Department of Political Science Bulletin, April 19, 2021
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Political Science COVID-19 Prevention Plan is also located on our website. If you come to campus, you are required to review the plan and take the UW General COVID-19 safety training. You must fill out the COVID-19 attestation in Workday on each day you come to campus.
FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash. Nomadland, Economic Disruption, And The Need For “Just Climate Transition.” Forbes.com, April 12.
Cloé Zhao’s movie Nomadland (based on Jessica Bruder’s novel) is receiving rave reviews. It also has important implications for the climate debate.The movie vividly reveals the economic challenges from economic shocks arising from business cycles and globalization. As the world moves away from fossil fuels – which it should – the ensuing economic dislocation could ignite a backlash. This is why “just transition” policies should be a top political priority in climate policy design.
Jaek Grumbach’s paper, “Laboratories of Democratic Backsliding” was written up the The Economist, “In America, Republican-led states are rolling back electoral and civil liberties” (April 13, 2021).
Tony Gill participated in a joint colloquium called "Religious Freedom at the Crossroads" co-sponsored by Liberty Fund and the Institute for Humane Studies. Despite it being a LF event, he had to provide his own liquor during the impromptu Zoom socials.
POLITICAL SCIENCE TALKS/SEMINARS:
The UW Center for Environmental Politics' Duck Family Colloquium Series welcomes Hallie Eakin, a professor at Arizona State University. Professor Eakin will be presenting a talk titled, “Making the invisible, visible: adapting to socio-hydrological risk in Mexico City” on Friday, April 16th from 12:00 to 1:30 PST over Zoom. Register here.
Global Law & Politics Network Workshop presents Sandra Botero (Rosario University) in discussion with Lisa Hilbink (University of Minnesota), “Legislating through the Judiciary: Congress and the Constitutional Court in Colombia.”, Wednesday, May 5 2021, 8:00-9:00AM via Zoom. Register for the paper and zoom link to the workshop here.
UWISC presents Beth Simmons (University of Pennsylvania), TBD, Friday, May 7, 2021, 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom. Discussant: Bree Bang-Jensen (UW-Political Science graduate student). Zoom invitation from Bree Bang-Jensen via uwisc@uw.edu
UWISC presents Jennifer Spindel (University of New Hampshire), “Networked Masculinity: The Deployment of Gender in the International Arms Market”, Friday, May 17, 2021, 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom. Discussant: Chris Colligan (UW-Political Science graduate student). Zoom invitation from Bree Bang-Jensen via uwisc@uw.edu
OTHER DEPARTMENT TALKS/SEMINARS:
UW Data Science Seminar: Winter Incubator Projects presents Bree Bang-Jensen (University of Washington) on “The Universe of International Treaties” and Gabriel Wisswaesser (University of Washington) on “Using Social Media to Model Backcountry Use in Ranier National Park”, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 4:30 – 5:30PM via Zoom. More information and the zoom link can be found here.
Talking Gender in the EU: Amy Mazur (Washington State University), “Gender Parity in France”, Thursday, April 22, 2021, 12:00-1:00PM via Zoom. The Talking Gender in the EU lecture series is sponsored by the Center for West European Studies, the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the EU Erasmus+ Program, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies. Register here
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Spring 2021 Lecture Series presents Paul Joseph López Oro (Smith College) “Indigenous Blackness in Américas: The Queer Politics of Self-Making Garifuna New York”. Thursday, April 29, 2021, 4:30-6:00 PM via Zoom. Also sponsored by the African Studies Program and Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Washington. Register here.
Talking Gender in the EU: Petra Ahrens (Tampere University), “Gender in the European Parliament”, Thursday, May 13, 2021, 12:00-1:00PM via Zoom. The Talking Gender in the EU lecture series is sponsored by the Center for West European Studies, the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the EU Erasmus+ Program, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies. Register here
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Spring 2021 Lecture Series presents Sarah Lohmann(University of Washington), Vytautas Butrimas (NATO Energy Security Center of Excellence in Lithuania) and Kristina Libby (Chief Science Officer at Hypergiant, the #1 tech startup of 2020) with moderator, Ambassador John Koenig. “How Emerging Technology is Changing International Security”. Thursday, May 13, 2021, 9:30-11AM via Zoom. Also sponsored by the Center for Global Studies at the University of Washington, the Center for West European Studies and the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington. Register here.
EU Democracy Forum: Phillip Ayoub (Occidental College) “Pride amid Prejudice: The Impact of the First Pride in Sarajevo”, Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:00-1:00PM on Zoom. Register here.
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