2018 Undergraduate Awards
Following the Spring 2018 Convocation, our Department held its annual award ceremony to recognize our top undergraduate students and essay prize recipients. Congratulations to all of the winners and to the entire class of 2018!
PhD and MA Convocation and Awards 2018
Congratulations to the most recent graduates of our PhD and MA programs, and to the recipient of the W.J. Stankiewicz Prize. We took time to celebrate after the spring convocation to recognize the achievements of our most recent graduates.
Barbara Arneil wins APSA David Easton Award
Barbara Arneil, Head of Department and Professor, has been awarded the 2018 David Easton Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA). APSA’s Foundations of Political Theory Section bestowed the honour for her recently published book, Domestic Colonies: The Turn Inward to Colon.
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.
Barbara Arneil named winner of the CPSA 2018 C.B. Macpherson Prize in Political Theory
Congratulation to UBC Political Science Professor Barbara Arneil, who received the 2018 C.B. MacPherson Prize in Political Theory, from the Canadian Political Science Association, for her book Domestic Colonies: The Turn Inward to Colony.
Mark Warren named winner of Killam Research Prize!
A big congratulations to UBC Political Science Professor Mark Warren for winning the Killam Research Prize for his exceptional work done in democratic theory!
Gyung-Ho Jeong named winner of Duncan Black Prize for 2017
Congratulations to Associate Professor Gyung-Ho Jeong! He has won the Duncan Black Prize for the Best Paper published in Public Choice (2017) by a “senior” scholar for his article “The Supermajority Core of the US Senate and the Failure to Join the League of Nations.”
Yves Tiberghien named Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite by the President of France
Congratulations to Dr. Yves Tiberghien on being named Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite by the President of France!
Political Science PhD Alumni announced as 2017 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar!
Congratulations to Dr. Kristi Kenyon (PhD UBC, BA UBC), who has been named as one of the fifteen early career researchers to receive the 2017 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar appointment!
Five Faculty Have Won 2017 American Political Science Association Awards
Congratulations to Cesi Cruz, Peter Dauvergne, Alan Jacobs, Richard Johnston, and Kai Ostwald on their 2017 APSA Awards!