Lectures and Events

Class studying the wealth of nation
250th Anniversary Celebration of Adam Smith and the American Revolution 
November 24, 2025
Political Science Policy & Pizza, November 19th
INVITATION: Wed Nov 19 Policy & Pizza: From Tech to State Senator to Commerce Director
November 17, 2025
Asli Cansunar
Why Study Turkish Politics? A Unique Investment
September 8, 2025
WCPSA Thesis Poster- Lopez
Three Emily Smith Undergraduate Fellows Present Research at the Western Political Science Association
April 22, 2025
Department of Political Science: Democracy Discussions
October 7, 2024
Labor Studies at Dawg Daze, TOMORROW 9/26! 
September 25, 2024
Watch on YouTube: Spring 2023 Faculty Panel, May 1st: “From Globalization to Deglobalization?”
May 3, 2023
Globalization-Deglobalization
Spring 2023 Faculty Panel, May 1st: “From Globalization to Deglobalization?”
March 14, 2023
Artificial Intelligence
The Politics of Artificial Intelligence
March 13, 2023
Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections Flyer
Prof. Jake Grumbach Lectures on UW Youtube Channel: Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections
January 20, 2023
Chair Prof. John Wilkerson
Letter from the Chair, Winter 2023
January 3, 2023
Artificial Intelligence
Winter 2023 Faculty Panel, February 27th: The Politics of Artificial Intelligence
December 19, 2022
jake_grumbach
Jake Grumbach: There’s been a massive change in where American Policy gets made
December 13, 2022
Michael McCann's Retirement
Michael McCann's Retirement
December 5, 2022
Autumn Faculty Panel: The 2022 Midterm Election Results & Implications for 2024
November 16, 2022
Plane Flying
The Climate Crisis and the Ethics of Flying
October 13, 2022
Voting Sign
Assessing the 2022 Midterm Election Results With Implications for the Next Two Years and for 2024
September 21, 2022
Carmen Best Talk
UW Political Economy Forum hosts former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best
September 21, 2022
John Wilkerson
Letter from the Chair, Autumn 2022
September 15, 2022
Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections Flyer
Jake Grumbach's new book and upcoming talk, Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Part I
September 13, 2022
Watch Guest Speaker Masha Gessen at the UW
May 2, 2022
Prof. Anthony Gill on Youtube for Gwartney Institute Discussion, "Civil Society is Market Group Action?"
April 19, 2022
Announcement for Duck Family Graduate Workshop, May 18-20, 2022
8th Annual Duck Family Graduate Workshop
March 28, 2022
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair, Spring 2022
March 25, 2022
Protest
WISIR Webinar Series on Contemporary Race & Politics,  April 29
March 25, 2022
Margaret Levi speaking at TEDxSeattle
Reviving the Labor Movement
March 25, 2022
Masha Gessen
Spring Speaker Event: Masha Gessen 
March 22, 2022
Protesting crowd
WISIR Webinar Series on Contemporary Race & Politics
January 5, 2022
Afghan Refugees Running by Planes
Winter 2022 Faculty Panel: The Future of Afghanistan
January 4, 2022
We the People Broken
Review of Autumn 2021 Faculty Panel, "Is Democracy Dead?"
January 3, 2022
John Wilkerson
Letter from the Chair, Winter 2022
January 3, 2022
Event Flyer for A Climate Conversation with Seattle Mayoral Candidates
CEP Talk October 22: A Climate Conversation with Seattle Mayoral Candidates
September 24, 2021
We the People Broken
Faculty Panel November 16th: Is Democracy Dead?
September 10, 2021
Vice President Joe Biden meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, in London, United Kingdom, Feb. 5, 2013
Biden Faces the World: American Foreign Policy in a post Trump era
March 11, 2021
Home Administration Biden-Harris
Review of "The Biden Agenda: Promises and Prospects"
March 11, 2021
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris talking
Faculty Panel: The Biden Agenda: Promises and Prospects
January 7, 2021
Election 2020
Election 2020: A Turning Point?
August 27, 2020
Prof. Adolph and Ph.D. Student Bang-Jensen Address Population Health Colloquium, "Health Politics and Policy in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic"
July 16, 2020
Illustration of Social Distancing
State Policymaking in Times of Crisis
April 3, 2020
"Fake News" (Political Cartoon, 1895)
Winter Faculty Panel:  Communication Breakdown: The Crisis of Public (Dis)Information
January 9, 2020
Brian Leung
Unmasking the Hong Kong Protests
January 6, 2020
John Wilkerson -- Chair of Political Science UW Seattle
Letter from the Chair
January 6, 2020
Elephant and Donkey
Election 2020: Will the Candidate or the Strategy Win the Day?
September 16, 2019
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair
September 6, 2019
Suzanne_Mettler
Suzanne Mettler Talk: Democracy Under Siege
September 5, 2019
The Daily reports on Guest Speaker Prof. Douglas L. Kriner, “Legislative-Executive Relations in the Age of Trump”
March 1, 2019
Center for Environmental Politics Debate Event Concerning I-1631 in the UW Daily
October 25, 2018
Professors Whiting, Ainsley, and Caporaso
Trump, Trade, Tariffs panel discusses undesirable outcomes of trade wars
May 5, 2018
Austin Hudgens
Political Science Undergraduate Awarded Recognition by Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
May 2, 2018
Fake News and Misinformation Lecture
Fake News and Misinformation Lecture Series
April 18, 2018