Department of Political Science

Dear colleagues and graduate students, Please join us for a Mock Graduate Conference RSP this Friday, October 20  2:30-4. Panelists include Walker Chavatel, Suren Mohammed and Dilruba Tas who received departmental funding to attend upcoming conferences with Drs. Stacey Liou and Juliana Restrepo Sanin serving as panel discussants. The panel will include draft versions of the graduate students’ planned conference presentations, with the goal of providing departmental practice and feedback prior to the conference.

OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOEACH OTHER IN A TIME OF WAR UF ETHICS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE &GEORGE A. SMATHERS LIBRARIES JOIN SCHOLARS FROM THERELIGION DEPARTMENT FORA CONVERSATION ABOUT THEONGOING WAR IN GAZA. This discussion will feature Religion Professors Yaniv Feller, Terje Ostebo, and Anna Peterson. The moderator will be April Hines, Journalism and Mass Communications Librarian. War Event Flyer_ When: November 1, 2023, 5pm - 6:30pm Where: Smathers Library

On Wednesday, November 8th at 1 pm in Turlington Hall, Room 3310, Mr. Kevi Donat, Owner of the Le Paris Noir (Black Paris) tour company, and Dr. Sharon Austin, Professor of Political Science, will discuss the experience of Black Americans and immigrants in Paris, France.  Dr. Austin will also discuss her 2024 African Americans in Paris spring break course.  Lunch will be provided.  Mr. Donat will also present "Black Seine, White Masks" on Thursday November 9th at 6:30 pm at the Cotton Club Museum…

The Center for African Studies presents: SASA @ Lunch with Richard Kweitsu, University of Florida The Significance of Post-Election Legal Challenges for Democratization in Africa Wednesday 15 November @ 11:45am in 471 Grinter Pizza and soft drinks provided.  

Dear colleagues and graduate students,   Please join us for a Mock Graduate Conference RSP on Tuesday November 21, 2:30-4 in Anderson 117. Panelists include Baba Adou and Richard Kweitsu who received departmental funding to attend upcoming conferences with Dr. Nicholas Kerr serving as panel discussant. The panel will include draft versions of the graduate students’ planned conference presentations, with the goal of providing departmental practice and feedback prior to the conference.  

Dear colleagues and graduate students,   Please join us for a Mock Graduate Conference RSP next Tuesday, January 9, 2:00-3:30. Panelists include Marcelline Amouzou, Sarah Snowmann and Corinne Tomasi who received departmental funding to attend upcoming conferences with Dr. Ben Smith serving as panel discussant. The panel will include draft versions of the graduate students’ planned conference presentations, with the goal of providing departmental practice and feedback prior to the conference.  

The Working Group State and Institutions in the Center for African Studies Is Pleased to Present Uncivic Legacies:  Civil Society & Democracy Promotion in Post-Conflict Africa Justine Davies University of Michigan Abstract:  My book project addresses a question of global significance: How do societies build democracy after war?  In the past two decades, international donors have allocated approximately 25 billion USD to civil society organizations (CSOs) in African countries affected by civil war. I focus on the phenomenon of civil…

Volodymyr Kulyk will give a talk on Wednesday, April 18, 12:30-2:30 (beginning with lunch). The talk is organized by CES and co-sponsored by Michael Bernhard's Raymond and Miriam Ehrlich Chair. Volodymyr Kulyk | The Harriman Institute (columbia.edu) Volodymyr Kulyk | Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University