and knowledge in the past and in the present. Professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta (Princeton) is a classicist who specializes...
May
8
2018
Can Competition (Antitrust) Laws Protect the Consumers in the Developing Economies?: The Cases of Turkey and Mexico
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
EDGS Graduate Lecture Series Melike Arslan, Sociology Competition (Antitrust) laws are supposed to resolve the problems of monopolization and cartelistic organizations, and...
May
7
2018
Religious Freedom in Arab States: Who Is Free and What Are They Free to Do? A Talk by Nathan Brown (MENA Monday Night at the Evanston Public Library)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Most Arab states have an official religion and make some provisions for religious law in some areas. But they also...
May
7
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
What Could Justify Representative Democracy? Ryan Pevnick Associated Associate Professor of Public Service, NYU Wagner; Associate Professor of Politics, NYU Wilf Family Department...
May
7
2018
Reinventing the Wheel: Constitutions as Iterative Documents — Nathan Brown
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Constitutions are often seen — and present themselves — as moments of creation. But in fact, most states writing constitutions...
May
4
2018
"Power and International Law" Graduate and Postdoctoral Workshop
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
The Politics of International Law group is hosting its annual graduate and postdoctoral workshop on the theme of "Power and...
May
4
2018
Chicago Area Social and Political Behavior (CAB) Workshop
All day
Presenters: Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles Dave Campbell, University of Notre Dame Julie Lee Merseth, Northwestern University Mike Neblo,...
May
2
2018
Panel on "Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society" by Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Come hear a panel of distinguished social scientists and humanists from a variety of disciplines discuss and interact with Glen...
Apr
27
2018
**CANCELLED**"Cheap Talk or Costly Commitment? Leader Statements and the Implementation of Civil War Peace Agreements" by Alyssa K. Prorok – Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EVENT CANCELLED! Due to unforeseen circumstance, Prof. Prorok will not be coming to Northwestern on 27 APRIL. We hope she will...
Apr
26
2018
Keally McBride, University of San Francisco- "Mr. Mothercountry and the Colonial Origins of International Law"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Buffett Institute Politics of International Law Group and Global Politics and Religion Group present a talk by Professor Keally...
Apr
25
2018
SESP & Political Science Presents Prof. Jacob Hacker, "How Politics is Undermining the American Dream"
4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
We are excited to announce that SESP (in coordination with the Dept of Political Science) is sponsoring a Northwestern One...
Apr
25
2018
Lunch with Jacob Hacker, How American Politics is Undermining the American Dream
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Undergraduates, join us for an informal lunch with Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale University! Professor Hacker will be giving a...
Apr
23
2018
When Law is Not Enough: Controversies over Muslim Rights in the US — Nadia Marzouki (MENA Monday Night at the Evanston Public Library)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Disputes over the scope of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution have played a central role in contemporary debates about...
Apr
23
2018
Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy Launch Event
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy is celebrating its launch with a panel discussion and reception. “Courageous Leadership, Racial...
Apr
23
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
“Regions of trust and distrust: how good institutions can foster social cohesion” Bo Rothstein August Röhss Chair in Political Science Gothenburg University
Apr
21
2018
Growing Inequality and the Hidden Wealth Industry
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
As wealth inequality grows, so does the sector devoted to hiding wealth, masking ownership, and avoiding taxation and accountability. What...
Apr
20
2018
American Politics & Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshops
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jennifer Merolla Professor, Department of Political Science University of California, Riverside
Apr
20
2018
"Toward a Criminology of Genocide" by Professor Hollie Nyseth Brehm (The Ohio State University)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hollie Nyseth Brehm’s research agenda is motivated by the fundamental questions of why and how atrocities occur and who commits...
Apr
19
2018
Politics in 2018: The Resistance, Midterms & Beyond
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
CTSS & the Department of Political Science are excited to present: Politics in 2018: The Resistance, Midterms & Beyond A conversation with:New...
Apr
19
2018
Kate Ramsey: Powers of Imagination and Afro-Caribbean Healing in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth-Century Atlantic
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Afro-Caribbean spiritual practices became an object of law in many British Caribbean colonies at a time of intense transatlantic medical...
Apr
18
2018
The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies Lecture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Manuel Trajtenberg (Tel Aviv University): "Israel's Great Paradox: Strong Macro, Poor Micro”
Apr
16
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Duncan Snidal Professor of International Relations, Fellow of Nuffield College Oxford University The format is pre-read. The speaker will give brief opening remarks...
Apr
13
2018
CHSS Workshop: David Bateman, "The Development of Party Positions on Black Suffrage, 1780-1870"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
David Bateman is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University. His research focuses on American politics, often from a comparative...
Apr
13
2018
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"The impact of the Trump administration’s immigration policies on undocumented immigrants: evidence from survey experiments" Tom K. Wong Associate Professor, Department of Political...
Apr
6
2018
Frederick Douglass NOW
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW, written and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith Two hundred years ago Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. Likely the...
Apr
6
2018
"Post-Conflict Re-integration of Rebel Militaries and the Durable Peace" by Prof. Matt Martin (PhD, Major, US Air Force), US Air Force Academy
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The challenges to peace following civil conflicts are many. Following peaceful negotiations to end the conflict, the state’s goal is...
Apr
5
2018
2018 MPSA Department Reception
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
2018 MPSA Department Reception Palmer House Hotel Grant Park Parlor Meeting Room, 6th Floor(17 E. Monroe St. Chicago, IL 60603)Thursday,...
Apr
5
2018
Department Reception at MPSA 2018
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
2018 MPSA Department Reception Palmer House Hotel Grant Park Parlor Meeting Room, 6th Floor(17 E. Monroe St. Chicago, IL 60603) Thursday,...
Apr
4
2018
ISITA Perspectives Symposium Series. Jihad and Its Enemies: New Perspectives from West Africa - Lamin Sanneh and Alexander Thurston
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for a dialog between Lamin Sanneh (Yale University and Yale Divinity School), author of Beyond Jihad: The Pacifist Tradition...
Apr
3
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Cristina LaFont Wender-Lewis Research and Teaching Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
Mar
16
2018
Department of Political Science & TGS Graduate Classics Cluster Presents Ryan Balot
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
“The Motions of War in Plato’s Laws” Ryan Balot Professor of Political Science and Classics University of Toronto
Mar
15
2018
Farrell Fellows & Faculty Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Department of Political Science cordially invites its Farrell Fellows & Faculty to a lunch on Thursday, March 15th, 2018...
Mar
12
2018
IPR Colloquium: Daniel Galvin (IPR/Political Science) - From Labor Law to Employment Law: The Changing Politics of Workers’ Rights
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
“From Labor Law to Employment Law: The Changing Politics of Workers’ Rights” by Daniel Galvin, Associate Professor of Political Science and...
Mar
9
2018
10th Anniversary of the Sichuan Earthquake: A Panel Discussion
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
EDGS and Political Science Speaker Series on “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Panel discussion with Prof. William Hurst, Political Science,...
Mar
9
2018
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Preying on the Poor: Criminal Justice as Revenue Racket Joe Soss Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service Humphrey School of Public...
Mar
9
2018
The Mirage of Development: The Sichuan Earthquake, One Decade Later
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
EDGS and Political Science Speaker Series on “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Christian Sorace, Assistant Professor of Political Science at...
Mar
8
2018
"Church, State and Corporation" with Winnifred F. Sullivan
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
"Church, State and Corporation: Protecting Religion in the Twenty-first Century"Winnifred F. Sullivan (Indiana Department of Religious Studies and Maurer Law...
Mar
8
2018
The Politics of Compassion: the Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
EDGS and Political Science Speaker Series on “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Bin Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at...
Mar
7
2018
ISITA Perspectives Symposium Series. Sharia Politics in Contemporary Nigeria - Sarah Eltantawi and Brandon Kendhammer
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us for a dialog between the authors of two important recent studies of Islamic law and politics in northern...
Mar
6
2018
Deportation Research Clinic: This Is What Deportation Looks Like
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join the Buffett Institute for Global Studies Deportation Research Clinic to learn about the alarming state of deportation in the United...
Mar
6
2018
2018 Admiral Alban Weber Lecture: Kathryn Sikkink
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Reception at 4:00pm Presentation and Q&A at 5:00pm “Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century" Kathryn Sikkink Ryan Family Professor...
Mar
6
2018
Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Southeast Asian Environment
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Southeast Asian Environment. As a major center of global biodiversity and natural resources, Southeast Asia's environment...
Mar
2
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
“Bipolar Disorders:Varieties of Capitalism andSubtypes of Populism in LatinAmerica and Europe” Kenneth Roberts Professor, Department of Government Cornell University
Feb
28
2018
Vincent Lloyd: Black Dignity - On Paul Robeson and International Law
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drafted by a panel of...
Feb
26
2018
American Politics Workshop
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
"Voting lines, equal treatment, and early voting check-in times in Florida" Michael Herron Chair, Program in Quantitative Social ScienceWilliam Clinton Story Remsen...
Feb
26
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Democratic Representation Beyond Elections" Helene Landemore-Jelaca Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Yale University The format is pre-read. The speaker will give brief...
Feb
26
2018
IPR Colloquium: Quinn Mulroy (HDSP/IPR) - Enforcing Rights Protections: The Regulatory Power of Private Lawsuits and the American Bureaucracy
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Enforcing Rights Protections: The Regulatory Power of Private Lawsuits and the American Bureaucracy" by Quinn Mulroy, Assistant Professor of Human Development...
Feb
26
2018
Iraqi Kurdistan and the Middle East after the Referendum on Independence — Morgan Kaplan
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
On September 25, 2017, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) held a referendum on independence, which passed by an overwhelming...
Feb
23
2018
CHSS Workshop: Christian Davenport, "Intent, Intentionality and the (il)Legitimacy of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Co-sponsored with the War & Society workshop. Christian Davenport is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan as...
Feb
23
2018
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bernard Fraga Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Indiana, Bloomington "The Turnout Gap: Causes and Consequences of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in...
Feb
20
2018
Governance and Development Study Group: Prof. Michael Bratton, MSU, “Power Politics to Democratic Elections? Zimbabwe 2018”
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Topic: Zimbabwe Presenter: Professor Michael Bratton, Michigan State University *Food Will Be Served After my October 24 lecture on Peace, Democracy, and Open Access...
Feb
19
2018
Political Science Spring Courses Q&A
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Political Science Spring Courses Q&A for Undergraduates Come chat about classes with political science professors over free tacos! Monday, February 19th 5pm-6pm Scott Hall,...
Feb
16
2018
CHSS Book Club: Paul Frymer, "Building an American Empire"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join the CHSS community for our fall book club, where we will be discussing Paul Frymer's Building an American Empire: The...
Feb
16
2018
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hahrie HanAnton Vonk Professor of Environmental Politics, Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara "Civic Feedbacks: The Organizational Foundations of...
Feb
16
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Varieties of Populism: Populist Coalitions in the Andes Rodrigo Barrenechea Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Feb
15
2018
Pi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony & Winter Quarter Faculty/Undergraduate Student Pizza Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Pi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony & Winter Quarter Faculty/Undergraduate Student Pizza Lunch Thursday, February 15th 12:00pm-1:00pm Scott Hall, 212 Pi Sigma Alpha Induction Ceremony will begin...
Feb
13
2018
Political Science Honors Info Session Tuesday, Feb 13
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Planning to pursue honors in Political Science next year? Attend an Info session! Two Info sessions are available: Friday, February 9th 12:00-1:00...
Feb
9
2018
CHSS Workshop: Alex Hertel-Fernandez, "Transforming the Nation One State at a Time: The Right-Wing Troika and State Policy"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He will be giving a talk entitled "Transforming...
Feb
9
2018
Departmental Honors In Political Science Info Session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Planning to pursue honors in Political Science next year? Attend an Info session! Two Info sessions are available: Friday, February 9th 12:00-1:00...
Feb
8
2018
Kathleen Marie Foody: Islamophilia - Imagining Islam through Public Diplomacy
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Foody's current research explores the historical and lingering effects of US government involvement in defining Islam as public and foreign policy. She...
Feb
2
2018
Department of Political Science & TGS Graduate Classics Cluster Presents Edith Hall
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Old and New Materialisms and Greek Tragedy Edith Hall Department of Classics and Centre for Hellenic Studies King’s College London
Feb
2
2018
Feb
2
2018
"Not Just a War Theory" Ben Valentino – Dartmouth College (Cosponsored with IR Speaker Series)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
BENJAMIN VALENTINO is an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. His research interests include the causes and consequences of...
Jan
31
2018
ISITA Perspectives Symposium Series. Rethinking Timbuktu: Revisionist Approaches - Ousmane Kane and Charles Stewart
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Speakers: Ousmane Oumar Kane, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School Charles Stewart, professor emeritus...
Jan
30
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Theorizing Collective Self-Determination Anna Stilz Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and Human Values Department of Politics Princeton University
Jan
26
2018
CHSS Workshop: Andreas Wimmer, "Nation building: why some countries come together while others fall apart"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Co-sponsored with the War & Society workshop. Andreas Wimmer is Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy and a member of...
Jan
24
2018
Nao Lecture: Tatiana Seijas
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This year's Nao Lecture will feature Tatiana Seijas from Penn State University, who will speak about indigenous peoples' confrontation with...
Jan
23
2018
Governance and Development Study Group: Meeting 1
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Topic: KenyaPresenter: James T. GathiiWing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law and Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law The...
Jan
22
2018
Global Theory Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
James WilsonAssistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago Making the All-Affected Principle Safe for Democracy
Jan
19
2018
CHSS Workshop: Nitsan Chorev, "Foreign aid in comparative-historical perspective: The case of local pharmaceutical production in East Africa"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Nitsan Chorev is the Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University. She will be giving a...
Jan
19
2018
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Justin GrimmerAssociate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago "The Effect of Identifying Constituents on Representative-Constituent Communication" Social media sites present...
Jan
13
2018
Reviving American Democracy Conference Keynote Address by Prof. Lawrence Lessig
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
In celebration of Northwestern University's Professor Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens's (Princeton University) new book, Democracy In America? What Has...
Jan
12
2018
Reviving American Democracy Conference Opening Address by Sen. Russ Feingold
4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Benjamin Page (Northwestern University) and Martin Gilens (Princeton University) released their new book, Democracy In America? What Has Gone Wrong and...
Jan
12
2018
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Kevin MazurPostdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Jan
10
2018
Welcome Back and New Year Party
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Department of Political Science invites you to come and join your fellow faculty, student, and staff members to catch...
Jan
8
2018
MENA Monday: Can the Middle Eastern Regional Order Hold? Marc Lynch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and is the director of the Project on...
Dec
11
2017
MENA Monday Night at the Evanston Public Library. The Risk of War with Iran: Will Trump Kill Obama’s Iran Deal? A Talk by Trita Parsi
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to kill the nuclear deal with Iran. Since taking office, however, he has discovered that scrapping the...
Dec
1
2017
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Ballot Reform as Suffrage Restriction: Evidence from Brazil’s Second Republic" Daniel GingerichAssociate Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of PoliticsUniversity of Virginia
Nov
27
2017
IPR Colloquium: Eva Redei (Psychiatry/IPR) - Why Mental Illnesses Are Not Diseases and What to Do About It
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Why Mental Illnesses Are Not Diseases and What to Do About It" by Eva Redei, David Lawrence Stein Research Professor of...
Nov
20
2017
IPR Colloquium: J. Rosenbaum (IPR/SESP) - Does College Lead to Good Jobs for Everyone?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Does College Lead to Good Jobs for Everyone in the Era of 'College for All'?" by James Rosenbaum, Professor of Education...
Nov
17
2017
CHSS Workshop: Matt Lesch and Omri Tubi
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Join CHSS for two presentations from Northwestern community members: "Bringing the Temperature Down: Managing the Public Acceptability of Consumption Tax Reform...
Nov
17
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the U.S. Congress" Ruth Bloch RubinAssistant Professor, Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Chicago
Nov
17
2017
"Rent and Repression in Peacekeeper-Contributing Countries" presented by Prof. Jon Caverley (US Naval War College)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Jonathan Caverley, (Ph.D. Political Science, University of Chicago) is an Associate Professor of strategy in the Strategic & Operational Research...
Nov
14
2017
Joint IPR/SESP Lecture: Na’ilah Nasir (Spencer Foundation)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
"For a Time Such as This: A Vision for the Future of Education Research" by Na’ilah Nasir, President, Spencer Foundation
Nov
13
2017
IPR Colloquium: R. B. Riedl (IPR/Poli. Sci.) - Pews to Politics: Religious Ideas and Political Engagement
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Pews to Politics: How Religious Ideas Can Influence Modes of Political Engagement in Africa and Beyond" by Rachel Beatty Riedl, Associate...
Nov
10
2017
Why Tragic Playwrights Love to Hate Tyrants
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Professor Paul Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin, will present his talk "Why Tragic Playwrights Love to Hate Tyrants" as...
Nov
10
2017
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Reputational Politics: A Study of India’s Slum Leaders" Tariq ThachilAssociate Professor of Political ScienceVanderbilt University
Nov
8
2017
Benjamin's Critique of Violence: A German and Latin American Critical Theory Cooperation Event
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Faculty and graduate book discussion of Christoph Menke's Law and Violence. Christoph Menke in Dialogue with: María Del Rosario Acosta (DePaul University) Ronald...
Nov
7
2017
The Insiders: Covering Washington Since Trump's Election
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Three Washington bureau chiefs who are Medill alumnae will speak at Medill on Nov. 7, one year since the 2016...
Nov
7
2017
Motivations for Public Service in Corrupt States: Evidence from Post-Soviet Russia
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
EDGS Research Talk by Professor Jordan Gans-Morse, Political Science. Throughout much of the world, corruption in the civil service undermines state...
Nov
7
2017
Political Science Undergraduate Faculty/Student Pizza Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Informal Faculty/Student Lunch -Drop in any time between 12:00 pm -1:30 pmCome chat with fellow Political Science majors/minors, prospective majors...
Nov
6
2017
IPR Colloquium: V. Mittal (Psych./IPR) - Following Youth at Risk for Developing Schizophrenia
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Following Youth at Risk for Developing Schizophrenia: Translating Basic Psychopathology Research to Real-World Implementation" by Vijay Mittal, Assistant Professor of Psychology...
Oct
30
2017
Oct
30
2017
IPR Colloquium: C. Udry (Econ./IPR) - A Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Poor
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Poor" by Christopher Udry, Professor of Economics, Buffett Fellow, and IPR...
Oct
27
2017
CHSS Workshop: Prerna Singh, "How Ideas and Institutions Explain the Differential Control of Disease in China and India"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Prerna Singh is Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies and faculty fellow at the Watson Institute,...
Oct
27
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"I hear you loud and clear – and that’s the problem: Intergroup experiences, political attitudes, and political tolerance" Ethan BusbyPh.D. CandidateNorthwestern...
Oct
27
2017
International Relations Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Seeing Like A System" Jeff Colgan, Brown University
Oct
26
2017
Sociology Colloquium: Wesley Skogan, Northwestern University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Wesley Skogan presents: Stop and Frisk as an Organizational Strategy
Oct
24
2017
Richard W. Leopold Lecture: David D. Cole
7:30 PM - 9:15 PM
28th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture David D. Cole, National Legal Director, ACLU will join us for a lecture titled "We’ll...
Oct
24
2017
Richard Joseph: Building Peace and Democracy in Africa: Why Open Access to Knowledge is Vital
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
In conjunction with Open Access Week, an international event promoting the practice of making scholarship publicly available online, the University...
Oct
23
2017
IPR Colloquium: S. Young (IPR/Anthro.) - Food Insecurity and the First 1,000 Days of Life in East Africa
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Why Is Food Insecurity So Harmful in the First 1,000 Days of Life? Findings from East Africa" by Sera Young, Assistant...
Oct
23
2017
Political Theory Colloquium
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Democratic Judgment in an Age of "Alternative Facts" Professor Linda ZerilliDepartment of Political Science and Center for the Study of Gender...
Oct
19
2017
Was the Russian Revolution a Failure?
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Sheila Fitzpatrick, eminent historian of the Soviet Union, will give a talk on the impact of the October Revolution of...
Oct
16
2017
IPR Colloquium: B. Uzzi (Kellogg/IPR) - The Shift from Low to High Lethality for Terror Organizations
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"A Simple Model of the Shift from Low to High Lethality for Terror Organizations" by Brian Uzzi, Richard L. Thomas Professor of...
Oct
13
2017
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Post-Conflict Participation: Shifting Contexts, Threats, and Institutional Constraints" Sasha KlyachkinaPh.D. Candidate, Dept. of Political Science, Northwestern University
Oct
9
2017
IPR Colloquium: M. Prasad (IPR/Soc.) - Approaches to Corruption
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Approaches to Corruption: A Synthesis of the Scholarship" by Monica Prasad, Professor of Sociology and IPR Fellow This is part of the IPR...
Oct
6
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Interbranch Conflict and the Unilateral Presidency" Jon C. RogowskiAssistant ProfessorDepartment of GovernmentHarvard University
Oct
5
2017
America First: Donald Trump and the End of the Liberal World Order
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Ivo H. Daalder has been president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs since July 2013. Prior to joining the...
Oct
2
2017
A Conversation with Samantha Power
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Samantha Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Ambassador to the UnitedNations, will speak on Northwestern’s Evanston campus on...
Sep
26
2017
Buffett Institute Open House
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Help us kick off another year of global engagement and research at Northwestern! We invite our faculty and student affiliates, visiting...
Sep
18
2017
Department Fall 2017 Kick Off Party
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Come join fellow Department graduate students, faculty, and staff to reconnect after the summer and get ready for the new...
Sep
15
2017
Sep
14
2017
New TA Conference
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The New TA Conference (NTAC) is a day-long event for new teaching assistants at Northwestern. Throughout the day, participants engage in...
Sep
14
2017
New Graduate Student Fall Registration begins 9 a.m.
All day
New Graduate Student Fall Registration begins 9 a.m.
Sep
14
2017
Sep
13
2017
Weinberg Academic Directions Fair
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A chance for new students to be informed about what Weinberg has to offer! Many departments will be in attendence....
Sep
13
2017
Sep
11
2017
Jun
9
2017
Beyond the Ph.D.: Political Science Placement Workshop
All day
Derek Attig Assistant Director for Student OutreachCareer Development Office | Graduate CollegeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Friday June 9th, 10:00-11:30am, Scott Hall...
Jun
1
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Vesla Weaver (Associate Professor, Yale) From Portals to Politics: Conversations about the Police by the Policed
May
22
2017
"Is India Shifting to a Nuclear Counterforce Strategy?"* Presented by Prof. Vipin Narang – MIT
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
*Expect this to be a controversial presentation since Prof. Narang is essentially telling us that the democratic state of India...
May
19
2017
Conference: Post-Intervention Governance and Security in the African Sahel
All day
Supported by the French Interdisciplinary Group (FIG), this one-day conference is co-organized by faculty at Northwestern University and Sciences Po. Panels...
May
17
2017
Department of Political Science Undergraduate Faculty/Student Lunch
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Informal Faculty/Student Lunch - Drop in any time between 12:45 pm -2:00 pm Make sure to RSVP below by Monday, May...
May
17
2017
International Relations Speaker Series Presents Alison Dundes Renteln
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law, University of Southern California "The Human Right to Photograph:...
May
12
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Alex Theodoridis, Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, University of California Merced
May
12
2017
4th Annual Workshop on Globalizing Race Studies - After Obama: The Politics of Difference and the Rhetoric of Nationalism
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The FOURTH ANNUAL WORKSHOP ON GLOBALIZING RACE STUDIES will examine our current socio-political climate. It takes as abackdrop the transfer...
May
9
2017
Gimme Shelter: Leaders, Exile, and the Dilemmas of International Justice
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
EDGS Research Talk Daniel Krcmaric, Political Science Professor Krcmaric will give an overview of his book project tentatively titled The Justice Dilemma....
May
9
2017
Department of Political Science Presents U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Opening remarks followed by Q&A Attendees: Undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, and the Northwestern community
May
5
2017
Chicago Area Political and Social Behavior Workshop
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Organized by James Druckman, Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and IPR Associate Director and Fellow Speakers:Larry Bartels, May Werthan...
May
1
2017
Political Theory Colloquium
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Rights of Man Redefined: Fichte's Legal Positivism as Response to the Crisis of Natural Law" Alexander SchmidtHistorisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena
Apr
28
2017
Martha Wilfahrt
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Martha Wilfahrt researches the political economy of development, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Martha is currently working on...
Apr
25
2017
2017 Barry Farrell Speaker: Tina Tchen, Former Assistant to President Barack Obama & Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Tina Tchen is an alumna of Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law. Tina Tchen is a former Assistant to President Barack...
Apr
21
2017
Erica Simmons
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Erica Simmons is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies and is the Department of Political Science Board...
Apr
21
2017
Apr
20
2017
Marc Crépon, École Normale Supérieure, "Murderous Consent and the Balance of Terror: Günther Anders"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Marc Crépon is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and Director of Research...
Apr
19
2017
2017 Nancy L. Schwartz Memorial Lecture
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Vince Crawford – Modeling Strategic Communication: From Rendezvous and Reassurance to Trickery and Puffery Please join us for the 34th annual...
Apr
18
2017
2017 Barry Farrell Alumni Lecture: Stephen Krupin, Class of 2004
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Stephen Krupin, WCAS Political Science & Medill Class of 2004 - Senior Speechwriter to President Barack Obama- Chief Speechwriter to Secretary...
Apr
18
2017
International Relations Speaker Series Presents Stacey Philbrick Yadav
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges "Conflict and Reconstruction In Yemen" To make sense...
Apr
17
2017
Higher Education and Authoritarian Resilience: The Case of China, Past and Present
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS Elizabeth Perry, Harvard Western social scientists from John...
Apr
14
2017
Social Stability and Mutual Noncompliance: Cadre-Villager Bargaining at the Local Level
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS John Kennedy, University of Kansas While reports of...
Apr
13
2017
Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Lecture by Prof. Amada Armenta Between 2007 and 2012, the local jail in Nashville, Tennessee participated in an immigration enforcement program...
Apr
13
2017
Congress to Campus: Former Members of Congress roundtables with students
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The Department of Political Science presents: Congress to Campus, Former Members of Congress Roundtables with Students Brief welcome and introduction of...
Apr
7
2017
Department of Political Science MPSA 2017 Confernece Mixer
6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Come join fellow graduate students and faculty members at the Midwest Political Science Association 2017 Conference at the Palmer House...
Apr
7
2017
Developing Girls? The Temporal Logics of the Global Girls’ Empowerment Movement
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In the past decade, the adolescent girl has become an icon for the international development industry. These campaigns have redirected billions...
Apr
6
2017
New Media, Citizen Journalism and Politics
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Political changes around the world are closely linked to the virtue and vice enabled by new media technologies and communication....
Apr
6
2017
Department of Political Science Presents James Morrison, "Must Brexit Break Us?"
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
James Morrison is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political...
Apr
6
2017
Israel and the Middle East: Changing Equations
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
During the 20th century, Israel's military and strategic posture was designed to cope with the existential threats posed by its...
Apr
4
2017
Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS Maria Repnikova, Georgia State University Who watches over...
Apr
3
2017
IPR Colloquium: Mary McGrath - The Effect of Collaboration on Distributive Preferences
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
“The Effect of Collaboration on Distributive Preferences” by Mary McGrath, Assistant Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow This is part of...
Apr
3
2017
MENA Monday. Oil and Empire, 1871-1929 — A Talk by Joel Beinin
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
How should we write the history of the modern oil industry? The story of oil has most commonly been related...
Apr
3
2017
"Robust Discourse and the Objects of Legitimation: Framing International Intervention in the Syrian Civil War, 2011-2016"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Guest presentation by Prof. Eric Schoon (The Ohio State University), a comparative-historical sociologist whose research examines the roles of culture...
Mar
31
2017
"The Ways of War: Constructing a Compellence Strategy" (Lt Col, U.S. Air Force) Prof. Mike Fowler – U.S. Air Force Academy
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
U.S. Air Force Lt Col Mike Fowler and Associate Professor in the Military & Strategic Studies department at the U.S....
Mar
30
2017
Learning to be Loyal: Political Education in China and Russia
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS Karrie Koesel, Notre Dame How do authoritarian regimes...
Mar
13
2017
Loretta Ross: “Reproductive Justice in the Trump Era”
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Loretta Ross is the co-founder of SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective based in Atlanta, Georgia and she served...
Mar
10
2017
The Department of Political Science Presents Jane J. Mansbridge
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Legitamate Coercion and the Future of Political Science" Jane J. MansbridgeCharles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values and...
Mar
8
2017
The Mass Political Economy of Capital Controls: Evidence from Argentina
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
EDGS Research Talk: The Mass Political Economy of Capital Controls: Evidence from Argentina Stephen Nelson, Political Science Capital controls – policy-induced barriers...
Mar
7
2017
Democracy and Insecurity in Africa: A Forum Series
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11:00am to 1:45pm Guild Lounge, Scott Hall Attahiru Jega and Nigerian Electoral DemocracySara Monoson – PresidingPanel: A. Jega, J. Campbell, M....
Mar
3
2017
International Relations Speaker Series Presents Sheryl Lightfoot
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"The Transformative Potential of Indigenous Rights and Politics"
Feb
27
2017
Political Theory Colloquium: Edith Hall & Don Herzog
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Edith Hall, Professor of Classics, King’s College, Oxford University “That Goblin Word: Why we Need to Rethink what Aristophanes and We...
Feb
27
2017
"To Which Victor Go the Spoils? Strategies of Insurgent Dominance Before, During, and After Regime Change" Presentation by Prof. Peter Krause – Boston College
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Peter Krause’s research and writing focus on international security, Middle East politics, terrorism and political violence, and national movements. His...
Feb
24
2017
Paul Staniland
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Paul Staniland is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he co-directs the Program on...
Feb
24
2017
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
"The Racialized Politics of Poverty in the American States" Jamila MichenerAssistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University
Feb
24
2017
Feb
16
2017
James Chappel: Christian Democracy and the European Variety of Secularism
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The European model of secularism is currently in crisis, confronted with new immigrant populations on the one hand and resurgent...
Feb
10
2017
Political Theory Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
'Why Women’s Baseball Matters in the Era of Trump" Jennifer RingProfessor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno
Feb
10
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Alexandra Filindra (Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago) "Race, Rights, and Rifles: Guns and Gun Policy Attitudes Among White Americans."
Feb
10
2017
Crisis in Black Chicago: A Solutions Forum
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
An Open Dialogue on How the Northwestern Community Can Help Moderated by: Richard Joseph John Evans Professor of Political Science and Chris SoderquistPontifex Consulting...
Feb
9
2017
Faculty/Undergraduate Student Pizza Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Thursday, February 9th 12:00 -1:30 pm Informal Faculty/Student Lunch - Drop in any time between 12:00 -1:30 pmScott Hall, 212...
Feb
8
2017
Marketing Morals: Visualizing Bird Flu Control in Vietnam
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Natalie Porter, University of Notre Dame EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS This paper...
Feb
8
2017
Narratives of Politics in Syria and Beyond moderated by Professors Wendy Pearlman and Jocelyn Sage Mitchell
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Join students and faculty from Evanston and Qatar for a virtual discussion on storytelling, identity, and the lived experience of...
Feb
6
2017
Political Theory Colloquium
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"The Ajax Problem: Sophocles and the Politics of Good Sense.” Larissa M. Atkison is a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University, funded...
Jan
31
2017
CTSS Presents: Ta-Nehisi Coates
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Contemporary Thought Speaker Series is pleased to welcome Ta-Nehisi Coates to campus on January 31 at 6:30pm in Pick-Staiger...
Jan
30
2017
"Rethinking Approval and Audience Costs" Presentation by Prof. Sarah Croco – Univ. of Maryland
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sarah Croco is an assistant professor in the Department of Government and Politics and a faculty associate at the Center...
Jan
27
2017
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
“The Policy Bases of the New Deal Realignment” Devin Caughey (Assistant Professor, MIT)
Jan
26
2017
Gender in Political Science: Women in the Workplace
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Faculty Talk for Undergraduates with Professor Alter, "Gender in Political Science: Women in the Workplace". Lunch will be served. Open...
Jan
25
2017
Esra Sarioglu: New Women and Gender Politics in Turkey
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This talk examines uncharted dynamics of women’s employment in Turkey in the context of globalization. The recent rise of the...
Jan
24
2017
Career Paths for Social Science Majors: A Student Alumni Engagement Panel
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science and Gender STudies are all social sciences. Come hear from Weinberg College alumni who majored...
Jan
20
2017
Student Presentations: Sasha Klyachkina and Kory Alfred Johnson
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CHSS Student Presentations
Jan
20
2017
Inauguration Day Viewing
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presidential Inauguration Day Viewing Hosted by Political Science Faculty
Jan
18
2017
Undergraduate Research Advising and Grants
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Take your education to the next level and develop your project through undergraduate research grants! Learn about all the opportunities...
Jan
12
2017
Department of Political Science Post-Holiday & Winter Quarter Kick Off Party
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Come join fellow Political Science faculty, affiliates, graduate students, and staff to ring in the New Year and Quarter over...
Jan
11
2017
Populism and Competitive Authoritarianism in Latin America
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
LACS and the Comparative Politics Workshop (from NU's Department of Political Science) are delighted to announce the visit of Steven...
Jan
10
2017
Dept. of Political Science Commune Winter Quarter Meeting
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Dept. of Political Science Commune Winter Quarter Meeting
Jan
9
2017
Dept. of Political Science Commune Job Talk: Moses Khisa
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
"Paths From Personalist Rule: Institutional Transformation in Contemporary Africa"
Jan
6
2017
Robert Braun
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Robert Braun an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science at Northwestern University. He combines archival work with geographical information...
Jan
5
2017
The Trump Presidency in a Global Context
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Many people, including most pollsters and pundits, were surprised by the election of Donald J. Trump as the next president of the...
Dec
9
2016
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Kathleen Klaus, Post-Doctorial Fellow, Buffett Institute
Dec
2
2016
International Relations Speaker Series
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Dr. Jonathan Kirshner, Cornell University "From the Weight of History to the Unwritten Future: The (Re)Turn to Classical Realism"
Dec
1
2016
Miranda Johnson: An Indigenous Commonwealth? Rights, Courts, and the Dialogics of Settler Colonialism
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
An Indigenous Commonwealth? Rights, Courts, and the Dialogics of Settler Colonialism Dr. Johnson's work engages questions of indigenous historical agency, identity,...
Nov
29
2016
Comparative Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Stratified Democracy in the United States" Jeffrey Winters, Professor of Politics and Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS)...
Nov
21
2016
DEMYSTIFYING MILITARY INTERVENTIONS: WHEN AND WHY DO THEY HAPPEN?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Professor Marina Henke Presents Political Science Faculty Research TalkDEMYSTIFYING MILITARY INTERVENTIONS: WHEN AND WHY DO THEY HAPPEN?Monday, November 21st 12...
Nov
17
2016
Convenience at a Cost: Early Voting and the 2016 Presidential Elections
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Post-election Analysis with Mara Suttmann-LeaConvenience at a Cost: Early Voting and the 2016 Presidential ElectionsThursday, November 17th, 201612:30pm to 1:30pmScott...
Nov
14
2016
Nov
10
2016
Faculty/Student Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Informal Faculty/Student Lunch -Drop in any time between 12:30 -2:30 pm with post election discussion. Please contact the Political Science...
Nov
8
2016
Death Squad as ‘Legitimate’ Crime Control? The Problems of PETRUS in Suharto's Indonesia
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS ShawnaKim Blake Lowey-Ball, University of Utah For much...
Nov
4
2016
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Deva Woodly, The New School "The Pragamatism of Social Movement" Abstract: We often think of Social Movements as ideal enterprises; activities undertaken...
Nov
4
2016
"Crisis of Collectivity" Northwestern Graduate Student Political Theory Conference
All day
Jason A. Frank, Cornell University contact PoliticalTheoryNU@gmail.com for more information
Nov
2
2016
Nov
1
2016
Registration Advice from Upperclassmen
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
In preparation for pre-registration the following week, the Political Science Undergraduate Council is hosting a drop-in session for students who...
Oct
28
2016
Oct
28
2016
Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Corruption
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Co-organized by Monica Prasad (Sociology) and Jordan Gans-Morse (Political Science), this workshop will feature a roundtable discussion of a USAID...
Oct
19
2016
3rd and Final Presidential Debate Watch Party
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Come watch the final presidential debate with fellow Political Science majors and minors Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the...
Oct
17
2016
Oct
17
2016
IPR Colloquium: Wesley G. Skogan - Stop and Frisk and Police Legitimacy in Chicago
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Stop and Frisk and Police Legitimacy in Chicago" by Wesley G. Skogan, Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow This is part...
Oct
17
2016
Phantom Services: Deflecting Migrant Workers in China
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Speaker Series: “Society and Politics in the Asia-Pacific” Co-sponsored with Political Science and WCAS Kevin O'Brien, UC Berkeley As China urbanizes, more...
Oct
17
2016
War & Society Working Group: Guest Presentation by Professor Katharina Coleman
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Katharina Coleman (Ph.D. Princeton) specializes in International Relations, with a focus on international organisations, international security/peace operations, and international rules,...
Oct
14
2016
American Politics Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Mara Suttmann-Lea (Northwestern University PhD candidate)
Oct
13
2016
Benjamin Schonthal: Reimagining the Buddhist State: Buddhism, monasticism and the limits of law in Sri Lanka
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Like approximately half of the world’s basic laws, Sri Lanka’s constitution gives preferential status to the country’s majority religion, Buddhism....
Oct
5
2016
Admiral Weber Lecture: Norman Y. Mineta, "National Security and Civil Rights"
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Department of Political Science is honored to present Norman Y. Mineta as part of the Admiral Weber Lecture Series. Norman...
Oct
5
2016
The Admiral Weber Lecture presented by Secretary Norman Y Mineta Speaks on "National Security and Civil Rights"
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Admiral Weber Lecture presented by Secretary Norman Y. Mineta on National Security and Civil Rights. Reception: 3:00-3:45. Lecture: 4:00-5:00...
Oct
4
2016
Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Come watch the vice presidential debate with fellow Political Science majors and minors Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the...
Oct
4
2016
Oct
3
2016
Sep
26
2016
1st Presidential Debate Watch Party
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Come watch the 1st presidential debate with fellow Political Science majors and minors.Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the...
Sep
26
2016
Department of Political Science Teaching Committee Meeting
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Teaching Committee Meeting
Sep
26
2016
Department of Political Science Commune Meeting
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
1st Commune meeting of the 2016-17 Academic Year
Sep
16
2016
Department of Political Science New TA Session Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Department of Poiltical Science sponosed workshop for our new and returning teaching assistants.
Sep
16
2016
Department of Political Science New Graduate Student Oreintation
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Oreintation for incoming Department of Political Science graduate students
Jun
3
2016
May
31
2016
America’s War in Afghanistan: Multiple Actors and Divergent Strategies
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
The United States has been at war in Afghanistan for more than 14 years, the longest overseas conflict in American...
May
25
2016
Dr. John T. Farquhar, US Air Force Academy- "Airpower and Irregular War: A Battle of Ideas"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Security Studies Working Group will be co-sponsoring a talk with the Department of Political Science with Dr. John T....
May
19
2016
Dept. of Political Science, WCAS International Studies Program, and The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israeli Studies Present Michael N. Barnett, "The Star and Stripes: A History of the Foreign Policies of American Jews"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Michael N. Barnett is the University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the Elliott School of International Affairs...
May
11
2016
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Speaker Series Presents Claire Kim
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Claire KimProfessor, Political Science, University of California, Irvine “The Chinaman and the Slave: Notes on Race, Power and Positionally”
May
9
2016
Political Theory Colloquium Presents Maruna Mantena, “Gandhi and the Dilemmas of Action”
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Karuna MantenaDepartment of Political Science, Yale University Karuna Mantena is Associate Professor of Political Science. She holds a BSc (Econ)...
May
9
2016
Politics and Violence in Contemporary Africa
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Rachel Riedl, Political Science, will introduce the topic of "Politics and Violence in Contemporary Africa." Richard Joseph, Political Science, will present...
May
4
2016
2016 Admiral Weber Lecture: Cody Keenan, White House Director of Speechwriting
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
WCAS Political Science class of 2002
Apr
28
2016
Comparative Politics Workshop Presents James Robinson
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom"
Apr
26
2016
Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947Bruce HoffmanDirector of the Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University Bruce Hoffman is a tenured...
Apr
7
2016
Larycia Hawkins: The Meaning of Embodied Solidarity
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
What does it mean to transcend theoretical solidarity with the oppressed and move to actual, embodied solidarity with the oppressed? We...
Apr
7
2016
Lessons Learned from the Eurozone Debt Crisis, 2010-2014
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Dubbed the "fairy godmother to finance ministers in distress" by The Guardian, Lee C. Buchheit, a senior partner at Cleary...
Apr
6
2016
American Politics Workshop Presents Gregory Huber
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
"Creating Legitimacy: Experimental Behavioral Evidence on the effects of Institutions and Leaders' choices"
Mar
14
2016
EDGS Research Talk-Civilian support for non-state armed groups: Opening the black box of civilian agency in civil war
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Professor Ana Arjona, recipient of EDGS Faculty Research grant. AbstractOne of the central tenets of guerrilla warfare is that civilian support...
Mar
11
2016
Department of Political Science Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Speaker Series Presents Nyron Crawford
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"Black Ethics in the City: Race, Scandal, and the Suspicious Mind"
Mar
10
2016
Liberalism Unraveling: The United States and the Decolonizing World in the 1960s
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
EDGS Rajawali Speaker Series: "Comparative Empires in the International History of the Modern Era" Mark Atwood Lawrence, University of Texas-Austin Mark Lawrence,...
Mar
4
2016
American Politics Workshop Presents Spencer Piston
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
“Why Americans Love the Welfare State” Abstract While many pundits and political analysts claim that government measures to redistribute wealth downward are...