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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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.

Faculty Conversation Series: Lisa Sundstrom and Yves Tiberghien on Putin, Xi, Russia, and China

22 March 2023 12:15 pm

Venue: Buchanan C403
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Tags: Faculty Conversation Series, Lisa Sundstrom, Yves Tiberghien

Professors Lisa Sundstrom and Yves Tiberghien will speak on the longevity of Putin and Xi as leaders and what might happen when they leave, as well as Russian and Chinese perspectives on Western influence in their geographic spheres.

“What is going on in Taiwan Today?: Insights on Taiwanese Politics and the US-China-Taiwan Triangle” Prof. Chung-Min Tsai

29 March 2023 12:15 pm

Venue: Place of Many Trees at the Liu Institute
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Tags: Chung-Min Tsai

This special edition of the Conversations series will feature a visiting faculty member from the Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE), Prof. Chung-Min Tsai, speaking on Taiwanese Politics and Cross-Straight Relations.

“Building the State” Prof. Emily Gade

30 March 2023 12:15 pm

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Our COMP-CAN Colloquium hosts Prof. Emily Gade (Emory University) for a lecture titled, “Building the State.”