multi-day
Social Ontologies of Oppression, Solidarity, and Care - Hybrid Workshop
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
What agency and caring relationships can we forge under oppression? What relationship does alienation have to social identities of gender...
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multi-day
Social Ontologies of Oppression, Solidarity, and Care - Hybrid Workshop
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
What agency and caring relationships can we forge under oppression? What relationship does alienation have to social identities of gender...
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...
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...
Nov
29
2023
New Major Meet-Up
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Political Science Department for a New Major Meet-Up! Stay tuned for more information.
Nov
21
2023
Lunch & Learn: Nuts & Bolts, an Overview of Administrative Systems and Processes
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Program Overview as they host Stephen Monteiro, Business Administrator with Northwestern University's Political...
Nov
17
2023
Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Deborah Boucoyannis, lecturer at George Washington University. How did representative institutions become...
Nov
17
2023
Racism and Hegemonic Delegitimation: The Sino-American Case
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Professor Zoltán Búzás, Associate Professor of Global Affairs in the...
Nov
15
2023
Weber Lecture 2023: Women Who Rock
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please join the Political Science Department as they host their Alban Weber Distinguished Speaker for Fall 2023, Jessica Hopper. Jessica Hopper...
Nov
14
2023
Lunch & Learn: Finding and Managing Research and Travel Awards at NU
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Program Overview as they host Tricia Adreani, Northwestern University political science Finance and...
Nov
13
2023
A Systems Approach to Digital Democracy
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Jennifer Forestal (Loyola University Chicago), who received her political science Ph.D....
Nov
10
2023
How to Write a Comparative and/or Historical Dissertation
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Laura Acosta (Brown University), Yannick Coenders (Washington University in St. Louis),...
Nov
10
2023
“How I Wrote" Hybrid Sovereignty
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities as they host Professor Swati...
Nov
9
2023
The Wall, the Door, the Threshold: Derrida and the Question of Hospitality
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Prof. Michael Naas from the DePaul University Department of Philosophy. This paper...
Nov
9
2023
Jeremy Levy, “How could anyone believe that?”: Interacting with unfamiliar beliefs across the U.S. political divide
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop and the Commune as they host Jeremy Levy, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, “How...
Nov
3
2023
Private Government at Home: Landlord Power and Rental Residential Domination
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences Workshop as they host a practice job talk for Shai Karp, Northwestern Political...
Nov
3
2023
Body of Lies: Collective Memory, Traumatic Events, and Collective Action during the Black Lives Matter Movement
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Monique Newton, a Political Science Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern...
Nov
3
2023
Willing and Able: Women’s Representation in Peace Negotiations
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Commune as they host Elizabeth Good, PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern...
Oct
31
2023
Lunch & Learn: Coordinating with the Coordinator: Events & Communications
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Science Department as they host Ariel Sowers for a Graduate Program Overview. In this session, Ariel Sowers,...
Oct
27
2023
Mourning Lost Territory: Moving On, Staying in Place or Defying the Status Quo?
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Matej Jungwirth, Northwestern Political Science Ph.D. candidate. Scholars consider territorial issues...
Oct
26
2023
Policing Protest and the Postlegitimation State?
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Paul Passavant, Professor of Politics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges....
Oct
25
2023
Falling Behind: How Anxiety over Status Affects Foreign Policy
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Graduate Commune as they host a practice job talk for Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Schulman for a presentation...
Oct
25
2023
The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial Democracy
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Matthew Neslon, Ph.D. '20, for a discussion of...
Oct
25
2023
Winter 2024 Pre-registration Preview
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the winter 2024 quarter courses. Faculty will present on...
Oct
24
2023
Carbon Sovereignty: How Navajo People Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Coal
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Andrew Curley, Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Development &...
Oct
23
2023
Constitutional Sankofa
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Paul Gowder, a professor at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law. This...
Oct
23
2023
Empire, Race, and Connected Histories of Democratization
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
The CP/IR Student Working Group presents Emerson Murray with Shah Chaudhary as discussant. Feedback is strongly encouraged, so please review...
Oct
20
2023
Lieux de Souvenir: A Social Art of Memory at the Intersection of the Sociological and Moral Imaginations
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences workshop as they host Angel Adams Parham, Associate Professor of Sociology from the...
Oct
19
2023
The Rule of Law and State-Court Enforcement of Voting Rights – the Future After Moore v. Harper
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Vikram Amar, Professor of Law at UC Davis, for a presentation...
Oct
17
2023
Lunch & Learn: Using SES Funding Pages and GSTS Effectively
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
In this session, we will cover: • How to read SES Funding Pages to understand your 20-quarter path • How to use...
Oct
13
2023
Are Civil and Interstate Wars One of the Same?
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Please join the the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Ulaş Erdoğdu, Ph.D. student in the department of Political Science,...
Oct
11
2023
Faculty & Undergraduate Pizza Party
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join us for our Faculty & Undergraduate Pizza Party on Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 from 12:30 - 2 pm....
Oct
6
2023
Canons, Colleges, and Consecrations: Structures of Coherence and Measuring Impact in Contemporary Historical Sociology
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Nick Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University. If...
Oct
6
2023
Is All for One Good For All? How Consensus Norms Shape the Design of International Agreements
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Bo Won Kim, Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University. Why do international...
Oct
5
2023
How to Give a Job Talk
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Science Department and The Graduate Commune & Placement Director for a presentation by Assistant Professor of...
Oct
3
2023
Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Professor Ellen Lust, Founding Director of the Governance and Local...
Oct
2
2023
Practice Job Talk: Poverty, Inequality, and Policy Preferences: Elite Attitudes in Latin America
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Politcal Science Department as they host Pilar Manzi, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Northwestern University. Although...
Sep
29
2023
Mapping the Fringe Economy: Race, Class, and the Politics of High-Cost Financial Markets
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop, and the Comparative Historical Social Science as they host Professor Patricia Posey...
Sep
29
2023
Political Science Department Open House
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join us for our Political Science Department Open House! A social event for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students...
Sep
29
2023
Bayesian Integrative Meta-Analysis: Toward Inclusive Cumulative Knowledge in the Social Sciences
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Political Science Department and the Graduate Commune for a Practice Job Talk by Sarah Moore and support...
Sep
26
2023
Lunch & Learn: Partnering with Political Science Staff
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
In this session, Political Science department staff will go over best practices for a wide variety of PhD student professional...
Sep
18
2023
Practice Job Talk: The Politics of Community Resilience to Armed Jihadism in West Africa
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the Political Science Department as they host Lamin Keita, Ph.D. for a Practice Job Talk for a presentation...
Sep
6
2023
Political Science Academic Directions Fair
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Please join us for the Weinberg College's annual (Virtual) Academic Direction Fair. This session will be hosted by the Political...
Jun
5
2023
Informal Punishment and Political Morality
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Colloquium as they host Drs. Colleen Murphy, UIUC, and Linda Radzik, (Texas A&M). How should we...
Jun
1
2023
Preparing for Interviews & Campus Visits
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Should you order drinks and desserts during a campus visit dinner? What should you mention and what not during interviews...
May
31
2023
Fieldwork Preparation Workshop
8:45 AM - 2:30 PM
Are you curious about what it means to do fieldwork? Have you been in the field and want to think...
May
26
2023
The Making of a Mantra: Americans’ Racial Ideologies in the Era of Black, Blue & All Lives Matter
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Duke University Associate Professor of Political Science Candis Watts...
May
26
2023
Ukraine's Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This event is co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Workshop, the International Relations Speaker Series, and the Russian, Eurasian, and East...
May
24
2023
All Department Info Session Clarifying: How Will a Grad Workers Contract Affect Life at Scott?
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
All faculty, staff, and graduate workers are invited and encouraged to attend this all-department information session hosted by the Northwestern...
May
22
2023
The Struggle for Treaty: Ella Cara Deloria and Vine Deloria Jr. on Anticolonial Relations
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Session details forthcoming. Dr. David Temin is a political theorist whose research and teaching spans American political thought, Native American studies...
May
19
2023
Partisan Identity, Source Credibility, and Second-Order Beliefs
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Jonathan Woon, professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Abstract:...
May
15
2023
Developing and Managing a Research Pipeline
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Please join the Graduate Commune as they host Arturo Chang, Charlotte Mencke, and Nathalia Justo. What is a research pipeline and...
May
15
2023
Democracy for Busy People
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Kevin Elliott, political theorist and Assistant Professor of Political Science at...
May
12
2023
Hybrid Sampling Strategies: A Framework for Efficient Survey Samples
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Moore, a political science Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern. While probability sampling is...
May
8
2023
Global Theory Workshop: Grad Professionalization
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Graduate Presentation - John Locke and Tolerable Diversity: Jinxue Chen, Ph.D. Candidate The growth of populism, a rising tide of nationalism,...
May
1
2023
Teaching Settler Colonialism and Strategies of Resistance
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Burke Hendrix, Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. Many...
Apr
28
2023
International Relations Speaker Series: Danielle Gilbert
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Session details forthcoming. Dr. Danielle Gilbert is an Assistant Professor of Military & Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force...
Apr
28
2023
The Long Shadow of The Big Lie: How Beliefs about the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Spill Over onto Future Elections
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Matt Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and the Stephen and...
Apr
27
2023
PS 490 R Workshop Series: Network Analysis [THURS session]
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the R Workshop Series as they host a session on using R to clean data, led by Ph.D....
Apr
24
2023
Voltaire's Socrates and the Enlightenment Plato
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Dr. Tae-Yeoun Keum, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University...
Apr
21
2023
Developing Scholars: Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Racial, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Domingo Morel, Associate Professor of Political Science at...
Apr
21
2023
After Violence: Russia’s Beslan School Massacre and the Peace That Followed
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Compartive Politics Workshop as they host Debra Javeline, Associate Professor at Notre Dame University ABSTRACT: Starting on September...
Apr
18
2023
PS 490 R Workshop Series: Experiments: From R to Qualtrics and Back Again
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the R Workshop Series as they host a session on using R to clean data, led by Ph.D....
Apr
17
2023
The Rise of Free Market Ideology: An American History
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Prof. Alex Zakaras, associate professor at the University of Vermont. Abstract: The...
Apr
12
2023
Beyond the PhD: Early Career Academics
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us and hear from NU Political Science alumni Dr. Amanda D’Urso and Dr. Matthew Nelsen about their recent experiences...
Apr
11
2023
PS 490 R Workshop Series: Data Cleaning
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the R Workshop Series as they host a session on using R to clean data, led by Ph.D....
Apr
7
2023
From Movement to Order: Black Power Cities and Urban Political Development
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences and the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Kimberley Johnson,...
Apr
3
2023
Global Theory Workshop: Grad Professionalization
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
"Preparing for the Theory Job Market" This graduate professionalization session of the Global Theory workshop will focus on major do’s and...
Mar
31
2023
Political Backlash Against Financialized Housing Markets
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences and the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Andreas Wiedemann, Assistant Professor of...
Mar
31
2023
Moral Rhetoric in Party Campaigns
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Jae-Hee Jung, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at...
Mar
31
2023
Today Ukraine, Tomorrow Taiwan? Assessing Transferability of U.S. Reputation for Resolve Across International Crises
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Rachel Myrick, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Abstract:...
Mar
29
2023
Grant and Fellowship Writing Workshop for Graduate Students
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Office of Fellowships Grant-Writing Workshop serves Northwestern graduate students in several ways. First, it introduces students to the Office...
Mar
17
2023
The Politics of Place: How Southern Identity Shapes American Politics
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Princess H. Williams, Assistant Professor of Political Science at...
Mar
14
2023
Crafting your First IRB Submission
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join IRB Staff and the Political Science Department for a Workshop and Q&A on the Social Science IRB Process. Lunch Provided....
Mar
6
2023
Three Responses to Shifting Borders: Sovereigntism, Democratic Cosmopolitanism, and the Watershed Model
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Prof. Paulina Ochoa Espejo, a professor of political science at Haverford...
Mar
3
2023
CHSS & APD: Jacob Grumbach (Washington)
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the American Politics Development Lecture Series and the Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Jacob M. Grumbach,...
Mar
3
2023
Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Shana Gadarian, Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. This is...
Feb
28
2023
R Workshop Series: Intro to Webscraping and Text-As-Data in R
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the R Workshop Series as Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Andrés Schelp leads a session on Intro to Webscraping...
Feb
27
2023
The Statist Blindspot and Histories of Eastern Empires
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Professor Loubna El Amine, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern...
Feb
24
2023
Playing it Safe or Taking a Chance? Choosing between Challengers
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Timothy Hellwig, Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. Voters commonly respond...
Feb
23
2023
One Year After The Russian Invasion: A Conversation with Tymofiy Mylovanov
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tymofiy Mylovanov is the President of the Kyiv School of Economics. A former Minister of Economic Development, he continues to...
Feb
13
2023
Game Theory's Missed Model of Systemic Discrimination: Discussing the Wider Implications
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Coloquium as they host Prof. S.M. Amadae, senior lecturer and adjust professor at the Univesrity...
Feb
10
2023
Comparative Political Workshop: Avital Livny
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Session details forthcoming. Avital Livny is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, previously a...
Feb
7
2023
R Workshop Series: Geospatial Data & Visualization in R
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the R Workshop Series as Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Moore leads a session on Geospatial Data &...
Feb
6
2023
Capitalism and the Organization of Displacement: Selma James's Internationalism from Below
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Coloquium as they host Dr. Katrina Forrest, Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in the...
Feb
2
2023
Comparative Politics Workshop: Andrew Saab, Bottom-Up Election Information Spillovers
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Andrew Saab, a current PhD candidate in the Political Science Department...
Jan
31
2023
R Workshop Series: Troubleshooting in R
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the R Workshop Series as Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Jennifer Lin leads a session on Troubleshooting in R. This...
Jan
27
2023
When Economic Security is National Security: Commercial Interests and Influence Over Investment Screening
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Prof. Sarah Bauerle-Danzman, Associate Professor of international relations at Indiana...
Jan
26
2023
How to Publish Books in Political Science
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host a session with Sara Doskow, Senior Editor for Political Science and...
Jan
23
2023
Publishing in Political Theory
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop and Professor Shmulik Nili as he discusses publishing in political theory. In this session...
Jan
20
2023
You MENA I’m White? Priming Middle Eastern & North African Identity
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Darmouth College Postdoctoral Fellow Amanda d'Urso. Abstract: In 1909, a...
Jan
9
2023
Bound in Freedom: Martin Delany on Political Inequality and Social Injury
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Dr. Desmond Jogmohan from the University of California, Berkeley. This chapter reconstructs...
Dec
5
2022
The Two Faces of Democracy: Decentering Agonism and Deliberation.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Professor Molly Scudder, Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. Abstract:...
Dec
5
2022
Teaching at Liberal Arts Colleges
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
What does it mean to start a tenure-track position at a liberal arts colleges? Are you interested in developing a...
Nov
17
2022
Ukraine: What Is to Come?
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Join a group of premier observers and analysts in a discussion about recent developments and future prospects in the war...
Nov
11
2022
States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Under what circumstances might climate change lead to negative security outcomes? Over the past fifteen years, a rapidly growing applied...
Nov
10
2022
Pita & Politics | Understanding The 2022 Midterm Elections: Analysis & Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Pita & Politics: Fall Quarter Event for Undergraduate Political Science Students Come meet other students, have lunch, and talk about politics! Lunch...
Oct
7
2022
IRSS: Michael Desch, "Will the Real(ist) Thucydides Please Stand Up? Reading Restraint at the Heart of the Paradigm’s Ur-text"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Professor Michael C. Desch (Notre Dame) for a presentation titled,...
Jun
6
2022
Global Theory Workshop: Megan Hyska
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Megan Hyska from Northwestern University. Session details forthcoming. Megan Hyska (PhD,...
Jun
3
2022
American Politics Workshop | Mapping the Fringe Economy: How the Fringe Economy Shapes Inclusion
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Patricia Posey, the Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science...
May
31
2022
Innovating Graduate Student Teaching in Political Science
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
The political science teaching committee is a graduate student organized group that meets monthly throughout the academic year to discuss...
May
27
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Does Improving Electoral Access Facilitate Clientelism? A Reassessment of Theory and Evidence
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop in welcoming Daniel de Kadt from the London School of Economics. Abstract: Independent election commissions...
May
27
2022
REP Workshop Discussion Meeting: Asian Americans: Politics, (Pop) Culture, and Representation
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
—*for our workshop, this is what we mean: The Racial and Ethnic Politics (REP) Workshop will meet this quarter in a...
May
27
2022
Fieldwork Q&A Meeting
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join Political Science faculty and graduate students for an informal discussion on conducting fieldwork, especially during COVID times. Students...
May
26
2022
Roundtable Discussion with Former NSA Director, Admiral Michael Rogers
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for an informal, roundtable discussion with former NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers. This discussion will be moderated by...
May
26
2022
Office of Fellowships: Grant Writing Workshop
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Hosted by Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director, Office of Fellowships. The Office of Fellowships Grant-Writing Workshop serves Northwestern graduate students...
May
25
2022
Understanding the wider impacts of Ethiopia's northern conflict: Ann Fitz-Gerald (Wilfrid Laurier University)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Please join the Political Science Department, Program of African Studies, Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies, and the...
May
24
2022
Deportation Research Clinic Annual Presentations
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Deportation Research Clinic for the last 10 years has been producing impactful findings and legal analyses leading to historic...
May
24
2022
Between Crisis and Reform: European Union at the Crossroads
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Francesco Saraceno, Deputy Department Director of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques. Francesco Saraceno is Deputy Department Director of the Observatoire...
May
23
2022
Global Theory Workshop | The Difficulty of Being Good: Investigating Organizational Compliance and Misconduct
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Eugene Soltes from Harvard Business School. What is the frequency that...
May
20
2022
Political Theory Workshop | Up the Street Series: White and Deadly: Sugar and the Sweet Taste of Freedom
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join the Political Theory Workshop in hosting Elisabeth Anker from George Washington University. About Ugly Freedoms: "In Ugly Freedoms Elisabeth...
May
20
2022
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Mohamed Sesay, 'Domination Through Law"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Mohamed Sesay, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social...
May
20
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Is Ukraine a Multiethnic Country?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Volodymyr Kulyk, head research fellow at the Institute of Political...
May
20
2022
IR Grad Student Workshop: The Underside of Order: Race in the Constitution of International Order
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Graduate Student International Relations Workshop for a presentation by Ph.D. candidate in Political Science Owen Brown. Owen...
May
16
2022
Global Theory Workshop: The Scope of Legislative Bargaining
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Melissa Schwartzberg from New York University. Abstract: This is chapter 4...
May
13
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Bayesian Integrative Meta Analysis
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Moore from Northwestern University. Abstract: Across various academic disciplines, meta-analysis is...
May
9
2022
Global Theory Workshop: Immigrant Legalization: A Dilemma between Justice and the Rule of Law
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Sarah Song from the University of California Berkeley. Session details...
May
6
2022
Political Theory Workshop | Up the Street Series: Fanny Söderbäck
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Up the Street Series: Fanny Söderbäck. "Sexual Violence as Ontological Violence:Narration, Selfhood, and the Destruction of Singularity" Abstract: In this paper, I...
May
6
2022
Chicago Area Social and Political Behavior Workshop (CAB)
All day
2022 Chicago Area Social and Political Behavior (CAB) Workshop 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., with dinner immediately following until 7:15 p.m. Registration...
May
2
2022
Global Theory Workshop | Realism and Responsible Parties
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Emilee Chapman from Stanford University. Abstract: This paper reconstructs and critiques...
May
2
2022
IPR Colloquium: T. Bonilla (IPR/SESP) - The Role of Descriptive and Substantive Representation in Voter Decision-Making
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please note that all IPR colloquia this spring will be held simultaneously in person and online. Registration is only required...
Apr
29
2022
A conversation and Q&A with war correspondent Kenneth R. Rosen: "Everyone is Lying: The Pursuit of Fact Amid War"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program, the Medill School of Journalism and the Department of...
Apr
29
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop | Beyond Grievances: Demographic Changes and Nationalistic Attitudes in Chile
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Abstract: There is ample evidence showing that demographic changes due to immigration can electorally benefit far-right parties. Demand-side explanations have...
Apr
25
2022
Global Theory Workshop: Margaret Moore
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Margaret Moore from Queen's University. ABSTRACT: This paper considers whether threats...
Apr
22
2022
American Politics Workshop: Prof. Adam Levine
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Adam Seth Levine, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Associate Professor...
Apr
22
2022
Graduate Student International Relations Workshop: Pilar Manzi
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Graduate Student International Relations Workshop for a presentation by Ph.D. candidate in Political Science Pilar Manzi (presentation...
Apr
19
2022
Equitable Grading Practices Workshop
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
What are the purpose of grades? Grades can measure student progress, provide feedback, and provide qualification for other courses and...
Apr
18
2022
Global Theory Workshop: Andrew March
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Andrew March from the University of Massachusets Amherst. Session details...
Apr
15
2022
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. James Morrison, "England's Cross of Gold"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. James Ashley Morrison, Assistant Professor in the Department of...
Apr
15
2022
Graduate Student International Relations Workshop: Shah Zeb Chaudhary
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Graduate Student International Relations Workshop: Shah Zeb Chaudhary Please join the Graduate Student International Relations Workshop for a presentation by [Insert...
Apr
11
2022
Global Theory Workshop: Andy Koppelman
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Andrew Koppelman from Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law. Session...
Apr
8
2022
Political Science Honors info session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Are you thinking about applying to the Political Science Honors program? Join us for this info session to learn more...
Apr
4
2022
IPR Colloquium: J. Druckman (IPR/Poli. Sci.) - (Affective) Polarization in America
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please note that all IPR colloquia this spring will be held simultaneously in person and online. Registration is only required...
Apr
1
2022
Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop | Contesting Homogeneity: Centering Racial Group Membership in Latino Politics
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Abstract: Latino is an umbrella term with high levels of diversity within the groups. These differences - national origin, generation,...
Mar
24
2022
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Ayşe Zarakol, "Before the West"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University...
Mar
18
2022
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Turkey’s Role in NATO: A Roundtable discussion with Dimitar Bechev (Carnegie Europe, Oxford), Sinem Adar (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik), and Ṣener Aktürk (Koç University), moderated by Jordan Gans-Morse (Northwestern
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Turkey’s Role in NATO: A Roundtable discussion with Dimitar Bechev (Carnegie Europe, Oxford), Sinem Adar (Stiftung...
Mar
15
2022
Russia's War on Ukraine: Russian Public Opinion, Media, and Censorship
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES), the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, and the...
Mar
11
2022
Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Charlotte Mencke 'To Kill the Sons of Brutus'
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join us for our final workshop of the quarter. Charlotte Mencke will be presenting her paper 'To Kill the...
Mar
10
2022
Russia's War on Ukraine: The Ukrainian Resistance
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES) and the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs for...
Mar
7
2022
IPR Colloquium: C. Thurston (IPR/Poli. Sci.) - Debtors and American Political Development
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Debtors and American Political Development" by Chloe Thurston, Assistant Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow This is a presentation of research...
Mar
4
2022
American Politics Workshop: Prof. Chadly Stern: Toward an understanding of when psychological differences do (and do not) emerge across the political spectrum
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Chadly Stern, Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,...
Mar
4
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Ora John Reuter, "The Demand for Elections"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Ora John Reuter, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University...
Feb
25
2022
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Lucia Rafanelli
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Lucia Rafanelli Assistant Professor of Political Science & International...
Feb
25
2022
American Politics Workshop: Prof. Charlotte Cavaille, 'Much Ado About Debt'
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics workshop as they host Charlotte Cavaillé, assistant professor of public policy at the University of...
Feb
21
2022
Professor Erin Pineda (Smith), “An Entire World in Motion: Civil Disobedience as Decolonizing Praxis”
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 21 for Professor Erin Pineda's presentation, “An Entire World in...
Feb
18
2022
Demetra Kasimis: The Intimacy of Conspiracy: Democratic Erosion and the Problem of the Oikos
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Real and suspected plots to overthrow democracy periodically dominated life in classical Athens, but scholars have been slow to see...
Feb
18
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, "Theory and Credibility"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy Dean at...
Feb
16
2022
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis from the German Perspective: A Conversation with Consul General Wolfgang Mössinger
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program for this virtual event with German Consul General...
Feb
15
2022
Professor Bonnie Honig (Brown), "Truth Queens: The Biblical Esther from Eve Sedgwick to Ivanka Trump"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 15 for Professor Bonnie Honig's presentation on her paper, "Truth...
Feb
11
2022
Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop: Prof. David Cortez (Notre Dame), "Broken Mirrors: Latinx, La Migra, and the Conflict of Being Both"
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Please join the Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop as they host Dr. David Cortez, assistant professor of political science and...
Feb
7
2022
Red Skin, White Masks: A Conversation with Glen Coulthard, University of British Columbia
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 7 for Professor Glen Coulthard's presentation of Red Skin, White...
Feb
4
2022
Comparative Politics Workshop: Ulaş Erdoğdu, "Weapons of the Ordinary: Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Voting Behavior"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Northwestern Political Science PhD student Ulaş Erdoğdu, presenting "Weapons of the...
Jan
21
2022
Professor Jeremy Waldron (NYU Law), "Locke and the Pragmatics of Legitimism"
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Please join us for the first Political Theory Colloquium of Winter 2022 from 2-3:30pm CST, on Jan 21. Professor Jeremy...
Jan
21
2022
TO BE RESCHEDULED: Comparative Politics Workshop: Daniel de Kadt, "The political legacy of the Marikana massacre"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
DUE TO A LAST MINUTE CONFLICT THE FOLLOWING EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. Please join the Comparative Politics...
Nov
19
2021
American Politics Workshop: Prof. Sarah Treul
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Professor Sarah Treul. Session details forthcoming. Dr. Sarah A. Treul is an...
Nov
12
2021
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Michelle Jurkovich, "Feeding the Hungry"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Michelle Jurkovich, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UMass...
Nov
4
2021
Weber Lecture Fall 2021 | Professor Sheryl Lightfoot, "Indigenous Disruptions"
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Please join the Department of Political Science and the Center for Native American and Indigenous research at Northwestern University, as...
Oct
22
2021
International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Barbara Koremenos "Managing Institutional Externalities through Intertwined Design"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as we host Barbara Koremenos, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate with...
Oct
11
2021
Political Theory Colloquium: Labor, Nature, and Empire: Alienation and the (Post)Colonial Political Rift
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as we host , Professor Inés Valdez, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science...
Sep
24
2021
Political Science | Faculty and Graduate Academic Year Kickoff
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
We hope the new academic year is off to a great start for each of you! The Political Science Department’s...
May
29
2021
9th Annual Arryman Symposium
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Arryman Scholars present dissertation research Gde Metera, PhD Political Science will present his dissertation, "The Struggle over Symbolic Power Resource: The...
May
25
2021
Antiracism in Thought and Action | The Politics of Police Reform after the George Floyd Case
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy for the next installment of the Anti-Racism in Thought and...
May
21
2021
American Politics Workshop: Laura Bucci
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Title: "Redistribution by Other Means" in Unequal Voice: Deunionization in the American States Abstract: Throughout the larger book manuscript, I argue that...
May
18
2021
Panel discussion: Why political science?
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Do you ever wonder how your professors came to study and teach political science? In this panel, three political scientists...
May
7
2021
Chicago Area Political and Social Behavior Workshop
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Please join us for the 2021 Chicago Area Political and Social Behavior (CAB) Workshop. The workshop serves as an annual...
May
7
2021
International Relations Speaker Series: Peter Andreas
12:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for the latest installment of our International Relation Speaker Series, featuring Peter Andreas who will discuss his...
May
3
2021
EDMUND PERRY LECTURE "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America" with Dr. Anthea Butler
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
EDMUND PERRY LECTURE "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America", presented by Dr. Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religion,...
Apr
27
2021
Antiracism in Thought and Action | Lessons from the Field: A Real Conversation about Racial Equity Work in Cultural Institutions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy for the next installment of the Anti-Racism in Thought and...
Apr
9
2021
American Politics Workshop: Jennifer Lawless
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The American Politics Workshop hosts Jennifer Lawless for a presentation on “Reinvigorating Local News,” from News Hole: The Demise of...
Apr
9
2021
International Relations Speaker Series: Sheena Chestnut Greitens
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join us for the latest installment of our International Relation Speaker Series, featuring Sheena Chestnut Greitens. Greitens will be...
Mar
31
2021
Antiracism in Thought and Action: Black Feminism, White Feminism, and Antiracism.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy for the next installment of the Anti-Racism in Thought and...
Mar
12
2021
Political Science Honors Info Session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Are you thinking about applying to the Political Science Honors program? Join the Political Science Department for this info session...
Mar
12
2021
Careers as Faculty at Liberal Arts Colleges
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Please join the Department of Political Science Teaching Committee to hear from several political science professors who have taught at...
Mar
5
2021
Political Theory Workshop: Kevin Duong
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a presentation from Kevin Duong, details forthcoming, as part of their Up the...
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
9
2020
IPR 2020 Post-Election Panel
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
IPR 2020 Post-Election Panel Panelists: Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor Professor of Economics Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Associate Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow Erik...
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
26
2020
IPR Colloquium: S. Nuamah (IPR/SESP) - How the Punishment of Black Women and Girls Affects Our Democracy
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"How the Punishment of Black Women and Girls Affects Our Democracy" by Sally Nuamah, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social...
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
Jan
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...