Events

American Politics Workshop with Ryan Enos DateMay 18, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter: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 […]

AP Workshop - Thomas Schwartz DateMay 16, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract: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 […]

REP Workshop - Vanessa Tyson, Scripps College DateMay 15, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Multiracial Coalitions and Minority Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives  Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

CP Workshop - Margaret Roberts, UC San Diego DateMay 15, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract: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 […]

U HEARD IT HERE: 2016 Presidential Election Series DateMay 17, 2016 Time6:00pm Location California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus Contact Chair 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 […]

The Runner-up Effect DateMay 23, 2014 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Exploiting 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 […]

Political Theory Workshop with Dean Hammer DateMay 22, 2015 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Dean Hammer, Franklin and Marshall CollegeRespondent:Anthony Pagden, UCLATitle:“Were the Roman People Sovereign?”Abstract: paper takes up the question of whether we can talk meaningfully about sovereignty in the Roman republic. The argument addresses the contending claims of […]

REP Workshop - Chris Zepeda-Millan DateMay 20, 2016 Time4:00pm to 5:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract: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 […]

PT Workshop - Ainsley LeSure, Occidental College DateMay 19, 2017 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract: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 […]

Memorial Day Holiday (no classes) DateMay 25, 2015 Time6:00am Location Contact Memorial Day Holiday on May 25,2015 (no classes). Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here: