Events at: Place of Many Trees at the Liu Institute

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.

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.

The Moral Limits of Violence in Political Resistance

Prof. Joseph Cho-wai Chan (Princeton) will present a talk examining whether violence in political resistance against state injustice is morally permissible. This webinar is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by: Department of Asian Studies, Department of Political Science, Department of History, Centre for Chinese Research, Department of Theatre and Film, Public Humanities Hub, and the School of Social Work.

How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change

The future of the ocean is essential to the planet’s future and human life. Climate change intersects profoundly with biodiversity, food security for billions of humans, culture, and economy and peace. The sea-voyaging people of the Pacific have developed intimate and profound knowledge of the Ocean over millennia. The extreme biodiversity of the western Pacific makes its health key to revival of planetary biodiversity.

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