Event Category Archives: Featured Undergrad

UBC Political Science and International Relations Alumni Homecoming Mixer and Dinner

This friendly competition will be in-person so please join us for a lively evening of trivia with alumni, students, faculty, and emeriti. Please join us on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 5:00 pm at the Pit Pub.

BC Votes: What Happens Next? Policy consequences and paths forward for municipal politics

Join a panel of UBC Political Science faculty, alumni, and others as we break down the results of the province’s municipal elections and their consequences for future policy and the future of local government.

Dr. Nazmul Sultan: What is Colonialism? The Meaning of a Twentieth-Century Political Category

The first seminar of the South Asia Research Colloquium entitled “What is Colonialism? The Meaning of a Twentieth-Century Political Category” features speaker Dr. Nazmul Sultan (Assistant Professor of Political Theory in the UBC Department of Political Science).

Is Grad School Right for Me? An Info Session for POLI Majors Considering Graduate Studies

UBC Political Sciences’ upcoming Grad School Info Session will provide current undergraduates with the opportunity to ask a panel of UBC faculty (POLI), staff (POLI & MPPGA), and graduate students (POLI & MPPGA) your questions about what graduate school options are open to you.

Dr. Catherine Weaver “Transparency Traps: Global Development and the Politics of Aid Data”

Join us for a research talk by Dr. Catherine Weaver, Visiting Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Associate Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Shoufu Yin “Toward a Minimalist Approach to Democracy: Ideas Excavated from the First Large-scale Referendum in World History (China, 1156CE)”

Our first Political Theory Colloquium features Dr. Shoufu Yin (UBC Department of History) presenting a talk, “Toward a Minimalist Approach to Democracy: Ideas Excavated from the First Large-scale Referendum in World History (China, 1156CE)”