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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.

Identity Speaker Series "Empirical Intersectionality: A Tale of Two Aproaches"

Event Start: April 25, 2013 11:00 PM

Event End: April 25, 2013 11:00 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

Speaker:
Ange-Marie Hancock, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California

Poster for Professor Hancock Talk

As a part of the Research Focus Group on Identity's Speaker Series, Professor Ange-Marie Hancock will present on her forthcoming publication in the University of California, Irvine Law Review.

Prestige, Humiliation, and Territorial Gain

Event Start: November 19, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: November 19, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

2012 Edition of "Political Science at UCSB" is now available

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2012 edition of our annual Newsletter, Political Science at UCSB.  It has been posted on our website in PDF format* at
http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/news/newsletter.     

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http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.htm.)

 Topics in this issue include:

Job Opening in Environmental Politics

The University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Political Science seeks a scholar who focuses on the politics of the environment, energy, or natural resourcesfor a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor effective July 1, 2015. Applicants should have completed the Ph.D.

"Marriage.com: Reproducing caste and class in modern India"

Event Start: January 25, 2013 12:00 AM

Event End: January 25, 2013 12:00 AM

Event Location: Ellison Hall

Speaker:
Prof. Amit Ahuja

Prof. Amit Ahuja will present his new work co-authored with Susan Ostermann.

Sponsored by Dept. of Political Science and RFG Identity

Comparative Political Science Conference

Event Start: September 20, 2013 05:30 PM

Event End: September 20, 2013 05:30 PM

Event Location: Room 3814

The sixth Southern California Comparative Political Science Conference will take place at UCSB on September 20. 

For more information, please visit the conference website.