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International Relations Speaker Series "Sending a Signal of Prowess? Nuclear Tests and Technological Spillover"

Event Start: May 10, 2013 07:00 PM

Event End: May 10, 2013 07:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Christopher Sprecher, Visiting Professor, UCSB

Talk: Exceptionalism Revisited: American Political Development in Comparative Perspective. President, Congress, and Parties

Event Start: January 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Event End: January 10, 2014 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Axel Hadenius, Visiting Researcher in the Department of Political Science at UCSB

Congratulations to Karen Pitakdumrongkit

Dr. Karen Pitakdumrongkit, who finished her PhD under the guidance of Prof. Benjamin Cohen in January, has just been appointed a "research fellow" at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her appointment, which includes teaching responsibilities, will begin on December 3rd.

"The Paranoid Style Revisited: Support for the Tea Party and Contemporary American Politics"

Event Start: February 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: February 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall

Speaker:
Christopher Parker, Stuart A. Scheingold Professor of Social Justice and Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle

Prof. Chris Parker will speak on his new book, The Paranoid Style Revisited: Support for the Tea Party and Contemporary American Politics (with Matt Barreto).

Identity Speaker Series "Does Democracy Help Maintain Ethnic Identity? The Case of Estonia"

Event Start: October 17, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: October 17, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Lilia Sokolinskaja, former Parliamentary Reporter, Radio 4 Tallinn, Estonia

Only fair is lovely: candidate skin color and voter evaluation in an Indian election

Event Start: April 21, 2014 11:00 PM

Event End: April 21, 2014 11:00 PM

Event Location: Lane Room

Speaker:
Amit Ahuja, Assistant Professor, UCSB Department of Political Science

Assistant Professor Amit Ahuja will give a talk as both the Identity Speaker Series and Faculty Lecture Series.

In Memoriam: Anton Vonk, MA '05

The Political Science Department’s generous alumnus, friend, and donor, Anton Vonk, passed away in early January following a heart attack. We will remember Anton Vonk gratefully for years to come by virtue of his generous gift, together with his wife, Diane Boss, of the Vonk Chair in Environmental Politics, for which recruitment is currently in progress. We will honor his vision and generosity in the future on many occasions.

Job Opening in International Relations

The University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Political Science seeks a scholar in international relations for a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor effective July 1, 2014. Applicants should have completed the Ph.D. by the appointment date. Applicant may specialize in any aspect of international relations, but the Department is particularly interested in a scholar whose research engages issues at the boundaries of the traditional subfields of international relations and comparative politics.