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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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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