Past Events: Department of Political Science

Past Events

multi-day

Social Ontologies of Oppression, Solidarity, and Care - Hybrid Workshop

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

What agency and caring relationships can we forge under oppression? What relationship does alienation have to social identities of gender...

multi-day

Social Ontologies of Oppression, Solidarity, and Care - Hybrid Workshop

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

What agency and caring relationships can we forge under oppression? What relationship does alienation have to social identities of gender...

multi-day

Multiple Battlefield Cinema

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

This workshop, entitled Battlefield Cinema, brings together filmmakers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples whose goal is to explore how community-engaged and...

Apr

2024

American Political Economy, Past and Present

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences for a joint event with the University of Chicago's comparative historical sociologists at the...

Apr

2024

Milestone Panel: the Prospectus and Starting the Dissertation

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Commune as they host their next milestone panel where fellow grad students will discuss the prospectus...

Apr

2024

Roundtable for Social Scientists Interested in Teaching through NPEP

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department and the Northwestern Prison Education Project for an info session and roundtable for those...

Apr

2024

Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop / Kaplan Sovereignties Event

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop and Kaplan Sovereignties as they host Profs. Ayten Gündoğdu (Barnard College) and...

Apr

2024

Comparative Politics Workshop & Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Invites Stathis Kalyvas

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities as they host Stathis Kalyvas, professor...

Apr

2024

Freeing Religion in the Americas: Transnational Religious Networks in the Organization of American States (OAS)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Please join our joint Comparative/IR Graduate Workshop as they host Ely Orrego-Torres presents her work on Transnational Religious Networks in...

Apr

2024

Roundtable with Hanno Pevkur, Estonian Minister of Defense

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Please join the Political Science department and REEES for a roundtable on shared interests and security priorities between European and...

Apr

2024

Self Advocacy Workshop

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Undergraduate Affairs for a Self Advocacy Workshop. Students are invited to join the Political...

Apr

2024

Why Is Democracy Important?

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

The Chicago Center on Democracy presents an engaging panel discussion probing the fundamental question: Why is democracy important? The panel...

Apr

2024

Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program & Comparative Politics Workshop: Volodymyr Kulyk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine / Columbia University)

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program & Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Volodymyr...

Apr

2024

Countermobilization: Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Eric Patashnik, Julis-Rabinowitz Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and...

Apr

2024

Lunch & Learn: Mid-Year Operations Check-in

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Program Overview as they host Stephen Monteiro. In this open forum, Stephen Monteiro, along...

Mar

2024

International Relations Speaker Series: Kathleen E. Powers (Dartmouth)

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Kathleen E. Powers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government...

Mar

2024

Liberalism, Nationalism, and Paths out of Reforms: A Comparison of Late-Qing China and 19th Century Germany

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Iza Ding, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. This paper...

Mar

2024

“How I Wrote" Fueling Resistance

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the “How I Wrote [Title Here]” Event Series and the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Kate...

Mar

2024

On Freedom

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ Ṣóyẹmí, Departmental Lecturer in Political Philosophy and Public Policy...

Mar

2024

Winter Quarter Showcase

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department as our students showcase work from several Winter Quarter classes, covering topics ranging from...

Mar

2024

Pizza and Politics: Super Tuesday

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Political Science department for Pizza and Politics: Super Tuesday Edition! Professor Daniel Galvin will be joined by other...

Mar

2024

Sticks and Carrots

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

"Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Pascal Brixel, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. Why is it...

Mar

2024

UGrad Chat with Paul Poast

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series for late afternoon coffee and snacks with Dr. Paul Poast, Professor of Political...

Mar

2024

Policy Conflict and the Political Economy of Land Restitution in Colombia

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Laura García-Montoya, assistant professor of political science at the University of...

Mar

2024

Man, Russia, and War

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Paul Poast, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science...

Feb

2024

Commune: Milestone Panel on the Comprehensive Exam and The (First-Year) Research Paper

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Commune for a panel discussion and Q&A with four advanced PhD students on completing the Department’s major...

Feb

2024

Honors Information Session

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Are you thinking about applying to the Political Science Honors program? Join us for this info session to learn more...

Feb

2024

From Political Learning to Partisan Leanings: The Social Roots of Asian American Partisanship

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Tanika Raychaudhuri, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at...

Feb

2024

Divergent Paths to Regulating Illicit Economies

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Please join the Political Science Department, The Commune, and the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Bo Won Kim,...

Feb

2024

Hierarchies of Victimhood in War-to-Peace Transition: Gendered Innocence and Perceptions of Deservingness for Justice and Reparations

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences workshop as they host Marie Berry, Associate Professor at the University of Denver's...

Feb

2024

The Boundaries and Attributes of Latinidad

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Yalidy Matos, assistant professor of political science at Rutgers...

Feb

2024

Global Theory Workshop: Bernard Forjwuor (Notre Dame)

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Bernard Forjwuor, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of...

Feb

2024

Commune Panel on Funding and Fellowships

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Commune as they host Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director of Northwestern's Office Of Fellowships, for a session...

Feb

2024

Political Theory Colloquium | Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago Law School): A Constitutional Perspective on Institutional Neutrality

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, Ludwig...

Feb

2024

Political Science New Major Meet-Up

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Hello PolSci students! Have you recently declared your major as Political Science? Then join us Wednesday, Feburary 14th to meet...

Feb

2024

Canvas Essentials for Graduate Instructors

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Join Teaching and Learning Technologies for a customized workshop for graduate instructors covering the essentials of teaching with Canvas and...

Feb

2024

Comparative Politics Workshop: Avital Livny (UIUC), "Improving Ethnic Diversity Estimates using Transparent Methods"

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Avital Livny, associate professor of political science at the University of...

Feb

2024

Self-Advocacy Workshop

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department Undergraduate Affairs committee as they host a Self-Advocacy Workshop. More information to come.

Feb

2024

Yuna Blajer de la Garza (Loyola U), Unequal Belonging and Undermined Freedom

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Yuna Blajer de la Garza, Assistant Professor of Political Science at...

Feb

2024

Teaching Committee PAWS: Workshop on the Teaching Statement

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the Teaching Committee for their Pedagogical Advancement Workshop Series as they host Northwestern political science professors Reuel Rogers,...

Feb

2024

Comparative Politics Workshop: Sara Kayyali (Northwestern), "Everyday Repression: Tactics for Muzzling Dissent in Jordan"

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Sara Kayyali, political science Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University, for a...

Feb

2024

Political Theory Colloquium | Samuel Moyn (Yale School of Law): To Save Democracy from Juristocracy: J.B. Thayer and Congressional Power after the Civil War

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law...

Jan

2024

Spring 2024 Pre-Registration Preview

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Undergraduate Programs as they provide a preview of Spring 2024 pre-registration options. Stay tuned...

Jan

2024

Farrell Fellow Meet-Up

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join us for a chance to connect with colleagues, introduce new fellows, and meet research groups while enjoying some refreshments....

Jan

2024

International Relations Speaker Series: Shah Zeb Chaudhary (Northwestern), Melodramatic Nations and Serious States: The Affective Economies of Sovereignty in Pakistan-U.S. Relations.

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Shah Zeb Chaudhary, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Northwestern...

Jan

2024

American Politics Workshop: Jon Krosnick (Stanford)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Jon Krosnick, Stanford political science professor. Abstract: Throughout the history of the...

Jan

2024

Political Theory Colloquium | Jedediah Purdy (Duke School of Law): What Does a Democrat Want from the Rule of Law?

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Jedediah S. Purdy, Raphael Lemkin Distinguished Professor of Law, Duke University...

Jan

2024

Lunch & Learn: Connecting Undergraduates with Resources & Opportunities

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Program Overview as they host Briana Martinez. Often graduate students and teaching assistants are...

Jan

2024

Coercing Decarbonization: The Democratic Case for Coercion in Funding the Green Transition

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Leah Downey, Junior Research Fellow at St. John’s College, Cambridge affiliated...

Nov

2023

Lunch & Learn: Nuts & Bolts, an Overview of Administrative Systems and Processes

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Program Overview as they host Stephen Monteiro, Business Administrator with Northwestern University's Political...

Nov

2023

Kings as Judges: Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Deborah Boucoyannis, lecturer at George Washington University. How did representative institutions become...

Nov

2023

Racism and Hegemonic Delegitimation: The Sino-American Case

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Professor Zoltán Búzás, Associate Professor of Global Affairs in the...

Nov

2023

Weber Lecture 2023: Women Who Rock

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Please join the Political Science Department as they host their Alban Weber Distinguished Speaker for Fall 2023, Jessica Hopper. Jessica Hopper...

Nov

2023

Lunch & Learn: Finding and Managing Research and Travel Awards at NU

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Program Overview as they host Tricia Adreani, Northwestern University political science Finance and...

Nov

2023

A Systems Approach to Digital Democracy

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Jennifer Forestal (Loyola University Chicago), who received her political science Ph.D....

Nov

2023

How to Write a Comparative and/or Historical Dissertation

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Laura Acosta (Brown University), Yannick Coenders (Washington University in St. Louis),...

Nov

2023

“How I Wrote" Hybrid Sovereignty

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities as they host Professor Swati...

Nov

2023

The Wall, the Door, the Threshold: Derrida and the Question of Hospitality

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Prof. Michael Naas from the DePaul University Department of Philosophy. This paper...

Nov

2023

Jeremy Levy, “How could anyone believe that?”: Interacting with unfamiliar beliefs across the U.S. political divide

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop and the Commune as they host Jeremy Levy, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, “How...

Nov

2023

Private Government at Home: Landlord Power and Rental Residential Domination

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences Workshop as they host a practice job talk for Shai Karp, Northwestern Political...

Nov

2023

Body of Lies: Collective Memory, Traumatic Events, and Collective Action during the Black Lives Matter Movement

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Monique Newton, a Political Science Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern...

Nov

2023

Willing and Able: Women’s Representation in Peace Negotiations

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department's Graduate Commune as they host Elizabeth Good, PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern...

Oct

2023

Lunch & Learn: Coordinating with the Coordinator: Events & Communications

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department as they host Ariel Sowers for a Graduate Program Overview. In this session, Ariel Sowers,...

Oct

2023

Mourning Lost Territory: Moving On, Staying in Place or Defying the Status Quo?

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Matej Jungwirth, Northwestern Political Science Ph.D. candidate. Scholars consider territorial issues...

Oct

2023

Policing Protest and the Postlegitimation State?

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Paul Passavant, Professor of Politics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges....

Oct

2023

Falling Behind: How Anxiety over Status Affects Foreign Policy

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Commune as they host a practice job talk for Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Schulman for a presentation...

Oct

2023

The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial Democracy

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Matthew Neslon, Ph.D. '20, for a discussion of...

Oct

2023

Winter 2024 Pre-registration Preview

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the winter 2024 quarter courses. Faculty will present on...

Oct

2023

Carbon Sovereignty: How Navajo People Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Coal

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Andrew Curley, Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Development &...

Oct

2023

Constitutional Sankofa

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Paul Gowder, a professor at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law. This...

Oct

2023

Empire, Race, and Connected Histories of Democratization

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

The CP/IR Student Working Group presents Emerson Murray with Shah Chaudhary as discussant. Feedback is strongly encouraged, so please review...

Oct

2023

Lieux de Souvenir: A Social Art of Memory at the Intersection of the Sociological and Moral Imaginations

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences workshop as they host Angel Adams Parham, Associate Professor of Sociology from the...

Oct

2023

The Rule of Law and State-Court Enforcement of Voting Rights – the Future After Moore v. Harper

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Vikram Amar, Professor of Law at UC Davis, for a presentation...

Oct

2023

Lunch & Learn: Using SES Funding Pages and GSTS Effectively

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

In this session, we will cover: • How to read SES Funding Pages to understand your 20-quarter path • How to use...

Oct

2023

Are Civil and Interstate Wars One of the Same?

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Please join the the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Ulaş Erdoğdu, Ph.D. student in the department of Political Science,...

Oct

2023

Faculty & Undergraduate Pizza Party

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join us for our Faculty & Undergraduate Pizza Party on Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 from 12:30 - 2 pm....

Oct

2023

Canons, Colleges, and Consecrations: Structures of Coherence and Measuring Impact in Contemporary Historical Sociology

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Nick Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University. If...

Oct

2023

Is All for One Good For All? How Consensus Norms Shape the Design of International Agreements

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Bo Won Kim, Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University. Why do international...

Oct

2023

How to Give a Job Talk

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Science Department and The Graduate Commune & Placement Director for a presentation by Assistant Professor of...

Oct

2023

Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Professor Ellen Lust, Founding Director of the Governance and Local...

Oct

2023

Practice Job Talk: Poverty, Inequality, and Policy Preferences: Elite Attitudes in Latin America

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Politcal Science Department as they host Pilar Manzi, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Northwestern University. Although...

Sep

2023

Mapping the Fringe Economy: Race, Class, and the Politics of High-Cost Financial Markets

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop, and the Comparative Historical Social Science as they host Professor Patricia Posey...

Sep

2023

Political Science Department Open House

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Please join us for our Political Science Department Open House! A social event for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students...

Sep

2023

Bayesian Integrative Meta-Analysis: Toward Inclusive Cumulative Knowledge in the Social Sciences

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Political Science Department and the Graduate Commune for a Practice Job Talk by Sarah Moore and support...

Sep

2023

Lunch & Learn: Partnering with Political Science Staff

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

In this session, Political Science department staff will go over best practices for a wide variety of PhD student professional...

Sep

2023

Practice Job Talk: The Politics of Community Resilience to Armed Jihadism in West Africa

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Please join the Political Science Department as they host Lamin Keita, Ph.D. for a Practice Job Talk for a presentation...

Sep

2023

Political Science Academic Directions Fair

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Please join us for the Weinberg College's annual (Virtual) Academic Direction Fair. This session will be hosted by the Political...

Jun

2023

Informal Punishment and Political Morality

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Colloquium as they host Drs. Colleen Murphy, UIUC, and Linda Radzik, (Texas A&M). How should we...

Jun

2023

Preparing for Interviews & Campus Visits

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Should you order drinks and desserts during a campus visit dinner? What should you mention and what not during interviews...

May

2023

Fieldwork Preparation Workshop

8:45 AM - 2:30 PM

Are you curious about what it means to do fieldwork? Have you been in the field and want to think...

May

2023

The Making of a Mantra: Americans’ Racial Ideologies in the Era of Black, Blue & All Lives Matter

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Duke University Associate Professor of Political Science Candis Watts...

May

2023

Ukraine's Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

This event is co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Workshop, the International Relations Speaker Series, and the Russian, Eurasian, and East...

May

2023

All Department Info Session Clarifying: How Will a Grad Workers Contract Affect Life at Scott?

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

All faculty, staff, and graduate workers are invited and encouraged to attend this all-department information session hosted by the Northwestern...

May

2023

The Struggle for Treaty: Ella Cara Deloria and Vine Deloria Jr. on Anticolonial Relations

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Session details forthcoming. Dr. David Temin is a political theorist whose research and teaching spans American political thought, Native American studies...

May

2023

Partisan Identity, Source Credibility, and Second-Order Beliefs

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Jonathan Woon, professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Abstract:...

May

2023

Developing and Managing a Research Pipeline

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Please join the Graduate Commune as they host Arturo Chang, Charlotte Mencke, and Nathalia Justo. What is a research pipeline and...

May

2023

Democracy for Busy People

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Kevin Elliott, political theorist and Assistant Professor of Political Science at...

May

2023

Hybrid Sampling Strategies: A Framework for Efficient Survey Samples

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Moore, a political science Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern. While probability sampling is...

May

2023

Global Theory Workshop: Grad Professionalization

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Graduate Presentation - John Locke and Tolerable Diversity: Jinxue Chen, Ph.D. Candidate The growth of populism, a rising tide of nationalism,...

May

2023

Teaching Settler Colonialism and Strategies of Resistance

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Burke Hendrix, Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. Many...

Apr

2023

International Relations Speaker Series: Danielle Gilbert

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Session details forthcoming. Dr. Danielle Gilbert is an Assistant Professor of Military & Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force...

Apr

2023

The Long Shadow of The Big Lie: How Beliefs about the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Spill Over onto Future Elections

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Matt Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and the Stephen and...

Apr

2023

PS 490 R Workshop Series: Network Analysis [THURS session]

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the R Workshop Series as they host a session on using R to clean data, led by Ph.D....

Apr

2023

Voltaire's Socrates and the Enlightenment Plato

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Dr. Tae-Yeoun Keum, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University...

Apr

2023

Developing Scholars: Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Racial, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Domingo Morel, Associate Professor of Political Science at...

Apr

2023

After Violence: Russia’s Beslan School Massacre and the Peace That Followed

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Compartive Politics Workshop as they host Debra Javeline, Associate Professor at Notre Dame University ABSTRACT: Starting on September...

Apr

2023

PS 490 R Workshop Series: Experiments: From R to Qualtrics and Back Again

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the R Workshop Series as they host a session on using R to clean data, led by Ph.D....

Apr

2023

The Rise of Free Market Ideology: An American History

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Prof. Alex Zakaras, associate professor at the University of Vermont. Abstract: The...

Apr

2023

Beyond the PhD: Early Career Academics

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join us and hear from NU Political Science alumni Dr. Amanda D’Urso and Dr. Matthew Nelsen about their recent experiences...

Apr

2023

PS 490 R Workshop Series: Data Cleaning

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the R Workshop Series as they host a session on using R to clean data, led by Ph.D....

Apr

2023

From Movement to Order: Black Power Cities and Urban Political Development

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences and the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Kimberley Johnson,...

Apr

2023

Global Theory Workshop: Grad Professionalization

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

"Preparing for the Theory Job Market" This graduate professionalization session of the Global Theory workshop will focus on major do’s and...

Mar

2023

Political Backlash Against Financialized Housing Markets

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Historical Social Sciences and the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Andreas Wiedemann, Assistant Professor of...

Mar

2023

Moral Rhetoric in Party Campaigns

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Jae-Hee Jung, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at...

Mar

2023

Today Ukraine, Tomorrow Taiwan? Assessing Transferability of U.S. Reputation for Resolve Across International Crises

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Rachel Myrick, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Abstract:...

Mar

2023

Grant and Fellowship Writing Workshop for Graduate Students

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Office of Fellowships Grant-Writing Workshop serves Northwestern graduate students in several ways. First, it introduces students to the Office...

Mar

2023

The Politics of Place: How Southern Identity Shapes American Politics

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Princess H. Williams, Assistant Professor of Political Science at...

Mar

2023

Crafting your First IRB Submission

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join IRB Staff and the Political Science Department for a Workshop and Q&A on the Social Science IRB Process. Lunch Provided....

Mar

2023

Three Responses to Shifting Borders: Sovereigntism, Democratic Cosmopolitanism, and the Watershed Model

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Prof. Paulina Ochoa Espejo, a professor of political science at Haverford...

Mar

2023

CHSS & APD: Jacob Grumbach (Washington)

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the American Politics Development Lecture Series and the Comparative Historical Social Sciences as they host Jacob M. Grumbach,...

Mar

2023

Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Shana Gadarian, Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. This is...

Feb

2023

R Workshop Series: Intro to Webscraping and Text-As-Data in R

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the R Workshop Series as Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Andrés Schelp leads a session on Intro to Webscraping...

Feb

2023

The Statist Blindspot and Histories of Eastern Empires

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Professor Loubna El Amine, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern...

Feb

2023

Playing it Safe or Taking a Chance? Choosing between Challengers

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Timothy Hellwig, Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. Voters commonly respond...

Feb

2023

One Year After The Russian Invasion: A Conversation with Tymofiy Mylovanov

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tymofiy Mylovanov is the President of the Kyiv School of Economics. A former Minister of Economic Development, he continues to...

Feb

2023

Game Theory's Missed Model of Systemic Discrimination: Discussing the Wider Implications

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Coloquium as they host Prof. S.M. Amadae, senior lecturer and adjust professor at the Univesrity...

Feb

2023

Comparative Political Workshop: Avital Livny

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Session details forthcoming. Avital Livny is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, previously a...

Feb

2023

R Workshop Series: Geospatial Data & Visualization in R

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the R Workshop Series as Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Moore leads a session on Geospatial Data &...

Feb

2023

Capitalism and the Organization of Displacement: Selma James's Internationalism from Below

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Coloquium as they host Dr. Katrina Forrest, Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in the...

Feb

2023

Comparative Politics Workshop: Andrew Saab, Bottom-Up Election Information Spillovers

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Andrew Saab, a current PhD candidate in the Political Science Department...

Jan

2023

R Workshop Series: Troubleshooting in R

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the R Workshop Series as Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Jennifer Lin leads a session on Troubleshooting in R. This...

Jan

2023

When Economic Security is National Security: Commercial Interests and Influence Over Investment Screening

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Prof. Sarah Bauerle-Danzman, Associate Professor of international relations at Indiana...

Jan

2023

How to Publish Books in Political Science

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host a session with Sara Doskow, Senior Editor for Political Science and...

Jan

2023

Publishing in Political Theory

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop and Professor Shmulik Nili as he discusses publishing in political theory. In this session...

Jan

2023

You MENA I’m White? Priming Middle Eastern & North African Identity

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop as they host Darmouth College Postdoctoral Fellow Amanda d'Urso. Abstract: In 1909, a...

Jan

2023

Bound in Freedom: Martin Delany on Political Inequality and Social Injury

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Dr. Desmond Jogmohan from the University of California, Berkeley. This chapter reconstructs...

Dec

2022

The Two Faces of Democracy: Decentering Agonism and Deliberation.

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Professor Molly Scudder, Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. Abstract:...

Dec

2022

Teaching at Liberal Arts Colleges

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

What does it mean to start a tenure-track position at a liberal arts colleges? Are you interested in developing a...

Nov

2022

Ukraine: What Is to Come?

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Join a group of premier observers and analysts in a discussion about recent developments and future prospects in the war...

Nov

2022

States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Under what circumstances might climate change lead to negative security outcomes? Over the past fifteen years, a rapidly growing applied...

Nov

2022

Pita & Politics | Understanding The 2022 Midterm Elections: Analysis & Reflections

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Pita & Politics: Fall Quarter Event for Undergraduate Political Science Students Come meet other students, have lunch, and talk about politics! Lunch...

Oct

2022

IRSS: Michael Desch, "Will the Real(ist) Thucydides Please Stand Up? Reading Restraint at the Heart of the Paradigm’s Ur-text"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Professor Michael C. Desch (Notre Dame) for a presentation titled,...

Jun

2022

Global Theory Workshop: Megan Hyska

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Megan Hyska from Northwestern University. Session details forthcoming. Megan Hyska (PhD,...

Jun

2022

American Politics Workshop | Mapping the Fringe Economy: How the Fringe Economy Shapes Inclusion

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Patricia Posey, the Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science...

May

2022

Innovating Graduate Student Teaching in Political Science

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

The political science teaching committee is a graduate student organized group that meets monthly throughout the academic year to discuss...

May

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop: Does Improving Electoral Access Facilitate Clientelism? A Reassessment of Theory and Evidence

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop in welcoming Daniel de Kadt from the London School of Economics. Abstract: Independent election commissions...

May

2022

REP Workshop Discussion Meeting: Asian Americans: Politics, (Pop) Culture, and Representation

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

—*for our workshop, this is what we mean: The Racial and Ethnic Politics (REP) Workshop will meet this quarter in a...

May

2022

Fieldwork Q&A Meeting

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please join Political Science faculty and graduate students for an informal discussion on conducting fieldwork, especially during COVID times. Students...

May

2022

Roundtable Discussion with Former NSA Director, Admiral Michael Rogers

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for an informal, roundtable discussion with former NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers. This discussion will be moderated by...

May

2022

Office of Fellowships: Grant Writing Workshop

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Hosted by Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director, Office of Fellowships. The Office of Fellowships Grant-Writing Workshop serves Northwestern graduate students...

May

2022

Understanding the wider impacts of Ethiopia's northern conflict: Ann Fitz-Gerald (Wilfrid Laurier University)

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Please join the Political Science Department, Program of African Studies, Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies, and the...

May

2022

Deportation Research Clinic Annual Presentations

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Deportation Research Clinic for the last 10 years has been producing impactful findings and legal analyses leading to historic...

May

2022

Between Crisis and Reform: European Union at the Crossroads

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Francesco Saraceno, Deputy Department Director of the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures Économiques. Francesco Saraceno is Deputy Department Director of the Observatoire...

May

2022

Global Theory Workshop | The Difficulty of Being Good: Investigating Organizational Compliance and Misconduct

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Eugene Soltes from Harvard Business School. What is the frequency that...

May

2022

Political Theory Workshop | Up the Street Series: White and Deadly: Sugar and the Sweet Taste of Freedom

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Please join the Political Theory Workshop in hosting Elisabeth Anker from George Washington University. About Ugly Freedoms: "In Ugly Freedoms Elisabeth...

May

2022

International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Mohamed Sesay, 'Domination Through Law"

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Mohamed Sesay, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social...

May

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop: Is Ukraine a Multiethnic Country?

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Volodymyr Kulyk, head research fellow at the Institute of Political...

May

2022

IR Grad Student Workshop: The Underside of Order: Race in the Constitution of International Order

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Student International Relations Workshop for a presentation by Ph.D. candidate in Political Science Owen Brown. Owen...

May

2022

Global Theory Workshop: The Scope of Legislative Bargaining

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Melissa Schwartzberg from New York University. Abstract: This is chapter 4...

May

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop: Bayesian Integrative Meta Analysis

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Sarah Moore from Northwestern University. Abstract: Across various academic disciplines, meta-analysis is...

May

2022

Global Theory Workshop: Immigrant Legalization: A Dilemma between Justice and the Rule of Law

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Sarah Song from the University of California Berkeley. Session details...

May

2022

Political Theory Workshop | Up the Street Series: Fanny Söderbäck

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Up the Street Series: Fanny Söderbäck. "Sexual Violence as Ontological Violence:Narration, Selfhood, and the Destruction of Singularity" Abstract: In this paper, I...

May

2022

Chicago Area Social and Political Behavior Workshop (CAB)

All day

2022 Chicago Area Social and Political Behavior (CAB) Workshop 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., with dinner immediately following until 7:15 p.m. Registration...

May

2022

Global Theory Workshop | Realism and Responsible Parties

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Emilee Chapman from Stanford University. Abstract: This paper reconstructs and critiques...

May

2022

IPR Colloquium: T. Bonilla (IPR/SESP) - The Role of Descriptive and Substantive Representation in Voter Decision-Making

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please note that all IPR colloquia this spring will be held simultaneously in person and online. Registration is only required...

Apr

2022

A conversation and Q&A with war correspondent Kenneth R. Rosen: "Everyone is Lying: The Pursuit of Fact Amid War"

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program, the Medill School of Journalism and the Department of...

Apr

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop | Beyond Grievances: Demographic Changes and Nationalistic Attitudes in Chile

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Abstract: There is ample evidence showing that demographic changes due to immigration can electorally benefit far-right parties. Demand-side explanations have...

Apr

2022

Global Theory Workshop: Margaret Moore

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Margaret Moore from Queen's University. ABSTRACT: This paper considers whether threats...

Apr

2022

American Politics Workshop: Prof. Adam Levine

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Dr. Adam Seth Levine, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Associate Professor...

Apr

2022

Graduate Student International Relations Workshop: Pilar Manzi

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Student International Relations Workshop for a presentation by Ph.D. candidate in Political Science Pilar Manzi (presentation...

Apr

2022

Equitable Grading Practices Workshop

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

What are the purpose of grades? Grades can measure student progress, provide feedback, and provide qualification for other courses and...

Apr

2022

Global Theory Workshop: Andrew March

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Andrew March from the University of Massachusets Amherst. Session details...

Apr

2022

International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. James Morrison, "England's Cross of Gold"

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. James Ashley Morrison, Assistant Professor in the Department of...

Apr

2022

Graduate Student International Relations Workshop: Shah Zeb Chaudhary

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Graduate Student International Relations Workshop: Shah Zeb Chaudhary Please join the Graduate Student International Relations Workshop for a presentation by [Insert...

Apr

2022

Global Theory Workshop: Andy Koppelman

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop as they host Dr. Andrew Koppelman from Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law. Session...

Apr

2022

Political Science Honors info session

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Are you thinking about applying to the Political Science Honors program? Join us for this info session to learn more...

Apr

2022

IPR Colloquium: J. Druckman (IPR/Poli. Sci.) - (Affective) Polarization in America

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please note that all IPR colloquia this spring will be held simultaneously in person and online. Registration is only required...

Apr

2022

Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop | Contesting Homogeneity: Centering Racial Group Membership in Latino Politics

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Abstract: Latino is an umbrella term with high levels of diversity within the groups. These differences - national origin, generation,...

Mar

2022

International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Ayşe Zarakol, "Before the West"

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University...

Mar

2022

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Turkey’s Role in NATO: A Roundtable discussion with Dimitar Bechev (Carnegie Europe, Oxford), Sinem Adar (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik), and Ṣener Aktürk (Koç University), moderated by Jordan Gans-Morse (Northwestern

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Turkey’s Role in NATO: A Roundtable discussion with Dimitar Bechev (Carnegie Europe, Oxford), Sinem Adar (Stiftung...

Mar

2022

Russia's War on Ukraine: Russian Public Opinion, Media, and Censorship

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES), the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, and the...

Mar

2022

Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Charlotte Mencke 'To Kill the Sons of Brutus'

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join us for our final workshop of the quarter. Charlotte Mencke will be presenting her paper 'To Kill the...

Mar

2022

Russia's War on Ukraine: The Ukrainian Resistance

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES) and the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs for...

Mar

2022

IPR Colloquium: C. Thurston (IPR/Poli. Sci.) - Debtors and American Political Development

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

"Debtors and American Political Development" by Chloe Thurston, Assistant Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow This is a presentation of research...

Mar

2022

American Politics Workshop: Prof. Chadly Stern: Toward an understanding of when psychological differences do (and do not) emerge across the political spectrum

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Chadly Stern, Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,...

Mar

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop: Ora John Reuter, "The Demand for Elections"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Ora John Reuter, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University...

Feb

2022

International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Lucia Rafanelli

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Lucia Rafanelli Assistant Professor of Political Science & International...

Feb

2022

American Politics Workshop: Prof. Charlotte Cavaille, 'Much Ado About Debt'

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics workshop as they host Charlotte Cavaillé, assistant professor of public policy at the University of...

Feb

2022

Professor Erin Pineda (Smith), “An Entire World in Motion: Civil Disobedience as Decolonizing Praxis”

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 21 for Professor Erin Pineda's presentation, “An Entire World in...

Feb

2022

Demetra Kasimis: The Intimacy of Conspiracy: Democratic Erosion and the Problem of the Oikos

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Real and suspected plots to overthrow democracy periodically dominated life in classical Athens, but scholars have been slow to see...

Feb

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, "Theory and Credibility"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy Dean at...

Feb

2022

The Russia-Ukraine Crisis from the German Perspective: A Conversation with Consul General Wolfgang Mössinger

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program for this virtual event with German Consul General...

Feb

2022

Professor Bonnie Honig (Brown), "Truth Queens: The Biblical Esther from Eve Sedgwick to Ivanka Trump"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 15 for Professor Bonnie Honig's presentation on her paper, "Truth...

Feb

2022

Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop: Prof. David Cortez (Notre Dame), "Broken Mirrors: Latinx, La Migra, and the Conflict of Being Both"

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Please join the Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop as they host Dr. David Cortez, assistant professor of political science and...

Feb

2022

Red Skin, White Masks: A Conversation with Glen Coulthard, University of British Columbia

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium from noon-1:30pm CST, Feb 7 for Professor Glen Coulthard's presentation of Red Skin, White...

Feb

2022

Comparative Politics Workshop: Ulaş Erdoğdu, "Weapons of the Ordinary: Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Voting Behavior"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Northwestern Political Science PhD student Ulaş Erdoğdu, presenting "Weapons of the...

Jan

2022

Professor Jeremy Waldron (NYU Law), "Locke and the Pragmatics of Legitimism"

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Please join us for the first Political Theory Colloquium of Winter 2022 from 2-3:30pm CST, on Jan 21. Professor Jeremy...

Jan

2022

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Comparative Politics Workshop: Daniel de Kadt, "The political legacy of the Marikana massacre"

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

DUE TO A LAST MINUTE CONFLICT THE FOLLOWING EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. Please join the Comparative Politics...

Nov

2021

American Politics Workshop: Prof. Sarah Treul

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Professor Sarah Treul. Session details forthcoming. Dr. Sarah A. Treul is an...

Nov

2021

International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Michelle Jurkovich, "Feeding the Hungry"

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Dr. Michelle Jurkovich, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UMass...

Nov

2021

Weber Lecture Fall 2021 | Professor Sheryl Lightfoot, "Indigenous Disruptions"

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Please join the Department of Political Science and the Center for Native American and Indigenous research at Northwestern University, as...

Oct

2021

International Relations Speaker Series: Prof. Barbara Koremenos "Managing Institutional Externalities through Intertwined Design"

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as we host Barbara Koremenos, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate with...

Oct

2021

Political Theory Colloquium: Labor, Nature, and Empire: Alienation and the (Post)Colonial Political Rift

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as we host , Professor Inés Valdez, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science...

Sep

2021

Political Science | Faculty and Graduate Academic Year Kickoff

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

We hope the new academic year is off to a great start for each of you! The Political Science Department’s...

May

2021

9th Annual Arryman Symposium

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Arryman Scholars present dissertation research Gde Metera, PhD Political Science will present his dissertation, "The Struggle over Symbolic Power Resource: The...

May

2021

Antiracism in Thought and Action | The Politics of Police Reform after the George Floyd Case

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy for the next installment of the Anti-Racism in Thought and...

May

2021

American Politics Workshop: Laura Bucci

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Title: "Redistribution by Other Means" in Unequal Voice: Deunionization in the American States Abstract: Throughout the larger book manuscript, I argue that...

May

2021

Panel discussion: Why political science?

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Do you ever wonder how your professors came to study and teach political science? In this panel, three political scientists...

May

2021

Chicago Area Political and Social Behavior Workshop

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Please join us for the 2021 Chicago Area Political and Social Behavior (CAB) Workshop. The workshop serves as an annual...

May

2021

International Relations Speaker Series: Peter Andreas

12:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Please join us for the latest installment of our International Relation Speaker Series, featuring Peter Andreas who will discuss his...

May

2021

EDMUND PERRY LECTURE "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America" with Dr. Anthea Butler

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

EDMUND PERRY LECTURE "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America", presented by Dr. Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religion,...

Apr

2021

Antiracism in Thought and Action | Lessons from the Field: A Real Conversation about Racial Equity Work in Cultural Institutions

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy for the next installment of the Anti-Racism in Thought and...

Apr

2021

American Politics Workshop: Jennifer Lawless

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The American Politics Workshop hosts Jennifer Lawless for a presentation on “Reinvigorating Local News,” from News Hole: The Demise of...

Apr

2021

International Relations Speaker Series: Sheena Chestnut Greitens

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join us for the latest installment of our International Relation Speaker Series, featuring Sheena Chestnut Greitens. Greitens will be...

Mar

2021

Antiracism in Thought and Action: Black Feminism, White Feminism, and Antiracism.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy for the next installment of the Anti-Racism in Thought and...

Mar

2021

Political Science Honors Info Session

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Are you thinking about applying to the Political Science Honors program? Join the Political Science Department for this info session...

Mar

2021

Careers as Faculty at Liberal Arts Colleges

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please join the Department of Political Science Teaching Committee to hear from several political science professors who have taught at...

Mar

2021

Political Theory Workshop: Kevin Duong

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a presentation from Kevin Duong, details forthcoming, as part of their Up the...

Feb

2021

Memorial Drive: On Race and Writing | Anti-Racism in Thought and Action Speaker and Discussion Series

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Professor Natasha Trethewey will be reading from her New York Times Bestselling book “Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir” and discussing...

Feb

2021

American Politics Workshop: Nazita Lajevardi

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Nazita Lajevardi is a political scientist and attorney at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on issues related to public...

Feb

2021

Political Theory Workshop: Ainsley LeSure

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

We're excited to be able to invite you to our first Up the Street event of the year this Friday,...

Jan

2021

International Relations Speaker Series: Abraham Newman

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series as they host Abraham Newman, Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of...

Jan

2021

The Dual Pandemic: Racial Inequalities, Racism, and COVID-19

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The panel will focus on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-standing racial disparities in US society. The...

Jan

2021

Reflections on the Trump Presidency and What Comes Next

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

On the eve of the inauguration of a new president, join the Department of Political Science to take stock of...

Jan

2021

American Politics Workshop: Jaime Settle

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The American Politics Workshop hosts Dr. Jaime Settle for a presentation based on: Opting Out: Why Americans Avoid Political Talk Why, despite...

Dec

2020

Antiracism in Thought and Action Speaker Series: Racial Politics after the 2020 Elections

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Professors Masuoka, Watts Smith, and Wallace are leading experts on racial and ethnic politics in the United States. They will...

Dec

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Daniel Encinas

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Comparative Politics Workshop hosts Daniel Encinas for a presentation on “Experiments as Case Studies: A Qualitative Approach to External...

Nov

2020

IPR Colloquium: J. Gans-Morse (Pol. Sci./IPR) - The Demand Side of Bribery

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

"When Do Citizens Grease the Wheel? The Demand Side of Bribery" by Jordan Gans-Morse, Associate Professor of Political Science and IPR...

Nov

2020

Political Theory Workshop: Shawn Dean

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a presentation from Northwestern University graduate student Shawn Dean. Dean will be presenting...

Nov

2020

American Politics Workshop: Nathan Kalmoe

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Dr. Nathan Kalmoe will be presenting With Ballots & Bullets: Partisanship & Violence in the American Civil War (& Today). What...

Nov

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Michael Weintraub & Rob Blair

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

How can the state re-establish control after decades of civil war? Which public policies best reduce violence in the world's...

Nov

2020

Teaching Political Science Online: Zoom Tools & Crowdsources Challengings

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Members of the Teaching Committee will be leading a professional development workshop for mastering the use of Zoom for online...

Nov

2020

IPR 2020 Post-Election Panel

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

IPR 2020 Post-Election Panel Panelists: Martin Eichenbaum, Charles Moskos Professor Professor of Economics Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Associate Professor of Political Science and IPR Fellow Erik...

Nov

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Jennifer Cyr

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Comparative Politics Workshop hosts Jennifer Cyr for a discussion on “Focus Groups: When and Why to Use Them, and...

Oct

2020

American Politics Workshop: Eleanor Neff Powell

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The American Politics Workshop hosts Eleanor Neff Powell for a presentation (details forthcoming). Her book, Where Money Matters in Congress:...

Oct

2020

IPR Colloquium: S. Nuamah (IPR/SESP) - How the Punishment of Black Women and Girls Affects Our Democracy

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

"How the Punishment of Black Women and Girls Affects Our Democracy" by Sally Nuamah, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social...

Oct

2020

Global Lunchbox: Sovereignty and Diversity: What we Can Learn from Early Modern Empires (Loubna El Amine)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...

Oct

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Lucien Ferguson

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host Political Science PhD candidate Lucien Ferguson. (Details forthcoming)

Oct

2020

Political Science Professor Chat with Cody Keenan

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join the Political Science Department for a chat with Visiting Professor and Speechwriter Cody Keenan ’02. Cody will speak about...

Oct

2020

Global Lunchbox: The Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants and Statelessness: Critical Questions for Critical Times (Galya Ben-Arieh)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join us for the Global Lunchbox series, a weekly conversational forum hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International...

Oct

2020

International Relations & Comparative Politics: Melissa Lee

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Policymakers worry that "ungoverned spaces" pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of...

Oct

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Tom Dabrowski

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the NU Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop this Friday October 9 at 3PM for Tom Dabrowski's Political Theory...

Oct

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Sam McChesney

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host Political Science PhD candidate Sam McChesney (details forthcoming)

Sep

2020

NU Presidential Debate Watch & Chat

7:45 PM - 9:30 PM

Chat with faculty from Political Science, SESP, and the Center for Legal Studies as we all watch the debate together...

Sep

2020

PS Dept Welcome Reception | Academic Year 2020-2021

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Details Forthcoming

Sep

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Tim Charlebois

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host Political Science PhD candidate Tim Charlebois, "How to Die...

Sep

2020

PS Dept Welcome Reception | Academic Year 2020-2021 (AM)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Details Forthcoming

Sep

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Arturo Chang

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

PhD candidate in the department of Political Science Northwestern University and Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow in the Department of Political...

Jun

2020

Department of Political Science Awards and Honors Ceremony

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Please join the Department of Political Science and their Faculty for a session celebrating the exemplary work and outstanding achievements...

Jun

2020

Department of Political Science Town Hall

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

We encourage all who can to attend this week’s Department Town Hall on Race, recognizing that the meeting was arranged...

Jun

2020

Department of Political Science Town Hall

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

In this spirit of listening, the Department of Political Science is hosting a handful of Town Hall meetings for faculty,...

Jun

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Jesse Driscoll

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Associate Professor Jesse Driscoll from the University of California San Diego will be joining us for our second virtual Comparative...

Jun

2020

Global Theory Workshop: Melissa Schwartzberg

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop for a session with Melissa Schwartzberg, the Silver Professor of Politics at New York...

May

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Volha Charnysh

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Assistant Professor Volha Charnysh from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be joining us for our first virtual Comparative Politics...

May

2020

Global Theory Workshop: Loubna El-Amine

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop for a session with Prof. Loubna El Amine. (Session details TBA). Loubna El Amine |...

May

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop for a session with Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, the Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy...

May

2020

CSDD: Conducting Community Engaged Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Save the date for the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy and the Department of Political Science for...

May

2020

Political Theory Workshop: Daniel Kapust

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a session with Daniel Kapust, Professor of Political Theory in the Department of...

May

2020

Global Theory Workshop: Sarah Song

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Theory Workshop for a session with Sarah Song, Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political...

May

2020

International Relations Speaker Series: Abraham Newman

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series for a session with Abraham Newman, Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign...

Apr

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Volha Charnysh

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop for a session with Volha Charnysh, Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT. (Session...

Apr

2020

Internation Relationship Speaker Series: Melissa Lee

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Speakers Series for a session with Melissa M. Lee, Assistant Professor of Politics and International...

Apr

2020

American Politics Workshop: Jaime Settle

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop for a presentation by Jaime Settle, the David and Carolyn Wakefield Term Associate Professor...

Mar

2020

Political Theory Workshop: Alison McQueen

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Colloquium as they host Prof. Alison E.J. McQueen (Stanford), "Absolving God's Laws: Thomas Hobbes's Scriptural...

Mar

2020

American Politics Workshop: Cathy Cohen

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop for a presentation by Cathy Cohen (UChicago, session topic TBA). Cathy J. Cohen is the...

Mar

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Melike Arslan

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Guest speaker, Melike Arslan, will present her paper "Whose Paradigm?: Antitrust Policy Reform in the Times of Inflation and Chicago...

Mar

2020

Political Science quarterly undergraduate lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Any student interested in political science is invited to join our quarterly lunches to meet other students and faculty, and...

Feb

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Usdin Martinez

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Northwestern University Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host PhD Student Usdin Martinez (session details TBA)

Feb

2020

Teaching Workshop (Google Scholar)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

With so many research tools at our disposal, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed by the breadth of options, particularly in...

Feb

2020

Global Lunchbox Series

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for the discussion "Transparency and the Rule of Law: Preliminary Results From a Field Experiment in Ukraine" presented...

Feb

2020

Global Lunchbox Series

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for the discussion "Transparency and the Rule of Law: Preliminary Results From a Field Experiment in Ukraine" presented...

Feb

2020

International Relations Speaker Series: Nikhar Gaikwad

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join with International Relations Speakers series for a presentation with Nikhar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political...

Feb

2020

IRWG: Horia M. Dijmarescu "Rules Rhetoric and Weapons of War"

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the International Relations Working Group. Horia M. Dijmarescu will be presenting his paper “Rules Rhetoric and Weapons of...

Feb

2020

Applying to Graduate School in International Affairs: Tips & Best Practices

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Thinking about applying to graduate school in international affairs or a related field? A representative from the Association of Professional...

Feb

2020

NU Graduate Political Theory Workshop: Shaul Notkin

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Northwestern University Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host PhD Candidate Shaul Notkin (session details TBA)

Feb

2020

REEES Speaker Series

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Borders and Bordering in the Polish Second Republic: Refugees and the Shaping of Modern Citizenship.

Feb

2020

Beyond the PhD: Preparing for the academic job market

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

In this session, we will provide you with a roadmap of what the political science academic job market looks, get...

Feb

2020

Teaching Workshop (Citations Management)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Students often find that putting together a works cited section under the deadlines imposed by the short quarter system is...

Feb

2020

American Politics Workshop: Greg Huber

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Greg Huber, Forst Family Professor of Political Science, Department of Political...

Feb

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Guy Grossman

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Guy Grossman, Associate Professor at the political science department at the...

Feb

2020

What’s Going on in Colombia? Conversatorio with María Camila Palacio & Laura García Montoya

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join the LACS Program for the launch of our Conversatorio series, conversations about contemporary issues in Latin America and...

Feb

2020

Delivering Engaging Presentations

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

A discussion with Dr. Peter Civetta on building great presentation skills for academics.

Feb

2020

NUGW General Member Meeting

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join NUGW for our Winter Quarter General Meeting! We'll be talking the 6th year funding campaign, mental health, NLRB updates...

Jan

2020

Russia Policy Forum Series presents: "Russian Hybrid War, Ukraine, and US Policy"

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Colonel (Ret.) Liam Collins, a career Special Forces Officer, served as a high-level defense advisor to Ukraine from 2016-2018. He holds...

Jan

2020

Political Theory Workshop: Onur Ulas Ince, "Saving Capitalism from Empire"

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Political Theory Workshop for a presentation by Onur Ulas Ince on "Saving Capitalism from Empire: Uses of...

Jan

2020

Commune Winter Quarter General Meeting

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Commune for a session on Winter Quarter activities, graduate student business, and all other subjects impacting the...

Jan

2020

Commune Winter Quarter General Meeting [copy]

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Commune for a session on Winter Quarter activities, graduate student business, and all other subjects impacting the...

Jan

2020

Comparative Politics Workshop: Tom Pepinsky, Voting in Authoritarian Elections

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop for a session with Thomas Pepinsky on "Voting in Authoritarian Elections" When accounting for why...

Jan

2020

International Relations Speaker Series: Sarah Kreps, "Purely Partisan Warriors? A Study of Legislative Rhetoric in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars"

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Please join the International Relations Speaker Series for a session with Sarah Kreps, Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of...

Dec

2019

Audrey Nicolaides || Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop for a presentation by PhD candidate Audrey Nicolaides (topic TBA). Audrey Nicolaides is a...

Dec

2019

Comparative Politics: Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Comparative Politics Workshop presents Dipali Mukhopadhyay (Columbia), Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar. Dipali Mukhopadhyay...

Nov

2019

International Relations Speaker Series: George Lawson

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

George Lawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at London School of Economics and Political Science....

Nov

2019

Arendt on Earth | Workshop II: Earth and Expropriation

All day

Arendt on Earth takes the elusive concept of “earth” in the thought of Hannah Arendt as a frame, impetus and...

Nov

2019

"Elite Theory and the Populist Threat to Stable Democracy" with Prof. John Higley (Texas-Austin)

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Abstract: Elite theories tend to be shunned. This is, at least in part, because they are distasteful. They pertain to...

Nov

2019

The Commune: Political Science Research Paper Workshop

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

The Commune will host a panel including representatives from each subfield to discuss and answer questions about preparing and writing...

Nov

2019

Jennifer Forestal Up the Street Lecture Series | Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Join the Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop for Jennifer Forestal's lecture in the Up the Street lecture series.

Nov

2019

American Politics Workshop: Daniel Galvin, The Political Development of Worker Centers

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the American Politics Workshop for a session with NU Political Science Professor and IPR Affiliate Daniel Galvin on...

Nov

2019

Commune Fellowship Workshop

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Please join the Commune as they host Stephen Hill, Senior Associate Director of Northwestern's Office Of Fellowships, for a session...

Nov

2019

Critical Theory in Critical Times Annual Workshop: Charles Mills

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

The White Leviathan: Nonwhite Bodies in the White Body Politic | A Conversation with Charles Mills Friday, November 8, 2019 3:30pm –...

Nov

2019

American Politics Graduate Student Workshop

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Graduate Students in the American Politics subfield will hold a seminar on a working paper in the department. To be...

Nov

2019

Arendt on Earth Graduate Practicum: Earth and Expropriation

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

This 90-minute practicum will examine the questions and themes that animate the upcoming Arendt on Earth (Humanities without Walls) Earth...

Nov

2019

Comparative Politics: Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Comparative Politics Workshop presents Dipali Mukhopadhyay (Columbia), Being Interpretivists at Our Desks: Studying the Syrian War from Afar. Dipali Mukhopadhyay...

Nov

2019

RCR Training - Part 2

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Responsible Conduct of Research training: Part 2.

Nov

2019

Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop: Bill French

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join the Graduate Political Theory Workshop as they host PhD Candidate Bill French on "Epistemic Injustice in Of the...

Nov

2019

Commune Job Talk: Sean Diament, Congressional Representation of the Poor, 1933-1946

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Commune as they host a practice job talk with PhD Candidate Sean Diament, who will present a...

Nov

2019

Working on Political Campaigns: Political Science Undergraduate Student & Faculty pizza lunch

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Join the Department of Political Science for the quarterly undergraduate student & faculty pizza lunch! The lunch will feature a...

Oct

2019

Commune Job Talk: Yuchen Liu: The Politics of Policing in China: How Frontline Police Shape Order and Security

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join the Commune for a practice job talk with PhD candidate Yuchen Liu, who will present a chapter from his...

Oct

2019

Global Politics Workshop: Jeffrey Howard

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join the Global Politics Workshop for a lecture by Jeffrey Howard. Lunch provided.

Oct

2019

Comparative Politics Workshop

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Rhana Khoury presents for the Comparative Politics Workshop.

Oct

2019

Erin Lockwood: a conversation with graduate students about the academic job market

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Erin Lockwood converses with grad students about the academic job market.

Oct

2019

IR Speaker Series Presents: Erin Lockwood

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Erin Lockwood is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She received...

Oct

2019

RCR Training - Part 1

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker: Jason Seawright

Oct

2019

Global Theory Workshop: Lisa Ellis

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Come hear Dr. Lisa Ellis from the University of Otago in a workshop sponsored by the Global Theory Workshop and...

Oct

2019

Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop: Andrew Day

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Join the graduate student Political Theory Workshop as they hear a talk from Andrew Day.

Oct

2019

Comparative Politics Workshop: Susan Stokes

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Prof. Susan Stokes from the University of Chicago presents "Political Behavior and 'Direct Democracy': Reflections from the Referendum on Colombia's...

Oct

2019

American Politics Workshop: Alex Coppock

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Alexander Coppock of Yale University presents "Persuasion in Parallel".

Oct

2019

Commune General Meeting

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Commune's Fall quarter general meeting. Lunch provided.

Oct

2019

Joshua Simon presents José Martí's Immanent Critique of American Imperialism

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Come hear lecturer Joshua Simon from Columbia and discussant Arturo Chang in an event sponsored by the Political Theory Workshop...

Oct

2019

Political Theory Workshop: Rhiannon Auriemma

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

"Radical and Resistant: Intersectional Politics in Feminist Theory and Praxis" Discussed by Usdin Martinez.

Oct

2019

Andrew Thompson: Commune Job Talk

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

“A Threat to Democracy? How Demographic Changes Affect Political Attitudes and Perceptions”

Sep

2019

Graduate Student Political Theory Workshop: Tim Charlebois

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

“How to Not Do Things Without Words: Unintelligible Histories in the Political Thought of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler”

Sep

2019

Department Kick-Off

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join us at the Firehouse Grill to meet and welcome our newest graduate students and department members. We will...

Jun

2019

Class of 2019 Political Science Commencement Reception and Open House

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Dear Political Science Majors, class of 2019, and their graduation guests: I cordially invite you to our commencement reception and open...

Jun

2019

Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Workshop Presents Efrén Pérez

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Efrén Pérez Professor of Political Science, University of California–Los Angeles

Jun

2019

Incoming & Outgoing Political Science Honors Student Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Dear Incoming and Outgoing Honors Students, You’re invited to a lunch! Tuesday, June 4 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Scott Hall room 107, Burdick...

May

2019

Comparative Politics Workshop Presents Yuhua Wang

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Keep It in the Family: Elite Marriage Network and State-Making in Imperial China Yuhua Wang Asst. Professor, Dept. of Government Harvard University Abstract: Why do...

May

2019

Peter Van der Veer: Master Class on "The Value of Comparison"

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Peter Van Der Veer leads a masterclass on his new book, The Value of Comparison. In this book, he argues that many...

May

2019

American Political Development Workshop & the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy Presents Desmond King

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

White Reconstruction in America Desmond King Andrew Mellon Professor of American GovernmentProfessorial Fellow Nuffield CollegeDirector of Graduate Studies (Politics)Emeritus Fellow St John’s...

May

2019

2019 Undergraduate Research Poster Session

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Interested in conducting political science research but uncertain how to start? Want to hear about research currently being conducted by your fellow...

May

2019

International Relations Workshop Presents Kemi Fuentes-George

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

How Local Lore Affects Global Conservation in Developing CountriesKemi Fuentes-George Associate Professor of Political Science Middlebury College Kemi Fuentes-George is an Associate Professor in...

May

2019

Political Science and the TGS Classics Cluster Presents Melissa Lane

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Colloquium: Plato on the Nature of Rule Melissa LaneClass of 1943 Professor of Politics & Director, UCHVPrinceton University

May

2019

American Politics Workshop Presents David Doherty

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

The Primary Electorate and Party Polarization Observers often point to primary elections as playing a critical role in fostering polarization, positing...

May

2019

“The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel): Artistry, Impact, Feminism”

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

One Book One Northwestern, Comix Revolution, and the Evanston Literary Festival present a discussion about the new graphic novel adaptation...

May

2019

2019 Weber Lecture: Ambassador Michael McFaul

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Department of Political Science hosts an annual speaker series in honor of the late Admiral Alban ‘Stormy’ Weber. The...

May

2019

Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law & Politics of Ordinary Abortion

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Join us for a book talk with author and Northwestern Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Medical Education and Obstetrics...

May

2019

What was the International Rule of Law? Histories & Narratives

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join us for an end-of-the-year event to discuss the international rule of law. Monica Hakimi teaches and writes in the fields...

May

2019

Global Theory Workshop Presents Abraham Singer

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Racial Justice without Character: Structures, Agents, and the Extended Mind A common trope in discussing the persistence of racial supremacy and...

May

2019

2018 Arryman Fellows Symposium

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

2018 Arryman Fellows present their year-long research papers. Papers can be found on the EDGS web site at: 2018 Arryman Fellows...

May

2019

Comparative Politics Workshop Presents Christa Kuntzelman

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

"Exploring the logic of tactic selection: Refugee political claims-making in Uganda" Christa KuntzelmanPh.D. Candidate, Northwestern University

May

2019

"X" - Past, Present, & Future of Latinx Studies: at Northwestern & Beyond

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Latina and Latino Studies Program at Northwestern University invites you to commemorate its 10-year anniversary on campus. We will...

May

2019

Michael Dillon - After Infinity: The Government and Politics of Transfinite Life

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Michael Dillon (Lancaster University) with discussants Samuel Weber (Northwestern) and James Martel (San Francisco State University). Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/731005547314223/ Michael Dillon, Emeritus...

May

2019

Spring Quarter 2019 Undergraduate & Faculty Pizza Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Come enjoy pizza and conversation with your fellow majors/minors and Political Science faculty. Find out about 2019-2020 classes. Learn about upcoming research...

May

2019

Moral Dilemmas of an Author in Times of Communism

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Ludwika Wlodek, sociologist and journalist from the University of Warsaw, will discuss Polish writer Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz. Her talk is titled:...

May

2019

Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy & Political Theory Presents Shatema Threadcraft

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Critical Reflections on Spectacle: #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, and #MeToo Shatema Threadcraft Professor, Department of Political Science Dartmouth College

May

2019

Crude Choice: The Developing World’s Transformation of Crude Oil Regimes

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The talk explores three competing models countries that adopt to determine who owns the oil and how revenues are divided....

Apr

2019

American Politics Workshop & International Relations Speaker Series Present Dr. Tine Hanrieder

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Medicine’s Backyard: Community Health Workers and the Making of a Global Medical South in the United States Dr. Tine Hanrieder Head of...

Apr

2019

American Politics Workshop Presents Leonie Huddy

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

"Anger, Anxiety, and Selective Exposure to Terrorist Violence" Leonie Huddy Professor of Political Science Stony Brook University

Apr

2019

Comparative Politics Workshop Presents Austin L. Wright

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Information Operations Increase Civilian Security Cooperation and Support for Reintegration Austin L. Wright Asst. Professor of Public Policy University of Chicago

Apr

2019

The Student Agenda: Advancing Higher Education for the Next Generation, featuring US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi & IL State Representative Will Guzzardi

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

CANCELED: Unfortunately, due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, we have to cancel this event. We are hoping to find another time...

Apr

2019

A Conversation with Civil Rights Icon Diane Nash

5:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Esteemed civil rights activist and Chicago native Diane Nash will participate in a conversation facilitated by Dr. Martha Biondi, Lorraine...

Apr

2019

Campus Conversation with Diane Nash, Civil Rights Activist

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

Esteemed civil rights activist and Chicago native Diane Nash will participate in a campus conversation facilitated by Dr. Martha Biondi,...

Apr

2019

Catharine MacKinnon: Butterfly Politics

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Professor MacKinnon will address the politics and law of sexual harassment, focusing on its violation of equality rights, considering the...

Apr

2019

Reporting Islam: Media, Policy, Politics

All day

This international symposium will bring scholars of Islam, international and public affairs, education, race, and law together with practicing journalists...