BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UCLA Political Science - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:UCLA Political Science X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UCLA Political Science REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180617T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180617T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194916Z UID:2472-1529193600-1529193600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Political Science Department Commencement DESCRIPTION:Political Science Department Commencement \nDateJune 12\, 2016 \nTime9:00am \nLocation\nPauley Pavilion \nContact \nPolitical Science Department CommencementSunday\, June 12\, 20169:00a.m. Pauley PavilionLivestream of the ceremony to be posted here Beginning May 11 and through commencement week (June 13-16) students may sign up to walk in the Political Science Department Ceremony and order guest tickets at the undergraduate counseling offices in 4269A or B and the department main office in 4289 Bunche Hall. Students participating in the Political Science Department Commencement are not issued a ticket to walk in the Political Science Department Ceremony. Guests to the Political Science Department ceremony will need tickets to enter Pauley Pavilion. The College of Letters and Science does issue tickets for students to walk in the Friday\, June 10\, ceremonies and for guests.Letter of Invitation: If a student is a permanent resident they may go to their counseling unit (AAP\, Honors\, CAC) and ask for a letter of invitation for their “close kin” (father\, mother\, siblings\, grandparents).  If a student is on a Visa\, they need to go to the Dashew Center to ask for a letter of invitation.Please visit the College of Letters and Science web site for information that includes parking and disability resources. https://www.commencement.ucla.eduCheck with an undergraduate counselor about disability resources for you or guests attending the Political Science Department Ceremony.Important information for graduates and guests the day of Commencement:On Sunday\, June 12\, 2016\, graduates assemble on the south courts of the Los Angeles Tennis Center.  The student entrance is located near the Acosta Center. Directional signs will be posted.  Please arrive by 8:00 AM.  A processional into Pauley Pavilion will begin promptly at 8:45 AM.  At the tennis courts you will be asked to fill in a name card. The card includes a line for the phonetic spelling of your name to assure that anouncers pronounce your name appropriately.During the ceremony graduates are guided to the stage by event staff and hand their name card to a photographer’s assistant.  Faculty members rotate announcing names as graduates walk across the stage. A photography company called GradImages uses the flip side of the card to collect addresses which are used to send photos taken as graduates prepare to step onto the stage\, stand center stage and after stepping down from the stage.Approximately 500 graduates are expected to participate along with 3\,700 guests.  Guests should also arrive an hour before the event.  Guests will not be allowed on the tennis courts and should proceed directly to Pauley Pavilion.  The doors of Pauley Pavilion open at 8:00 AM. There are several ceremonies scheduled that morning so guests should allow ample time to park\, walk to Pauley Pavilion\, and find a seat. Seating is unassigned and is first come\, first seated. The event is anticipated to be 90 to 120 minutes.Balloons are restricted from Pauley Pavilion and will be checked in before guests enter the venue. Strollers are restricted from the venue and will be checked in before guests enter. Children not requiring their own seat do not need a guest ticket.Speaker For The UCLA Political Science Commencement Ceremony 2016Dana J. HydeChief Executive OfficerMillennium Challenge CorporationDana J. Hyde\, a former State Department and White House official\, brings to MCC more than 20 years of experience in law and public policy\, with expertise in economic growth and resource management in the United States and around the globe. As Associate Director at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)\, Ms. Hyde led a team that managed more than $150 billion in budgetary resources across six cabinet agencies and helped make difficult choices at a time of increasingly limited resources. Ms. Hyde came to OMB from the State Department\, where she led the establishment of the Office of Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources and went on to serve as Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary Jack Lew. At State\, Ms. Hyde helped bring reform and innovation to U.S. diplomacy and development efforts around the globe\, including developing country-owned\, country-led initiatives to improve health in the developing world\, contributing to the first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review and strengthening the lifesaving work of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Earlier in her career\, Ms. Hyde served as counsel to the 9/11 Commission\, investigating the immediate response of the White House\, the Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration to the terrorist attacks of September 11\, 2001. Ms. Hyde also worked in the White House\, where she coordinated policy and outreach initiatives for federal agencies handling national security and trade policy as Special Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs. As an attorney\, Ms. Hyde practiced in London as a member of WilmerHale’s international arbitration group and in Washington\, D.C. as a litigation associate at Zuckerman Spaeder. Ms. Hyde also worked at the Justice Department\, serving as special assistant to two deputy attorneys general. Ms. Hyde is a graduate of Georgetown Law School and holds a B.A. in political science from the University of California\, Los Angeles. She is married and the mother of two young boys.Guide to Graduation & 2016 Commencement \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/political-science-department-commencement/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180617T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180617T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194847Z UID:2403-1529193600-1529193600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Political Science Commencement Exercises DESCRIPTION:Political Science Commencement Exercises \nDateJune 14\, 2015 \nTime9:00am \nLocation\nUCLA Pauley Pavilion \nContact \nFor more information click here. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/political-science-commencement-exercises/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180615T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180615T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194848Z UID:2406-1529020800-1529020800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Spring Quarter Ends\, June 12\, 2015 – Friday DESCRIPTION:Spring Quarter Ends\, June 12\, 2015 – Friday \nDateJune 12\, 2015 \nTime6:00pm \nLocation \nContact \nSpring Quarter Ends\, June 12\, 2015 – Friday \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/spring-quarter-ends-june-12-2015-friday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180608T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180608T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194848Z UID:2405-1528416000-1528416000@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Instruction Ends\, June 5\, 2015 – Friday DESCRIPTION:Instruction Ends\, June 5\, 2015 – Friday \nDateJune 5\, 2015 \nTime6:00pm \nLocation \nContact \nInstruction Ends\, June 5\, 2015 – Friday \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/instruction-ends-june-5-2015-friday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180601T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180601T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194918Z UID:2479-1527811200-1527811200@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:PT Workshop - Anuja Bose DESCRIPTION:PT Workshop – Anuja Bose \nDateMay 27\, 2016 \nTime4:00pm to 6:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/pt-workshop-anuja-bose/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180531T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180531T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194849Z UID:2407-1527724800-1527724800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Methods Workshop with Barry O’Neill DESCRIPTION:Methods Workshop with Barry O’Neill \nDateMay 28\, 2015 \nTime3:00pm \nLocation\n4276 Bunche Hall (Seminar Room) \nContact\nContact Information\nBelinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu \nPresenter:Barry O’Neill\, UCLATitle: “What is an Agreement?”Abstract:The concept of an agreement is important in game theory\, political theory and law but writers disagree about just what it is. Some argue that an agreement cannot be a pair of promises\, but the stit logic of agency allows an analysis that avoids their objections. The definition has an unexpected consequence. Legal as well as informal norms say that one party should not undermine a deal by interfering with the other’s carrying out their part. Courts and scholars have based this on a catch-all norm of “good faith in performance” but appealing to good faith is unnecessary. Non-interference follows from the basic principles of an appropriate logic of obligation.About the Speaker:Barry O’Neill is Professor of Political Science at the University of California\, Los Angeles.  His fields of study include international relations and methodology.  For additional background\, click here.Sponsored by the Formal Theory Reading Group \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/methods-workshop-with-barry-oneill/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180530T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180530T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T182333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194800Z UID:2220-1527638400-1527638400@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Methods Workshop DESCRIPTION:Methods Workshop \nDateMay 28\, 2014 \nTime3:00pm to 5:00pm \nLocation\n4276 Bunche Hall \nContact \nUCLA Department of Political ScienceMethods WorkshopSponsored by the Formal Theory Reading GroupfeaturingKirill PogorelskiyCalifornia Institute of Technology“Correlated Equilibria in Voter Turnout Games”ABSTRACT:This paper develops a game-theoretic model of turnout when voting is costly and the players’ strategies can be correlated. Varying the structure of information and voting costs\, we characterize the bounds on expected turnout implementable via correlated equilibria. We show that the resulting high-turnout equilibria can be divided into two classes\, depending on the relative group sizes\, have intuitive properties and exist in large electorates and uncertain environments. Our results suggest a possible instrumental voting solution to the turnout paradox\, and provide micro foundations for group-based voter mobilization models emphasizing the effects of communication on turnout. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/methods-workshop/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194939Z UID:2532-1527465600-1527465600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:REP Workshop - Lauren Davenport\, Stanford University DESCRIPTION:REP Workshop – Lauren Davenport\, Stanford University \nDateMay 22\, 2017 \nTime3:00pm to 4:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nAbstract:Since 2000\, the U.S. multiple-race population has skyrocketed by 106%—more than 17 times the rate of growth of the single-race population. Individuals of mixed-race comprise the fastest-growing youth group in the nation\, and an estimated 20 percent of Americans will identify with multiple racial groups by 2050. In this talk\, I examine the broader social and political implications of the increasingly racially mixed American landscape. Drawing upon the U.S. census\, surveys of biracial college students\, and in-depth interviews\, I address the following questions: How do mixed-race Americans see themselves\, socially\, culturally\, and politically? What factors determine how someone of mixed-race parentage decides to racially self-identify? What are the repercussions of these identities for the broader American political structure? How do people of mixed-race approach racial policies\, such as affirmative action\, and social policies\, such as same-sex marriage? What do the increasing number of multiracial identifiers mean for the allocation of resources and benefits intended for minority populations? \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/rep-workshop-lauren-davenport-stanford-university/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194938Z UID:2531-1527465600-1527465600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:IR Workshop - Marc Trachtenberg\, UC Los Angeles DESCRIPTION:IR Workshop – Marc Trachtenberg\, UC Los Angeles \nDateMay 22\, 2017 \nTime12:30pm to 2:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/ir-workshop-marc-trachtenberg-uc-los-angeles/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194912Z UID:2463-1527465600-1527465600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:CP Workshop - Jeremy Weinstein DESCRIPTION:CP Workshop – Jeremy Weinstein \nDateMay 23\, 2016 \nTime12:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/cp-workshop-jeremy-weinstein/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180528T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194848Z UID:2404-1527465600-1527465600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) DESCRIPTION:Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) \nDateMay 25\, 2015 \nTime6:00am \nLocation \nContact \nMemorial Day Holiday on May 25\,2015 (no classes). \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/memorial-day-holiday-no-classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194938Z UID:2530-1527206400-1527206400@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:PT Workshop - Ainsley LeSure\, Occidental College DESCRIPTION:PT Workshop – Ainsley LeSure\, Occidental College \nDateMay 19\, 2017 \nTime4:00pm to 6:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nAbstract:Overwhelmingly\, scholars of contemporary racial injustice argue that the disjunction between our society’s express commitment to racial egalitarianism and the persistence of racial inequality is due to the pernicious racial beliefs\, sentiments and dispositions found in the unconscious inner states of individuals.  Yet\, with the introduction of the term “institutional racism\,” activists and scholars emerging from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements directly challenged the inclination to determine the character of racial injustice by the inner states of individuals\, and argued that racism could be more reliably identified where there was actual racial inequality.  The claim that racism was coextensive with racial inequality came under fire in the 1980s and onward when philosophers and sociologists contended that racial inequality alone could not serve as sufficient evidence of racism.  In this article\, I argue that advocates of the institutional account of racism were right\, racism is coextensive with racial inequality.  I argue further that achieving racial justice requires making racial inequality and the mechanisms that sustain it visible by revealing the meaning our actual racial interactions have\, not for each individual\, but intersubjectively.  This kind of collective meaning-making work has the benefit of\, at best\, equipping us with the practical tools to realize a more racially just world and\, at the very least\, bringing our racial disputes above ground where they can be seen.   \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/pt-workshop-ainsley-lesure-occidental-college/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194918Z UID:2478-1527206400-1527206400@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:REP Workshop - Chris Zepeda-Millan DESCRIPTION:REP Workshop – Chris Zepeda-Millan \nDateMay 20\, 2016 \nTime4:00pm to 5:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact \nAbstract:Survey research has traditionally shown that foreign-born Latinos are among the least likely to participate in political activism. Yet during the spring of 2006\, up to five million immigrants and their allies took part in a historic national protest wave. Utilizing the case of Fort Myers\, FL\, this presentation will examine why and how anti-immigrant legislation can motivate unexpected protest participants (e.g. immigrant soccer leagues\, nannies\, and agricultural workers) to take action and activate pre-existing community resources for the purpose of mass mobilization. Please note that the speaker will be presenting on his overall book manuscriptand below are some links related to the larger book project: “Weapons of the Not So Weak: Immigrant Mass Mobilization in the U.S. South.”http://chriszepeda-millan.weebly.com/uploads/5/8/5/8/5858607/crit_sociol-2016-zepeda-mill%C3%A1n-269-87.pdf”Perceptions of Threat\, Demographic Diversity\, and the Framing of Illegality: Explaining (Non)Participation in New York’s 2006 Immigrant Protests”http://chriszepeda-millan.weebly.com/uploads/5/8/5/8/5858607/prq-2014-zepeda-milln.pdf \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/rep-workshop-chris-zepeda-millan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194847Z UID:2402-1527206400-1527206400@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Political Theory Workshop with Dean Hammer DESCRIPTION:Political Theory Workshop with Dean Hammer \nDateMay 22\, 2015 \nTime4:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact\nContact Information\nBelinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu \nPresenter:Dean Hammer\, Franklin and Marshall CollegeRespondent:Anthony Pagden\, UCLATitle:“Were the Roman People Sovereign?”Abstract:[This] paper takes up the question of whether we can talk meaningfully about sovereignty in the Roman republic. The argument addresses the contending claims of those who see sovereignty as operative in the Republic and those who posit a sharp break between Roman politics and sovereignty\, suggesting that both views flatten the historical gradations and operation of Roman power. I argue for a notion of foundational authority rather than sovereignty as a way to understand how the res publica imagined\, organized\, and recognized itself as indivisible and perpetual.Paper:Click here to download. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/political-theory-workshop-with-dean-hammer/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180525T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T182333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194800Z UID:2221-1527206400-1527206400@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Runner-up Effect DESCRIPTION:The Runner-up Effect \nDateMay 23\, 2014 \nTime7:00am to 8:30am \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact \nExploiting regression discontinuity designs in samples of Brazilian\, Indian\, and Canadian first-past-the-post elections\, we document that second placed candidates are substantially more likely than close third finishers to run and win subsequent elections. This identifies the effect of being labeled the runner-up\, since both candidates lost the election and had similar electoral performance. We explore the potential mechanisms for this runner-up effect\, including selection into candidacy\, heuristic behavior by political actors\, and the runner-up benefiting from strategic coordination. Selection into candidacy appears unlikely to explain the runner-up effect on winning\, and the weight of the evidence suggests that the effect is driven by strategic coordination. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/the-runner-up-effect/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180522T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180522T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194916Z UID:2473-1526947200-1526947200@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:U HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election Series DESCRIPTION:U HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election Series \nDateMay 17\, 2016 \nTime6:00pm \nLocation\nCalifornia NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus \nContact \nChair and Professor Jeffrey B. Lewis invites you toSave the datesfor theU HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election SeriesOn the Media: Covering Donald TrumpFeaturingDylan ByersSasha IssenbergModerated byLynn VavreckTuesday\, May 17\, 6:00 p.m.California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/u-heard-it-here-2016-presidential-election-series/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194938Z UID:2528-1526860800-1526860800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:CP Workshop - Margaret Roberts\, UC San Diego DESCRIPTION:CP Workshop – Margaret Roberts\, UC San Diego \nDateMay 15\, 2017 \nTime12:30pm to 2:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nAbstract:Conventional wisdom assumes that increased censorship will strictly decrease access to information. We delineate circumstances when increases in censorship will expand access to information. When governments suddenly impose censorship on previously uncensored information\, citizens accustomed to acquiring this information will be incentivized to learn methods of censorship evasion. These tools provide continued access to the newly blocked information and also extend users’ ability to access information that has long been censored. We illustrate this phenomenon using millions of individual-level actions of social media users in China before and after the block of Instagram. We show that the block inspired millions of Chinese users to acquire virtual private networks (VPNs) and join censored websites like Twitter and Facebook. Despite initially being apolitical\, these new users began browsing blocked political pages on Wikipedia\, following Chinese political activists on Twitter\, and discussing highly politicized topics such as opposition protests in Hong Kong. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/cp-workshop-margaret-roberts-uc-san-diego/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194938Z UID:2529-1526860800-1526860800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:REP Workshop - Vanessa Tyson\, Scripps College DESCRIPTION:REP Workshop – Vanessa Tyson\, Scripps College \nDateMay 15\, 2017 \nTime3:00pm to 4:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nMultiracial Coalitions and Minority Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives  \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/rep-workshop-vanessa-tyson-scripps-college/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194918Z UID:2477-1526860800-1526860800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:AP Workshop - Thomas Schwartz DESCRIPTION:AP Workshop – Thomas Schwartz \nDateMay 16\, 2016 \nTime12:30pm to 2:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact \nAbstract:Here is a full statement of the theory of political parties as long coalitions\, ones organized and elected to stick together on most legislative votes. The incentive to form\, join\, and elect them comes from the external cost of majority voting\, the cost to losers\, but more fundamentally from the Paradox of Voting. I show that a majority-preference cycle among the outcomes of successive votes is sufficient for that incentive to be effective\, and necessary too: without cycles there would be no parties. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/ap-workshop-thomas-schwartz/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180521T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194845Z UID:2399-1526860800-1526860800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos DESCRIPTION:American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos \nDateMay 18\, 2015 \nTime3:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact\nContact Information\nBelinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu \nPresenter:Ryan Enos\, Harvard UniversityTitle: “How and Why Segregation Affects Political Behavior”Abstract:A broad literature demonstrates\, both cross-nationally and within the United States\, that intergroup residential segregation is correlated with poorly functioning states and civil societies. Recent research also connects segregation to individual voting behavior and political attitudes. I take up the question of why segregation affects political outcomes. Drawing on research in political science and cognitive and evolutionary psychology\, I develop a theory of the relationship between space\, intergroup attitudes\, and political behavior\, with a special emphasis on segregation. Then\, using a series of experiments involving thousands of subjects\, I directly manipulate spatial segregation and demonstrate that segregation affects human perception\, prejudicial attitudes towards other groups\, and even the tendency to show bias in costly decision-making.About the Speaker:Ryan Enos (Ph.D. 2010\, UCLA) is Assistant Professor of Government and a faculty associate in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard.   He studies political behavior and intergroup attitudes through laboratory and field experiments and other methods.  Prof. Enos directs the Working Group in Political Psychology\, an interdisciplinary forum for research on the microfoundations of citizen and elite behavior\, and the Harvard Digital Lab for the Social Sciences.    His research has been published in the American Political Science Review\, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, and the American Journal of Political Science\, in addition to other outlets\, and has been covered in major media outlets such as the New York Times and the Washington Post.  He also earned his MA in political science from UCLA. Before entering academia\, he was a teacher at Paul Robeson High School in Chicago.  \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/american-politics-workshop-with-ryan-enos/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T182333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194803Z UID:2222-1526601600-1526601600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research DESCRIPTION:Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research \nDateMay 16\, 2014 \nTime3:15am to 4:30am \nLocation\n314 Royce Hall \nContact \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/promoting-transparency-in-social-science-research/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T182333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194803Z UID:2224-1526601600-1526601600@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Dilemmas of Nonproliferation Statecraft DESCRIPTION:Dilemmas of Nonproliferation Statecraft \nDateMay 16\, 2014 \nTime8:00am to 9:30am \nLocation\nBunche Hall 10367 \nContact \nThe effects of international inducements on the internal politics of states that violate nuclear nonproliferation commitments remain highly contested. How have sanctions\, trade\, aid\, investments\, diplomacy\, financial measures and military threats affected different groups? How\, when and why were those effects translated into compliance with non-proliferation rules? Have inducements been sufficiently biting or too harsh\, too little\, too late or just right for each case? Professor Solingen will discuss conditions that influence relative receptivity to positive and negative inducements. This talk is based on Chapter 1 of a volume published by Cambridge University Press entitled Sanctions\, Statecraft\, and Nuclear Proliferation. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/dilemmas-of-nonproliferation-statecraft/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194950Z UID:2561-1526515200-1526515200@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Catherine de Vries DESCRIPTION:Catherine de Vries \nDateMay 17\, 2018 \nTime12:00pm to 1:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact\nContact Information\nBelinda SunnuPhone 3102067558bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu \nThere will be two talks by Catherine de Vries: Thursday\, May 17th: 12:00-1:30pm; 4357 Bunche HallWhen the Money Stops: Fluctuations in Financial Remittances and Incumbent Approval in Central Eastern Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia Flyer Thursday may 17th: 4:00-5:30p; 4357 Bunche HallEuroscepticism and the Future of European Integration FlyerTo schedule an appointment to meet with Professor de Vries on Friday\, May 18\, please use this link or email Professor Golden (golden@ucla.edu).  \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/catherine-de-vries/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194936Z UID:2524-1526515200-1526515200@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Join Us To Celebrate the Life of Professor Mark Sawyer DESCRIPTION:Join Us To Celebrate the Life of Professor Mark Sawyer \nDateMay 11\, 2017 \nTime3:00pm \nLocation\nUCLA Faculty Center California RoomUCLA CampusSelf-pay parking available in Structure 2 \nContact\nContact Information\nKelli O’LearyPhone (310)825-4038koleary@support.ucla.edu \n Laura E. Gómez Interim Dean of Social Sciencesrespectfully invites you to attend a memorial service celebrating the life ofProfessor Mark Sawyer UCLA Departments of African American Studies and Political ScienceLive stream will be available at the following link: https://youtu.be/0tBbtt5ILR0 Thursday\, May 11\, 2017 3:00 p.m.UCLA Faculty Center California RoomUCLA Campus RSVP to koleary@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4038 RSVP early\, seating is limited. Livestreaming will be available.Self-pay parking available in Structure 2Learn more about the life and career of Professor Sawyer If you would like to make a gift to the Political Science subfield of Race\, Ethnicity and Politics in memory of Mark Sawyer\, please click here. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/join-us-to-celebrate-the-life-of-professor-mark-sawyer/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180517T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194846Z UID:2400-1526515200-1526515200@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:REP Workshop with Lisa Garcia Bedolla DESCRIPTION:REP Workshop with Lisa Garcia Bedolla \nDateMay 14\, 2015 \nTime12:00pm to 1:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact\nContact Information\nBelinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu \nPresenter: Lisa Garcia Bedolla\, UC BerkeleyTitle:  “Latino Political Engagement and the Future of  U.S. Politics”Abstract: After the 2012 election\, there was much talk about the importance of the Latino vote for both major U.S. political parties. Yet\, by 2014\, the conversation had flipped\, with President Obama bowing to pressure from fellow Democrats not to provide administrative relief to unauthorized immigrants\, under the assumption that showing support for Latino immigrants would hurt Democrats’ chances to retain control of the U.S. Senate.  These assumptions stem from one source: voter turnout. Latino turnout in presidential elections is always significantly higher than in midterm elections and is concentrated in areas that matter for presidential politics. But\, this ebb and flow in pundits’ focus on Latino voters ignores a critical question – what is the best way to understand Latino political engagement patterns in the United States? In this talk\, Professor García Bedolla attempts to answer that question\, using what we know about Latino politics to develop a new framework for thinking about U.S. Latino political engagement\, one that does not use white voter behavior as the norm but rather considers Latino participation patterns as a rational response to their history of exclusion and subordination in the United States. She then considers what such a reorientation would mean for the future of U.S. democratic politics. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/rep-workshop-with-lisa-garcia-bedolla/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180516T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180516T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194934Z UID:2521-1526428800-1526428800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:30th Annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg Lecture DESCRIPTION:30th Annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg Lecture \nDateMay 10\, 2017 \nTime7:00pm \nLocation\nCharles E. Young Grand SalonKerckhoff HallUCLA Campus  \nContact \nAbout the SpeakerSheila Kuehl\, Los Angeles County Supervisor\, District 3″Too Many Governments: How Local\, State and Federal Jurisdictions Can Clash or Collaborate”Click here to learn more about Sheila KuehlAbout the SeriesThe annual series’ aim is to bring together the worlds of academic exploration and practical politics to illuminate discussion of the broader principles and ideas of representative government. Such a synthesis is true to the spirit of the lecture’s honorees – John C. Bollens\, John C. Ries\, and Marvin Hoffenberg – former distinguished professors in UCLA’s Department of Political Science. Click here to RSVP \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/30th-annual-bollens-ries-hoffenberg-lecture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194937Z UID:2527-1526256000-1526256000@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:AP Workshop - Christopher Warshaw\, MIT DESCRIPTION:AP Workshop – Christopher Warshaw\, MIT \nDateMay 8\, 2017 \nTime12:30pm to 2:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact \nAbstract:There is a large literature on economic voting in the United States\, which shows that the economy matters in presidential and congressional elections. Puzzlingly\, however\, the state politics literature has failed to find clear evidence for economic voting in gubernatorial elections. In this study\, I use population-based datasets of county-level economic conditions from 1969-2016 to examine economic voting in gubernatorial elections.  I find strong evidence that voters hold gubernatorial candidates accountable for local economic conditions. Although the degree of economic accountability has diminished slightly in recent years\, possibly due to the nationalization of elections\, voters have continued to hold gubernatorial candidates accountable for the economy into the 2000s. In addition\, I find no evidence that voters reward or punish gubernatorial candidates for the economy based on whether they share the president’s party.  Overall\, my findings show that there are strong electoral incentives for governors to pursue policies that grow the state economy.  \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/ap-workshop-christopher-warshaw-mit/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194846Z UID:2401-1526256000-1526256000@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:American Politics Workshop with Seth Masket DESCRIPTION:American Politics Workshop with Seth Masket \nDateMay 11\, 2015 \nTime12:00pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact\nContact Information\nBelinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu \nPresenter:Seth Masket\, University of DenverTitle:“Do Voters and Activists Nominate the Same Sort of Candidates? A Look at Legislative Vacancy Appointments in Illinois and Colorado”Abstract: In Colorado and Illinois\, local partisan vacancy committees are charged with appointing replacements for state legislators who have recently resigned or died. This presents researchers with a rare opportunity to determine whether those elected officials selected by party elites differ in important ways from those chosen by voters. This particular study examines whether vacancy appointees – with less experience\, fewer established ties to voters and groups\, and less time to raise funds than their traditionally nominated colleagues – suffer in terms of funds raised and votes won in the next election cycle. In fact\, vacancy appointees end up with more funds and higher vote shares\, on average\, than those nominated through traditional means. However\, this advantage does not appear to be tied to party donor networks. These findings are suggestive that party elites are able to pick highly skilled politicians who are talented at fundraising\, wooing voters\, and impressing interest groups.Paper:Click here to download. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/american-politics-workshop-with-seth-masket/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180514T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T182334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194803Z UID:2223-1526256000-1526256000@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Explaining the Rapidity of Social Change DESCRIPTION:Explaining the Rapidity of Social Change \nDateMay 12\, 2014 \nTime5:00am to 6:30am \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall \nContact \nSocial change\, for example\, public support of same-sex marriage\, often has the following dynamic: existing behavior or norms persist for a long time\, and then change to the new normal very rapidly. This rapidity is not easily explained by processes of social learning and influence\, which occur more gradually. Another example is the 2007 financial crisis\, in which financial institutions gradually became aware of the shakiness of mortgage-backed securities but continued to accept them as collateral in trades for years\, only to suddenly stop accepting them altogether. I present a simple game-theoretic model of this dynamic. In the model\, people care about the actions of other people but also about fundamentals. When fundamentals change\, people gradually learn about the change but still persist in the old behavior even after almost everyone has learned about it. Only after people realize that other people know (the change becomes not just widely known but common knowledge) does behavior change. Behavior changes rapidly for two reasons. First\, the more people care about the actions of others\, the more people are locked in with each other and the longer the old behavior persists\, even as it grows more fragile. Second\, learning about a change in fundamentals happens gradually\, but simple models illustrate that learning about the knowledge of others occurs rapidly. In other words\, metaknowledge substantially lags knowledge but when it increases\, it increases very rapidly. \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/explaining-the-rapidity-of-social-change/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180511T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180511T000000 DTSTAMP:20260418T094632 CREATED:20180830T194917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T194917Z UID:2475-1525996800-1525996800@polisci.ucla.edu SUMMARY:REP Workshop - Hahrie Han DESCRIPTION:REP Workshop – Hahrie Han \nDateMay 6\, 2016 \nTime4:00pm to 5:30pm \nLocation\n4357 Bunche Hall  \nContact \nEvent Details: \nParking | Directions \nPlease register here: URL:https://polisci.ucla.edu/event/rep-workshop-hahrie-han/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR