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The 2019 UK Political Study Association American Politics Group Richard E. Neustadt Book Prize was recently awarded to Barbara Allen and Daniel Stevens for their book Trust in Advertising: Lies in Political Advertising and How They Affect the Electorate (Lexington Books).
The prize is supported by the University of Cambridge Mellon Fund and will be formally awarded at the annual APG Colloquium on November 8, 2019 at the British Library, London, by Baroness Shirley Williams (Harvard Kennedy School). The APG Colloquium is supported by the Eccles Centre and the British Association of American Studies.
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Associate Professor Tun Myint speaks at Twin Cities Breakfast Club
4 November 2019Associate Professor of Political Science Tun Myint gave an invited talk on whether the Eurocentric view of science is hindering local-global actions in addressing environmental changes and climate change, to alums on October 10, 2019 as part of the Twin Cities Breakfast Club series. The Twin Cities Breakfast Club meets monthly and is sponsored by the Twin Cities Alumni Club and hosted by Marion Slocum ‘81.
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Assistant Professor Summer Forester’s article published in Security Dialogue
4 November 2019Assistant Professor of Political Science Summer Forester published an article, “Protecting women, protecting the state: Militarism, security threats, and government action on violence against women in Jordan,” in Security Dialogue.
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Associate Professor Tun Myint interviewed on One News Myanmar
12 September 2019Professor Tun Myint, due to his research on the social and ecological diversity of Myanmar, is asked about rural, agricultural and ecological changes in Myanmar and their impact on political, economic, and ecological transitions in the country.
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Newsletter Summer 2019
3 September 2019Read the 2019 Summer Newsletter.
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Rohan Mukherjee ’19, a political science/international relations major from Hoboken, New Jersey, talks about his senior capstone experience, a paper titled “A New Enlightenment and the Rebirth of a National Identity: Romania’s Pursuit of Authentic Modernity.”
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Political Science majors Leah Greenberg ’08 and Ezra Levin ’07 made the list for their work on Indivisible, a hyperlocal community organizing movement.
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Catherine Johnson ’20, a political science major from Galesburg, Illinois, took the top honor in the 2019 Nick Adams Short Story Contest sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.
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2019 Wynia Lecture Video
26 February 2019Professor Kenneth Shadlen of the London School of Economics presents the 2019 Wynia Memorial Lecture in Latin American political economy.
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Tun Myint’s Asia Dialogue essay
4 January 2019