UBC Political Science’s November graduation ceremony will be on November 23rd at 11:00 AM. The Department will have a table set up in the Alumni Centre’s reception from 12:30 – 2:00 PM that afternoon.
The UBC Department of Political Science’s Distinguished Speaker Series hosts Professor Abbey Steele (University of Amsterdam), for her talk titled, “Rebel Governance and Post-conflict Political Participation” on Monday, January 31, 2022.
Prof. Lisa Sundstrom speaks on a flash teach-in will offer brief historical background, contemporary context, and regional insight to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
What is Ukraine as a nation? What does it mean to be Ukrainian? What key events have shaped its history? Why does the Russian Federation seek to destroy both Ukrainians’ sovereignty and identity today?
Prof. Yves Tiberghien moderates a panel discussion on Japan’s role at Cop26 and the environmental crisis. “Global Leadership or Status Quo Proponent?: Japan at the COP 26” is the second of three events on how the world can solve the climate crisis.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has within a matter of weeks reshaped geopolitics while creating a massive refugee, humanitarian, and strategic crisis with no clear end in sight. This event brings together experts on Russian and Ukrainian politics and foreign policy, military strategy and the NATO alliance, and international law and tribunals to discuss why President Vladimir Putin decided to invade, NATO’s response and the likelihood of rolling back the invasion or creating a ceasefire, the war’s likely effects on Putin’s grip on power, and the prospects of holding Russian officials, including Putin, accountable for war crimes being committed during the conflict.
UBC Political Science’s Distinguished Speaker Series hosts Dr. Adom Getachew for her talk titled, “Africa for the Africans: A History of Self-Determination before decolonization.”