Faculty Conversation Series: Paul Quirk & Matt Wright on US Politics

07 March 2023 12:15 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 225
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Tags: Faculty Conversations, Matt Wright, Paul Quirk, US Politics

Topics might include: Why are American politics so polarized? What are the prospects for the 2024 presidential election? Florida’s book bans? Why is there so little action on gun control despite broad public desire? Canada – US ties and anything else you want to talk about.

“A Past that Keeps on Giving: Britain’s Colonial and Post-colonial Amnesia,” Prof. Olivette Otele

08 March 2023 5:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan A 202
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Tags: Olivette Otele

Prof. Olivette Otele delves into colonial histories and examines how forgetting part of the Britain’s past has further cemented contemporary inequalities and led to tragedies in Britain.

Faculty Conversation: Kathryn Harrison on Climate Politics

09 March 2023 12:15 pm

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Topics might include: What’s happened since the Paris Agreement? Where are international negotiations headed? What are Canadian governments doing? What sort of careers are available in this area? How can you get involved in climate activism? And anything else about climate change you want to talk about.

Prospective Majors Info Session 2023

09 March 2023 5:15 pm

Venue: HENN 202
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Tags: Majors

The Department of Political Science’s Prospective Majors Info Session is an opportunity for current UBC students to learn about our Major, Honours, and Combined Major programs and the admissions processes for each.

UNBC Global Friday Speakers Series: Gender and Deliberative Democracy featuring Dr. Afsoun Afsahi

10 March 2023 12:00 pm

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By incorporating the literature on deliberative democracy with that on gender and political behavior, Prof. Afsahi “identifies a number of contradictions and antithetical perspectives on whether we can expect a gender gap in willingness and capacity for deliberation.”

Two Papers on Social and Political Trust

13 March 2023 12:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Penthouse
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Tags: Henry Brady, Keith Banting, Richard Johnston

UBC Political Science Professor Emeritus Richard Johnston hosts a discussion of Two Papers on Social and Political Trust by Henry E. Brady and Keith Banting

“Underworlds: Liberalism and the Imaginative Geography of Sex Trafficking” Jeanne Morefield

14 March 2023 12:15 pm

Venue: Buchanan Penthouse
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Tags: Distinguished Speaker Series, Jeanne Morefield

UBC Political Science’s Distinguished Speaker Series hosts Professor Jeanne Morefield for a talk titled, “Underworlds: Liberalism and the Imaginative Geography of Sex Trafficking.”

Faculty Conversation Series: Allen Sens on The War in Ukraine: Battle and Politics

16 March 2023 12:15 pm

Venue: Buchanan Penthouse
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Professor Allen Sens will talk about the evolving operational and tactical situation in the Ukraine War and how battlefield developments have impacted the political and strategic dimensions of the conflict.