Sissa: Gendered Politics Conference DateJanuary 13, 2016 Time8:00am to 5:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Saad Gulzar, New York University DateJanuary 11, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:What motivates people to seek political office? What role does the social context play in the candidacy decision? In a field experiment, we increase the salience of personal reasons for running for political office – such as gaining respect […]

Immigrant/Native Born Contact, Trust and Civic Engagement DateJanuary 14, 2016 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Jessica Stanton, University of Pennsylvania DateJanuary 12, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:Do rebel group violations of international humanitarian law during civil war – in particular, attacks on noncombatant civilians – affect conflict outcomes?  I argue that in the post-Cold War era, rebel groups who do not target civilians have been able to […]

Juliet Williams DateJanuary 15, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

PT Workshop - William Stahl, UCLA DateJanuary 13, 2017 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here:

Anthony Fowler, University of Chicago DateJanuary 17, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact The talk will be based on two papers, available here and here. Abstract:Congressional committees are thought to play a central role in policymaking and the distribution of federal spending, and seats on important committees such as Appropriations or Ways and Means are highly […]

REP Workshop with Monica Varsanyi DateJanuary 22, 2015 Time12:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Contact Information Belinda SunnuPhone bsunnu@polisci.ucla.edu Race, Ethnicity, and Politics WorkshopPresenter:Monica W. Varsanyi, CUNY Graduate CenterTitle: "Divergent States: Explaining Immigration Policy Trajectories in New Mexico and Arizona”About the Speaker:Varsanyi is Associate Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University […]

Marschak Colloquium with Mark Turner DateJanuary 22, 2015 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location Contact Contact Information lohmann@ucla.edu Presenter:Mark Turner, Institute Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve UniversityHost:Francis Steen, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, UCLATitle: "The Origin of Ideas: Blending, Creativity, and the Human Spark"Abstract:Other species have abilities we do not they can fly, spin […]

DSS - Sarah Anzia, UC Berkeley DateJanuary 19, 2017 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:A subversive line of new scholarship in American politics argues that interest groups need to be brought to the analytic center of the field once again.  This paper attempts to further that agenda.  We reconnect with an older […]