IR Workshop - Andrew Bertoli, USC DateMay 1, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:Does nationalism make interstate conflict more likely? I tackle this question by analyzing one of the most powerful sources of nationalism in the modern era—international sports. I first investigate several cases where surges of nationalism from sporting events led […]
BRAZIL'S CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS: DateMay 4, 2016 Time4:00pm to 5:30pm Location UCLA Public Affairs Bldg #4357 Contact Featuring Panelists:William Summerhill, Professor of History, UCLABarbara Geddes, Professor of Political Science, UCLARoberto Véras de Oliveira, Associate Professor at Federal University of ParaíbaManoel Gehrke, PhD student in Political Science at UCLAModerator: Fabrício M. Fialho, PhD Candidate, Political Science, […]
Recruitment Job Talk with Ami Pedahzur DateMay 7, 2015 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Ami Pedahzur, University of Texas at AustinTitle: "Bureaucratic Commandos: The Rise of Israel’s Special Operations Forces"About the Speaker:Ami Pedahzur is Professor of Government -- and Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies -- […]
E. Victor Wolfenstein Memorial Lecture DateMay 5, 2016 Time6:00pm Location Charles E. Young Grand SalonKerckhoff Hall Contact The Wolfenstein Memorial Lecture brings a leading scholar to UCLA each year to speak on a subject in one of Professor Wolfenstein’s many fields of research, which included African-American thought and politics, Ancient Greek political theory, psychoanalysis and […]
Courts After Conflict DateMay 9, 2014 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Can legal institutions maintain impartiality in the face of violent ethnic conflict? Can a steep decline in the intensity of violence help restore impartiality to ethnically biased courts? How persistent are the effects of violence? Given the ubiquity of ethnic conflicts […]
Ecochella! DateMay 6, 2016 Time3:30pm to 9:00pm Location Contact Ecochella is a student-run, bike-powered music and sustainability festival at UCLA that aims to educate and engage students on current strides in green innovation. Join us on May 6th for music, biking, yoga, food, free goodies and more! First 200 attendees will get a free Tender […]
Explaining the Rapidity of Social Change DateMay 12, 2014 Time5:00am to 6:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Social 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 […]
American Politics Workshop with Seth Masket DateMay 11, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter: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 […]