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Boundless Love - Enduring Legacy of Cedric J. Robinson in Teaching, Research, and Activism

Event Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Event Date Details: Panel: 4 - 5:30pm, Reception: 5:30 - 7pm

Night Work and Racialized Social Reproduction

Professor Paul Apostolidis of The London School of Economics and Political Science will deliver a talk entitled, "Night Work and Racialized Social Reproduction," on Monday, May 5th from 12:30-2pm in Henley Hall, Room 1010. 

Local Peace, International Builders: How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up

Join us Thurs, April 30th from 3-5pm in Mosher Alumni Hall at Alumni Hall (2nd floor) for the book launch of Political Science Professor, Will Nomikos. Professor Nomikos' book, Local Peace, International Builders: How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up, highlights a critical pathway through which UN peacekeeping may successfully maintain order in the international system. The findings have clear implications for how we think about international interventions—and how they can be better designed in the future to prevent violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. 

Navigating Life Post-PhD: Communication and Influence Outside Academia

Join the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) for a new virtual professionalization series that connects UC graduate students with UC faculty and IGCC fellows to offer candid advice on how to navigate finding a job, how to think about different career paths, and how to communicate with audiences outside of academia. To learn more about this series, visit ucigcc.org.

Presented by: 

Kim Yi Dionne, Associate Professor at UC Riverside and editor-in-chief of Good Authority

Book Launch - Thurs, March 6: Abortion Rights Backlash with Alison Brysk

Join us Thursday, March 6th from 2-3:30pm in the UCEN Lobero Room for the launch of  UCSB Political Science Professor Alison Brysk's new book, Abortion Rights Backlash: The Struggle for Democracy in Europe and the Americas. The launch will feature UCSB Sociology Professor Catherine Taylor as a disccusant. 

In Abortion Rights Backlash, Alison Brysk shows how threats to reproductive rights stem from a gendered political struggle over declining democracy, national identity, and widening inequality due to globalization.

Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Leah Stokes, Associate Professor in Political Science, for receiving the 2024 Stehphen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication. 

Come check out this election discussion!

Come check out this election discussion between Professor Leah Stokes and Former Director of Energy and Environmental Policy for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer Adrian Deveny.

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Event Start: November 04, 2024 05:15 PM

Event End: November 30, 2024 05:15 PM