International Relations Workshop with Benjamin Graham DateNovember 3, 2014 Time12:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Benjamin Graham, University of Southern CaliforniaTitle: "Political Risk and New Firm Entry”Abstract:This paper examines how political risk affects the type of multinational firms that enter a given country via foreign direct investment. It first distinguishes between three distinct types of political […]
Charles Taylor Lectures DateNovember 1, 2016 Time5:00pm to 6:30pm Location Charles E. Young Research Library, Conference Room 11360 Contact Discussant: Anthony Pagden (UCLA Political Science)In two lectures at UCLA, Charles Taylor will discuss his most recent book, The Language Animal: The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity (Harvard University Press, 2016), as well as his ongoing inquiries into the […]
Recruitment Job Talk with Nicholas Valentino DateNovember 6, 2014 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Nicholas Valentino, University of MichiganTitle: "News Mediated Threat, Group Empathy, and Racial Gaps in Public Opinion”Abstract:To explain group differences in reactions to mass mediated political threats, we develop Group Empathy Theory. The theory posits empathy felt by members of […]
Political Theory Workshop: Panel Discussion DateNovember 7, 2014 Time4:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Presenter:Panel with: Elisabeth Anker (George Washington University) and Cristina Beltrán (New York University)Title: "Willful Subjects”Overview:The panelists take as their starting point the distributed and material quality of human agency to explore the racialized and gendered dynamics of domination and opportunity, and ask how […]