Evangelical Reform and the Origins of the Modern Constitutional Order DateJanuary 6, 2014 Time4:00am to 5:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact In twenty-first century America, religion seems to go hand in hand with veneration of the Constitution and its framers. But during the nineteenth century, deeply religious Americans were almost as likely to condemn the […]
How I Learned to Embrace Anger and Love the Bomb DateJanuary 8, 2014 Time7:00am to 9:30am Location 11377 Bunche Hall Contact Aggression constitutes an essential element in a great deal of violence. We seek to examine how dispositional aggression influences attitudes toward foreign policy. Secondarily, we also provide some analysis that interrogates the etiology of […]
Marschak Colloquium with Melissa Schwartzberg DateJanuary 8, 2015 Time3:00pm Location Young Research Library, Conference Room 11360 Contact Contact Information lohmann@ucla.edu Presenter:Melissa Schwartzberg, New York University PoliticsHost:Giulia Sissa, UCLA Political Science & ClassicsTitle: "Counting the Many: The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule”Abstract:Supermajority rules govern many features of our lives in common: from the selection of textbooks […]
Campaigning Online: Web Display Ads in the 2012 Presidential Campaign DateJanuary 13, 2014 Time4:00am to 5:30am Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Although much of what we know about political advertising comes from the study of television advertising alone, online advertising is an increasingly prominent part of political campaigning. Research on other online political communication—especially candidate […]
Political Cultures, Erotic Cultures - Gendered Politics In Ancient Societies DateJanuary 11, 2016 to January 13, 2016 Time2:00pm to 5:00pm Location Monday, January 112:00 — 5:00Classics Seminar RoomDodd Hall 248Tuesday, January 1210:00 — 5:00Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesRoyce Hall 306Wednesday, January 1310:00 — 5:00Political Science Conference RoomBunche Hall 4357 Contact Event Details: Parking | […]
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 […]