Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Department of Political Science and Peace Studies present, Beyond Zionism: Hope for Peace in Palestine, a talk by Miko Peled, author of the General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine – on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 7 p.m. in Beckman Hall 404. ABOUT THE
Assistant Professor of Political Science , Andrea Molle, started working as a consultant for the Italian MoD (Ministry of Defense); specifically within the CeMiSS (Military Center for Strategic Studies – the Italian Version of DARPA), along with a BURN fellow, Political Science major Robert Roussel (Political Science and Psychology , ’15). Professor Molle and Roussel will research
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences , Departments of Political Science , History and Peace Studies and the Levantine Cultural Center present, How the Arab Millennial Generation is changing the Middle East — a book talk by Juan R. Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at
The Department of Political Science invites you to a lecture titled, Interactive Democracy from Cyberspace to the Workplace, featuring author Carol C. Gould on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 7-9 p.m. in Argyros Forum, Room 209A. Gould is a distinguished professor and member of the doctoral programs in philosophy and political science at the Graduate
This year’s SCCUR Conference will be hosted by CSU Fullerton on Saturday, November 22, 2014. The theme of the conference is “Illuminating Ideas”. The Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research provides a forum for the presentation of the best research, scholarship, and creative activities of undergraduate students in the region, and encourages communication of innovative
Baku, Azerbaijan, is the site of the world’s first oil well, and it sits between the Caucuses and the shore of the Caspian Sea. For David Shafie, associate professor of Political Science, it is an ideal place to study the relationship between energy and the environment. During the Middle Ages, oil from Baku was shipped
Recently, Alumni Ryan S. Lee ( Political Science ’14 ), was honored at a Commissions Ceremony at Cal State Fullerton as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army (a commissioning ceremony is the culmination of years of study and effort that results in a cadet becoming a commissioned officer and marks the transition from
The pollution rules for coal-fired power plants announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week is the latest example of President Obama bypassing Congress to save the planet. The proposed 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions will bring existing sources in line with new facilities. Combined with new automotive efficiency standards, these rules
Ethan Thursby (’15 Political Science major with a minor in History) just recently served on jury duty for the first time. The experience reminded him of the semester he interned in Washington D.C. when he sat in on a case at the Supreme Court. After having served on jury duty for the first time this
Junior Marissa Wong, (Peace Studies Major, IES and Honors Minor) and Senior Kathleen Doll (Political Science and Psychology Major; Women’s Studies Minor) presented their project, “Intergenerational Memory Transmission in Cambodia: Interrupting Patterns of Violence” at the University of Notre Dame Student Peace Conference at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, March 28-29. The Kroc