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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: Lane Room

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

Amit Ahuja Receives Career Development Award

Assistant Professor of Political Science Amit Ahuja has been given a Faculty Career Development Award from UCSB. The purpose of the program is to help junior faculty develop a substantial record in research necessary for advancement to tenure. Professor Ahuja plan to use the award to complete his book manuscript on the patterns of democratic mobilization of marginalized ethnic groups across states in India.

Recent Faculty and Graduate Student Collaboration

The Department of Political Science provides the opportunity and atmosphere for both faculty and graduate students to excel in research and be leaders in their fields of study.  Recently, three faculty/graduate student pairs have collaborated on research and have had their articles published.

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: The Lane Room

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

Talk: Exceptionalism Revisited: American Political Development in Comparative Perspective. President, Congress, and Parties

Event Start: January 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Event End: January 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Axel Hadenius, Visiting Researcher in the Department of Political Science at UCSB

Meredith Conroy Accepts Professorship

Dr. Meredith Conroy has accepted a tenure track position at CSU San Bernardino. She completed her PhD in 2010, with a dissertation on political communication in American politics. Since then she has been teaching at Occidental College. She will start her new position on the Political Science faculty in Fall of 2013.

Professor Cohen's latest book published

Benjamin J. Cohen, the Louis Lancaster Proessor of International Political Economy, has had another book published, which was released in the Fall of 2013.  The book entitled Power in a Changing World Economy: Lessons from East Asia was co-edited by Professor Cohen and Eric Chiu.

International Relations Speaker Series "Sending a Signal of Prowess? Nuclear Tests and Technological Spillover"

Event Start: May 10, 2013 07:00 PM

Event End: May 10, 2013 07:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Christopher Sprecher, Visiting Professor, UCSB