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Roundtable: S. Akturk's Regimes of Ethnicity and Nationhood in Germany, Russia, and Turkey

Event Start: February 21, 2014 12:00 AM

Event End: February 21, 2014 12:00 AM

Event Location: Lane Room

Presidency Website Recognized by White House Speechwriter

The American Presidency Website (a joint venture of Professor John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters) was recently complimented by a White House staff speech writer as a valuable resource in compiling materials for presidential speeches. The writer notes: "We keep our own speech archive, but yours is so complete and so current that I often find myself searching your database to make sure we aren't missing something."

Professor Neil Narang Awarded Fellowship

Neil Narang, Assistant Professor, has been awarded a Junior Faculty Fellowship from the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. CISAC is an interdisciplinary community dedicated to producing policy-relevant, scholarly research on international security problems and provides the opportunity for scholars and professionals to work collaboratively in addressing issues of concern. Professor Narang will be in residence at Stanford for the 2013-2014 academic year.

International Relations Speaker Series "The Euro Today: The Political Economy of a Failing International Currency"

Event Start: April 08, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: April 08, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Randall Germain, Professor of Political Science at Carleton University

The financial crisis that has gripped the Eurozone has important implications for the international role of the euro. Professor Randall Germain will explore the international future of the euro in light of:

1) existing institutional arrangements within the EU, and

Re-territorializing Money? International Diffusion and Dollarization

Event Start: October 25, 2013 10:00 PM

Event End: October 25, 2013 10:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Michael Albert, PhD Candidate, UCSB Department of Political Science

Identity Talk - When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People: Marginalization, Representation, and the Political Construction of Crisis

Event Start: May 22, 2014 11:00 PM

Event End: May 22, 2014 11:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Dara Z. Strolovitch, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Princeton University

Norris's Book Takes on the Issue of Truth and Politics

Co-editors Jeremy Elkins and Andrew Norris have decided to tackle difficult questions about the role of truth in politics in their new volume, Truth and Democracy (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012).  As they note in their own contributions to the volume, "American political culture is deeply ambivalent about truth."

Graduate Student, Skylar Covich featured in the Daily Nexus

The Daily Nexus recently profiled Graduate Student Skylar Covich, who is a favorite teaching assistant of many of the undergraduate students.  Skylar happens to be visually impaired, which has led him to develop a unique and appreciated approach to serving as a TA and leading sections.  To read the full story, please visit the Daily Nexus website.