Spring and Summer 2015
January
Monday, January 26
"The Challenges of Turkey in the 21st Century"
Professor Meltem Müftüler-Baς
Faculty Exchange Scholar
Purdue University and
Sabanςi University, Istanbul, Turkey
1:30 PM
February
Wednesday, February 18
Jewish Studies Program
"The Effectiveness of Israel's Use of Social Media
to Publicize Its Counterterrorism Efforts"
Aaron Hoffman, Associate Professor, Political Science
12:30 PM - STEW, Room 313
Thursday, February 19
Eyes on the Prize, America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965,
Ep. 2..."Fighting Back" (1957-1962)
7:00-9:00 PM - Beering Hall, Room 2290
Friday, February 20
P2P Workshop: Paper to Publication Workshop:
Vincent Hutchings, Professor of Political Science
University of Michigan
2:30 PM - BRNG B243
Wednesday, February 25
WGSS presents Angela Davis
Workshop & Presentation
11:30-12:20 PM - EE Rm 117
2:30-3:20 PM - WTHR 104
Lecture
5:00 PM - Elliot Hall of Music
Thursday, February, 26
Eyes on the Prize, America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965,
"Ain't Scared of Your Jails" (1960-1961)
7:00-9:00 PM - BRNG 2290
March
Friday, March 3
"Will the Environment Survive a Renewed Middle East Peace Process? A Blueprint for Progress"
Alon Tal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
7:30 PM -STEW 214AB
Thursday, March 5
Eyes on the Prize, America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965,
"Mississippi: Is This America?" (1963-1964)
7:00-9:00 PM - BRNG 2290
Friday, March 6
Social Science Mechanics:
"Negotiating the Negoya Protocol: Indigenous Demands for Justice" in Global Environmental Politics (2014)
Kimberly R. Marion-Suiseeya
Purdue University, Political Science Assistant Professor
12:00-1:15 PM - BRNG B247
2015 International Women's Day
Today's Revolutionary Middle East: Prospects for Women, Sexual Revolution & Gender Justice
1:00-4:45PM - RAWLS 1057
Monday, March 9
2015 Distinguished Women Scholars
Renu Khator, Ph.D. 1985 Purdue University, Political Science and Public Administration
Chancellor of Houston System
Recognition Reception
1:30 PM - Anniversary Drawing Room, Purdue Memorial Union
Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
7:00 PM - LOEB Playhouse
Wednesday, March 11
Lecture by Rabbi Levi Tiechtel Lecture
Jewish Studies
12:30-1:30 PM - BRNG 1222
Thursday, March 12
Eyes on the Prize, America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965,
The Time Has Come" (1964-1966)
7:00-9:00 PM - RAWLS Hall, Room 1086
Monday, March 23
Social Science Mechanics:
"Competing Perspectives on Democracy and Democratization:
Assessing Alternatifve Models of Democracy Promoted in Central Asian States"
Cambridge Review of International Affairs (2014)
Mariya Y. Omelicheva
Political Science Associate Professor, University of Kansas
1:30-3:00 PM
Friday, March 27
P2P Workshop: Paper to Publication Workshop:
Christopher Gelpi, Chair of Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
at the Mershon Center for International Security
Professor of Political Science
The Ohio State University
2:30 PM - BRNG B243
Tuesday, March 31
Andrew Maner Lecture Series:
"Backdraft: The Conflict & Peace Potential of Responding to Climate Change"
Geoff Dabelko
Professor & Director of the Environmental Studies Program
@ the George V. Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Affairs at Ohio University
7:30 PM - Armstrong 1010
April
Monday, April 13
Diversity and Inclusion Symposium
*Sexuality, Race and Generations in Contemporary Feminism
Dr. Jo Reger, Oakland University in Michigan
9:30 AM-4:00 PM - Dauch Alumni Center
*Race and the Politics of Solidarity - 9:30 AM
Dr. Juliet Hooker, The University of Texas at Austin
*Social Movements and the Shifting Boundaries of Intersectional Marginalization - 10:15 AM
Dr. Dara Strolovitch, Princeton University
*Social Movements in America: The Challenge of Constructing and Deploying Diversity - 11:15 AM
Dr. David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine
*The Labor Movement as Social Movement - 1:00 PM
Dr. Karen Beckwith, Case Western Reserve University
*Intersectionalality, Power, and Social Movements - 2:00 PM
Dr. Erica Townsend-Bell, Oklahoma State University
Tuesday, April 14
Discovery Park:Center for Global Food Security presents:
Nutritional Labeling: Domestic and Abroad
3 Mini-lectures followed by an in-depth Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Heather Eicher-Miller, Nutrition Science Panel: Lala Acharya, Consumer Sciences, Patricia Boling, Political Science, Dennis Savaiano, Nutrition Science
6:30 PM - Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall
Wednesday, April 15
Lecture by Lynn Parrish,
Jewish Studies
12:30-1:30 PM - STEW 313
April 16-19
Midwest Political Science Association Conference
Chicago, IL
Saturday, April 18
INVITATION
Professor Rosalee Clawson,
Head, Department of Political Science
Cordially invites students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends to a
Political Science 50th Anniversary Reception
6:30-8:00 PM - Empire Room at the Palmer House
Monday, April 20
Social Science Mechanics:
"Black-Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics: Evidence and the Role of Institutions."
In Politics, Groups, and Identities (2013) with co-author Robert R. Preuhs
Rodney Hero
Political Science Professor and
Haas Chair in Diversity and Democracy
University of California, Berkeley
Discussion 11:30 AM-1:00 PM - BRNG 3119-3123
Lunch will be provided
Series Sponsorship: Political Science Graduate Student Association (PSGSA)
Department of Political Science, Purdue University
Discovery Lecture Series:
The Value of 'Capital' in Securing Safe Water and Sanitation Today and Tomorrow
Richard E. Thorsten, Ph.D.
Director of International Programs, Water.org
7:00 PM - Fowler Hall
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Film directed by Laura Murray
and the Sex Work Outreach Project Chicago
4:00 PM - SC239
Sear Lecture Series:
"Women's Rights Have No Country": National,
Transnational and International Politcs of Women's Human Rights
Lecture Panel Speakers:Dr. Lisa Baldez, Dartmouth; Dr. Maylei Blackwell, UCLA;
Dr. Amy Elman, Kalamazoo; Dr. Anne Marie Goetz, NYU/UNWomen
5:30-7:30 PM - Purdue Memorial Union, West Faculty Lounge
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
"China's Unfragmented Urban Pension System"
Jing Lin, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science
Maxwell School, Syracuse University
12:00-1:30 PM - LAWSON 1106
June
Monday, June 8
"Democracy, Horizontal Accountability and Legislative Process: An Analysis from the Colombian Political System"
Yenny Andrea Celemin Caicedo
Visiting Scholar and
Professor of Legislation and Public Policy
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
Visiting Scholar from Colombia
12:00 PM - BRNG 2243