Lectures and Talks
Past Events
WISIR & Political Science, The 2024 Election: A Conversation on Race, Gender, and Democracy
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Nathan Lane, University of Oxford
-Center for Environmental Politics: Maura Allaire, University of California-Irvine, “Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California”
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Patrich Co UW, Ph.D. "Libertarian Modalities of Anti-Capitalist Struggle"
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Dr. George Shulman, NYU Gallatin School of Individual Study, "Creative Paranoia & Radical Democracy: The Politics of SNNC and SDS"
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Iza Ding, Northwestern University
-Center for Environmental Politics: Emily M. Broad Leib, Harvard Law School, "Harnessing Law and Policy to Reduce Food Waste"
-WISIR Speaker Series presents Emily Zackin, Johns Hopkins University
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Anna Nguyen UW, Ph.D. Student in Political Science
-WISIR Lunch Workshare Series presents Julia Wejchert (UW Political Science)
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Dr. Emma Rodman, "The Idea of Equality in America"
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Pablo Beramendi, Duke University
-Center for Environmental Politics: David Konisky, Indiana University Bloomington, “Disparities in Disconnections: Utility Access in the Age of Climate Change”
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Tine Paulsen, University of Southern California
-WISIR Lunch Workshare Series presents José Jorge Mendoza, UW Philosophy
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld, University of California
-Center for Environmental Politics: Alex Pfaff, Duke University, “Inclusive Conservation: Impact Evaluation Lessons Including for Debt Relief”
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Dr. Susan McWilliams Pomona College, Professor of Politics
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: "Mediating Democracy: How Conservative Elites Turned Religious Freedom
(Becca Peach, UW, Ph.C. in Political Science) -
into a Wall of Separation between Citizen and State"Center for Environmental Politics: Dale Jamieson, New York University, “Am I responsible for Climate Change?”
-UW Colloquium in Political Theory: Prof. Chip Turner, "Die Your Own Death: Walt Whitman's Existential Democracy"
-Department of Political Science, Democracy Discussions: The 2024 Election: What Just Happened and What Happens Next?
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Minji Jeong, University of Washington
-Democracy in Focus Lecture Series: Who Votes and Why Voting Matters
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Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Christianna Parr, "Public Support for Environmental NGOs: A Conjoint Experiment in Southeast Asia"
- Center for Environmental Politics: Madalina Vlasceanu, Stanford University, “How Can the Behavioral Sciences Inform the Climate Crisis Response?”
-Democracy in Focus Lecture Series: Polarization, Persuasion, and Talking Across Difference
-University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Dark Visions for Society: The Spread of Extremist Ideas”
-Political Theory Colloquium: Lauren Collins, Ph.D. Student
-Political Theory Colloquium: "Replacing the Welfare State As We Know It: Neoliberal Welfare Policy & Development of the Religious Right’s Institutional Capacity Under Charitable Choice"
-Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “Economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining in Ecuador”
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics
-University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Does it Matter if Peacekeepers Follow their Mandates?”
-Political Theory Colloquium: Guest Speaker - Dr. Melvin Rogers, Brown University, "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought"
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Waleed Saleem, "Judicial Agency in Transition Politics"
-Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “The Imperative Challenges of Sustainability for the Forgotten”
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Prof. Devon Joshi, "Stumbling Upon the Way: Daoist Political Thought in Comparative Perspective"
-Political Theory Colloquium: Becca Peach, "Replacing Welfare as We Know It: Crisis Pregnancy Centers & State Funding of Faith-Based Institutions"
-Dr. Robert Bullard: The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice
-University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Internal Security and Chinese Grand Strategy”
-WISIR Talk: Juliet Hooker, Professor, Brown University, Political Science
-Political Theory Colloquium: Rutger Ceballos, "Toward a Theory of Managed Emancipation"
-University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Auditing Localized Google Search Results for Human Rights”
-WISIR Talk: Dara Strolovitch, Professor, Yale University, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies,& Political Science
-Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “Higher Education and Sustainability”
-Political Theory Colloquium: Dr. Kevin Duong, Associate Professor of Politics: "Psychotherapy for the People: Harlem's Lafargue Clinic, 1946-1958"
-Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics
-University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Better than the Truth: Extra-factual Sources of Threat Conception and Proliferation”
-Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “How Good Norms Do Harm: Insights from the Justice Gap in Global Forest Governance”
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