Seminar - Francois Furet on the Revolutionary Passion DateMarch 5, 2016 Time10:30am to 12:30pm Location Haines Hall, Room 110 Contact Matthew Crawford is the author of the heavily praised books Shop Class as Soulcraftand The World Beyond Your Head. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of Virginia and he fabricates […]
American Politics Workshop with Justin Grimmer DateMarch 9, 2015 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Justin Grimmer, Stanford UniversityTitle: "The Impression of Influence"About the Speaker:Justin Grimmer (Ph.D. 2010, Harvard) is Associate Professor of Political Science at Stanford. His research uses new statistical methods to examine how representation occurs in American politics. His […]
International Relations Workshop with Emily Ritter DateMarch 9, 2015 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Presenter:Emily Ritter, UC MercedTitle: "State Cooperation with International Criminal Tribunals: An Investigation of International Warrant Enforcement"About the Speaker:Emily Ritter (Ph.D. 2010, Emory Univ.) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Merced. Her research and teaching interests […]
CP Workshop - Dorothy Kronick, University of Pennsylvania DateMarch 6, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:What is the political logic of dual exchange rates? Governments often invoke a populist justification, arguing that dual exchange rates protect the prices of imported consumer goods. But critics charge that dual exchange rates do little […]
REP Workshop - Traci Burch, Northwestern University DateMarch 6, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:This article explores the effects of policing (measured by police- and citizen-initiated stops of pedestrians and cars) on voter turnout for the 2012 general election in St. Louis, Missouri. This is the first paper of its kind […]
U HEARD IT HERE DateMarch 13, 2018 Time6:30pm to 9:00pm Location Fowler Museum at UCLA, Lenart Auditorium Self-pay parking available in Structure 4 Contact Barbara Geddes Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Political Science invites you to attend The Rise and Fall of Trump’s PopulismJoshua Green Author of Devil’s Bargain and senior national correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek […]
Lecture - Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis DateMarch 10, 2016 Time7:30pm Location UCLA Law School Building, Room 1447 Contact Professor Putnam’s lecture is free and open to all. No RSVP is required.Light refreshments will be available. Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
CP Workshop - Cyrus Samii, New York University DateMarch 13, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:We use a cluster-randomized field experiment to study two strategies to promote free democratic expression among rural voters in Liberia’s 2011 general election. The context is one of a fragile state in which destructive legacies of […]
REP Workshop - Melissa Michelson, Menlo College DateMarch 13, 2017 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact The speaker, Melissa Michelson will be presenting from her new book. Click here for a preview of the book. It describes three of the 17 experiments in the book, focusing on football fan identity. Event Details: Parking | Directions […]
A Theory of Vagueness Relevant to Prestige and Moral Taboos DateMarch 19, 2014 Time8:00am to 10:00am Location 4276 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:
