Town Hall Meeting (12:00PM - 1:00PM)
Lane Room Ellison Hall, Room 3824.  All graduate students are invited to attend.

Lecture By Kathryn A. Woolard (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
"The Ideology of Linguistic Naturalism: Reflexes and Reformulations in Contemporary Catalonia."  A presentation of the Research Focus Group on Identity.  Kathryn Woolard is Professor of Anthropology at UCSD.  Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Brief Abstract:
"In western societies in the epoch of modernity, linguistic authority in the professional as well as the political view has most often been underpinned by an ideology of linguistic naturalism.  Although such naturalism is commonly traced to the Romantic movement, it has been at the base of the questione della lingua  since it was first raised by Dante Alighieri in his De Vulgari Eloquentia.  This presentation addresses seemingly contradictory legacies of this linguistic naturalism, as well as emerging challenges to it, in the contemporary questione della lingua in Catalonia.  The talk is based on ethnographic data on public and political discourses about language as well as interpersonal language choice and identity-claiming in the Barcelona area."

Career Opportunities Talk (12:30PM - 1:30PM)

A CIA Analyst will make a presentation about career opportunities in the Agency (including paid internships for both graduate and undergraduate students).

Questions about this presentation should be directed to Sandra Popiden (popiden@polsci.ucsb.edu).

Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Faculty Meeting (12:30PM - 2:00PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Professional Skills Forum (12:30PM - 1:30PM)
Topic to be announced.  Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Work-in-Progress Presentation By Amit Ahuja (12:30PM - 2:00PM)
Professor Ahuja will discuss some preliminary findings from the observational survey of the electoral campaign in the 2009 Indian national election.  Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

PSGSA Thanksgiving Potluck (11:00AM - 3:00PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Lecture By Jane Junn (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
"Testing the Identity to Politics Link: Racial and Ethnic Identity and Political Particpation in the United States," by Jane Junn, Professor of Political Science at USC.  A presentation of the Research Focus Group on Identity. 

Brief Abstract:
"Conventional wisdom among scholars of political behavior in the United States suggests a positive relationship between group membership and political participation.  The more identified and linked individuals feel with racial and ethnic groups, the more likely they are to be active in politics.  This expectation is based on the work of Michael Dawson and his influential theory of 'linked fate' among African Americans.  Does linked fate work the same way for other racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States as it does for Blacks?  The paper tests the identity to politics link with national survey data with large populations of African American, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Whites." 

Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

T A Training (4:00PM - 5:30PM)
Lane Room, Ellison Hall 3824.

Department Offices Closure (1:00AM)

Though classes may meet as scheduled, all department offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 (furlough day).  Offices will reopen after the Thanksgiving holidays on Monday, November 30.

Department Offices Closure

Though classes may meet as scheduled, all department offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 (furlough day).  Offices will reopen after the Thanksgiving holidays on Monday, November 30.

Department Offices Closure

Though classes may meet as scheduled, all department offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 (furlough day).  Offices will reopen after the Thanksgiving holidays on Monday, November 30.

Department Offices Closure

Though classes may meet as scheduled, all department offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 (furlough day).  Offices will reopen after the Thanksgiving holidays on Monday, November 30.

Department Offices Closure

Though classes may meet as scheduled, all department offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 (furlough day).  Offices will reopen after the Thanksgiving holidays on Monday, November 30.