Arjun Chowdhury selected to receive Robert L. Jervis-Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award
Professor Arjun Chowdhury has been selected to receive the Robert L. Jervis-Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award from APSA’s International History and Politics section for his book The Myth of International Order (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Kathryn Sikkink: 2019 Zacher Distinguished Speaker
Our Department is pleased to welcome Kathryn Sikkink (PhD, Columbia University) as the 2019 Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor. Sikkink is the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Allen Sens awarded 2018 CPSA Prize for Teaching Excellence
The Canadian Political Science Association has awarded UBC Political Science Professor of Teaching, Allen Sens, with the Fifth Annual Excellence in Teaching Prize.
Q&A with Susan Rice, Former US National Security Adviser
On February 15th, 2018 Susan Rice visited our Department for an hour-long question and answer period with faculty and graduate students. Rice is the former US National Security Advisor to President Obama and UN Ambassador.
Arjun Chowdhury talks new book “The Myth of the International Order”
Arjun Chowdhury’s new book, The Myth of International Order: Why Weak States Persist and Alternatives to the State Fade Away, demands that we rethink foundational concepts of international politics.
Professor Richard Johnston receives Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Richard Johnston has been named the winner of the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Politics Section of American Political Science Association (APSA). The Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes scholarship and leadership in bringing the study of Canadian Politics to the international political science community.
Yves Tiberghien Discusses Trumps Meeting with Chinese President at Mar-a-Lago
This week’s Mar-a-Lago summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China has been heralded as the most significant bilateral summit in decades. The world paused to witness the mighty clash between the two most powerful men on Earth and the painful confrontation of the declining superpower with its rising challenger.
Jennifer Welsh: 2017 Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor
On Monday March 20, 2017 from 12-2pm, Dr. Jennifer Welsh, author of the #1 Bestseller, The Return of History, will be giving a talk to our Department as part of the Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor Program.
Remembering Jean Laponce
On November 28, 2016, our friend and colleague, Professor Emeritus Jean Laponce, passed away.
Tiberghien on China / Chinese National TV on Tiberghien
With the 2016 G20 in China, Yves Tiberghien – our resident expert on China, was working behind the scenes during G20 preparations and was in the media both in China and in Canada.