Political Science Speaker Series
2009-2010
Regular series to be announced.
Great Expectations: Obama and the Politics of Reform Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:00 pm Monday, February 15, 2010, 7:00 pm Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:00 pm Friday, April 9, 2010, 3:30 pm (time tentative) Thursday, April 29, 2010, 7:00 pm |
2008-09
Friday, October 3, 2008, 12:00 pm, 221 McKenzie
Stephen Skowronek
Yale University
“The Many Meanings of Change: Prospects for the Next President"
Thursday October 16, 2008, 7:00 pm, 110 Knight Law Center
Bill Fletcher
Institute for Policy Studies and BlackCommentator.com
“Can the Elections Really Shift Power for Working People?"
Monday, October 20, 2008, 7:00 pm, 180 PLC
Jim Walsh
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Obama vs. McCain: Which Way for US Foreign Policy? [Hint: It's Not What You Think]"
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 12:00 pm, 905 PLC
Stefaan Walgrave
University of Antwerp
"When Media Matter for Politics: The Political Agenda-Setting Power of Mass Media Coverage"
Friday, November 7, 2008, 3:00 pm, 112 Lillis
Janice Fine
Rutgers University
"Solidarity and Exclusion: Immigration Politics and the American Labor Movement"
Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 12:00 pm, 128 Chiles
Benoit Rihoux
Universite Catholique de Louvain
“Latest Developments in Configurational Comparative Methods”
Friday, March 13, 2009, 3:00 pm, 221 McKenzie
James Thurber
American University
“Is President Obama Changing the Way Washington Works? An Analysis of Lobbying and Congressional Relations”
Monday, March 16, 2009, 12:00 pm, 117 Fenton
Lien Warmenbol
University of Antwerp
“The Embedding of Radical Right Parties in Local Networks: The Belgian Case of the Flemish Bloc”
Friday, April 17, 2009, 3:00 pm, 180 PLC
Peter Evans
University of California, Berkeley
"Amalgamating Trees, Rhizomes, and Campaigns: the Emerging Structure of the Global Labor Movement"
Monday, April 20, 2009, 12:00 pm, 129 McKenzie
Mia Bloom
University of Georgia
"The Evolution and Innovation of Suicide Terrorism: The Increasing Role of Women"
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 3:30 pm, EMU River Rooms
Melvin Hinich
University of Texas at Austin
“The Changing Political Space of Turkey from 2001 to 2004”
2007-08
Friday, November 2, 2007, 3:00 pm, 221 McKenzie
Jim Johnson
University of Rochester
“The Arithmetic of Compassion: Rethinking the Politics of Photography”
Friday, November 30, 2007, 3:00 pm, 221 McKenzie
Christopher Ansell
University of California, Berkeley
“How to Reform a Reform Coalition: Network Brokerage in Urban School Reform”
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 7:00 pm, Knight Library Browsing Room
John Teton
International Food Security Treaty Campaign
“Conquering Paradigm Paralysis: Human Rights Law and the End of World Hunger”
Monday, March 3, 2008, 3:30 pm, 240A McKenzie
Anna Sampaio
University of Colorado, Denver
“(Terror)izing Latina/o Immigrants: Race, Gender and Immigration Policy Post 9/11”
Friday, April 4, 2008, 12:00 pm, 905 PLC
Melissa Bass
University of Puget Sound
“What Can You Do for Your Country? Understanding the Answers from the 1930s, 1960s, and Present Day America”
Friday, April 18, 2008, 12:00 pm, 125 McKenzie
Ruth O’Brien
CUNY Graduate Center
“The Frontier State & Society”
Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 7:00 pm, 180 PLC
Joseph Cirincione
Ploughshares Fund
“The Collapse of the Bush Doctrine: The Next Nuclear Strategy”
Friday, May 16, 2008, 3:00 pm, 221 McKenzie
Michael Tomz
Stanford University
“The Credibility of International Commitments”
Thursday, May 29, 2008, 4:00 pm, 185 Lillis
Cas Mudde
University of Antwerp
“The Populist Radical Right: A Pathological Normalcy”
2006-07
Friday, February 16, 2007, 3:00 pm, 125 McKenzie Hall
Morris Fiorina
Stanford University
“The Present Disconnect in American Politics”
Friday, February 23, 2007, 11:00 am, Knight Library Browsing Room
George Shulman
New York University
“This is Not a Story to Pass On – Toni Morrison on Race, Prophecy, and Politics”
Thursday, March 15, 2007, 12:00 noon, 185 Lillis
Gretchen Ritter
University of Texas at Austin
“Gender, Equity and Work-Family Conflict Across Classes”
Friday, April 6, 2007, 3:00 pm, 214 McKenzie Hall
Giovanni Capoccia
Oxford University
“Democratic Militancy and Democratic Rule: Limits to Political Pluralism in Europe”
Monday, April 9, 2007, 12:00 noon, 276 Education
Eric Oliver
University of Chicago
“Democracy in Suburbia”