Department of Political Science Bulletin,
April 24, 2023
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Main Office Hours: For Spring Quarter, Main Office hours will be:
8am-Noon, 1:00-4:30pm
FACULTY AND GRADUATE STUDENTS PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
Tony Gill flew on an Airbus 321 to Cancún, Mexico (with requisite permissions from UW administation forms) and presented "Protestantism, Schmotestantism: The General Conditions under which Religion Benefits Economic Growth" at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Private Enterprise Education (APEE) on April 17-18. Several graduate students and faculty claimed this was the best presentation at the conference even though Tony could not pronounce the word "immatize," or even know what that meant.
In addition to pontificating on religion, Tony Gill also presented "Why Aren't You Wonderful?" (inspired by The Who's Tommy) on a panel dedicated to pedagogical techniques in political economy organized by Michael Munger at the aforementioned APEE conference. As Munger mistakenly read the date and time of the panel, he booked a flight back to the US that left before the panel. However, Munger appointed Tony to be the overlord of the panel and lord over did Tony perform effectively, creating a seamless single PowerPoint presentation of all the presenters' presentations. During the conference, Tony made several important research connections that won't show up in the ubiquitous Google Scholar h-score until much later.
Mark Alan Smith published "Masking Uncertainty in Public Health" in Quillette.
Scott Lemieux presented a paper, “'This is not the kind of a question you can leave to Congress': Judicial power, legislative authority, and voting rights enforcement." at the Midwest Political Science Association conference last Sunday.
POLITICAL SCIENCE TALKS/SEMINARS:
"Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Civil Discourse." April 27, 2023, from 3:00 - 5:00 pm in the Petersen Room (Allen Library). This event will feature an in-person recording of the Words & Numbers podcast with Antony Davies and James Harrigan, followed by a roundtable discussion with Christin Gilmer, Cliff Mass, and Victor Menaldo. Refreshments and light fare will be served. This event is sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies.
Spring 2023 Faculty Panel, May 1s, 2023: “From Globalization to Deglobalization?”. Globalization refers to increasing interdependence and integration among nations and societies. Deglobalization happens when this interdependence and integration are in decline, whether we are talking about finance, trade, migration, international agreements on pressing issues such as climate change, national security etc. Is globalization on the decline? Is that a good thing? Join us for an evening of conversation moderated by Professor Mark Smith and featuring Professors David Bachman, Asli Cansunar, and Victor Menaldo.
The Center for Environmental Politics presents Scott Stephens (University of California, Berkeley) , “Forest Fires in California’s New Climate Reality”. Friday, May 5, 2023, Noon-1:30pm, Olson Room (Gowen 1A).
UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC) presents Meredith Loken “Women, Gender, and Rebel Governance in Civil Wars”. Friday, May 5, 2023, 1:30-3:00pm, Olson-Gowen 1A.
The Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics presents Tiago Ventura (NYU) with grad student discussant, Meagan Carmack. Friday, May 5, 2023, 3-4:30PM, Olson-Gowen 1A.
The Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality & Race presents Dara Strolovitch [politicalscience.yale.edu] (Yale Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Political Science). Friday, May 12, 2023, 12PM, Olson Room- Gowen 1A.
The Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics presents Yu Sasaki (Kanazawa U) with grad student discussant, Nicolas Wittstock. Friday, May 19, 2023, 1:30-3PM, Olson-Gowen 1A.
UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC) presents Morgan Wack “Examining how Election Observation Statements impact Perceptions of Misinformation, Fraud, and Violence: Evidence from Kenya’s 2022 General Election”. Friday, May 26, 2023, 1:30-3:00pm, Olson-Gowen 1A.
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