Comparative Politics Workshop with Jens Hainmueller DateOctober 13, 2014 Time12:30pm to 2:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall Contact Title: "Do Survey Experiments Capture Real-World Behavior? External Validation of Conjoint and Vignette Analyses with a Natural Experiment"Presenter: Jens HainmuellerAbstract: Survey experiments like vignette and conjoint analyses are widely used in the social sciences to elicit stated preferences and study how […]

Swarr Prize Lecture DateOctober 10, 2016 Time12:00pm to 1:30pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Abstract:Scholars have established that the emergence and success of Latinos running for office is primarily driven by district demographics. Nonetheless, the Latino presence in Congress continues to be limited despite the rapid growth of the Latino population. What, then, is driving […]

BOLLENS-RIES-HOFFENBERG LECTURE DateOctober 10, 2017 Time6:00pm to 9:00pm Location California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)UCLA Campus Contact CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu  Barbara GeddesChair and Professor, UCLA Department of Political Scienceinvites you to attend the 31st AnnualBOLLENS-RIES-HOFFENBERG LECTURE Fiction When Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: Hollywood in The Trump Era featuring Franklin LeonardFilm Executive and Founder, The Black List with introduction by Lynn VavreckProfessor of Political Science, UCLA Tuesday, October 10, […]

Political Theory Workshop with Megan Gallagher DateOctober 17, 2014 Time4:00pm Location Bunche 4357   Contact Title: "In Excess: Emotional Regimes in Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes"Presenter: Megan Gallagher Respondent: Anna-Elisabeth ScheidtAbstract: In this paper, I read Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes as an attempt to theorize a virtuous, republican alternative to despotic rule. As Montesquieu argues in the Esprit des lois, fear - specifically […]

Juliet Hooker, UT Austin - PT Workshop DateOctober 14, 2016 Time4:00pm to 6:00pm Location 4357 Bunche Hall  Contact Event Details: Parking | Directions Please register here: