Macro Shifts in Civil War: Government Expansion, Rebel Deployment, and Civilian Displacement in the Vietnam War DateNovember 15, 2013 Time7:00am to 8:30am Location 11377 Bunche Hall Contact How a civil war unfolds depends on the key questions of whether rebels can find permanent sanctuary, where the government can maintain authority, and where civilians choose to […]
International Law/IR Workshop with Christopher Whytock DateNovember 14, 2014 Time2:00pm to 3:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Christopher A. Whytock (UC Irvine, School of Law)Title: "From International Law and International Relations to Law and World Politics"Abstract:International relations (IR) scholars now widely agree that law matters in world politics. But so far they have focused almost exclusively […]
REP Workshop - Edwina Barrosa DateNovember 13, 2015 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Offering an interdisciplinary analysis of US public engagement on LGBT issues, Edwina Barvosa proposes that the rapid evolution in public support for LGBT civil rights has taken place through large-scale deliberative systems assembled by Americans themselves through existing social […]
American Politics Workshop with John Bullock DateNovember 17, 2014 Time3:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:John Bullock, Yale UniversityTitle: "Education and Attitudes toward Redistribution in the United States."Abstract:Americans increasingly favor education as a solution to the problem of income inequality. But little attention has been paid to the effects of education on attitudes toward inequality and […]
REP Workshop - Tianna Paschel, UC Berkeley DateNovember 14, 2016 Time3:00pm to 4:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Abstract:After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. In addition to symbolic recognition of indigenous peoples and black populations, governments in the region created a more pluralistic model of […]
CMED Seminar Honoring Prof. Emeritus Leonard DateNovember 19, 2014 Time1:30pm to 4:00pm Location Sequoia Room, UCLA Faculty Center Contact Presenter:Steven Spiegel, Chris Erickson, Lisa Blaydes, Lawrence Rubin, Abdulkader Sinno, Heidi Lane, Robert Bianchi, Amanda Rizkallah, Jerrold Green, Richard Anderson, John Zaller, Yvette Hovsepian- Bearce, Jeff Lewis, Leonard BinderTitle: "Five Decades of Middle East Studies”Honoring Professor Leonard […]