Events
Date | Event | Description | Co-Sponsors |
6/1/2017 | QAC Summer Apprentice Program |
Students supervised by Government faculty |
Department of Government |
5/30/2017 |
APSA/IPSA RC 36 Conference on "The Power of Narrative," Pavia, Italy |
Giulio Gallarotti, organizer; Peter Rutland, presenter | Department of Government, College of Social Studies |
5/19/2017 | Catalyst Workshop on Policymaking in East Asia | Mary Alice Haddad, "Environmental Politics in East Asia" | College of East Asian Studies, Alliance to Advance Liberal Arts Colleges, other outside funders |
5/12/2017 | Panel Discussion: "The Rule of Law in Yemen" | Emy Matesan, moderator | Department of Government |
5/5/2017 | Guest Speaker: Jane Dombowski, Chief Division Counsel, FBI New Haven Office |
For GOVT 252, Seminar on National Security Law, taught by Asha Rangappa |
Department of Government |
4/27/2017 | Katty Alhayek and Basileus Zeno | Teach-in on the War in Syria and the Refugee Crisis. |
Students for Justice in Palestine, the Wesleyan Refugee Project, and Wesleyan Jewish Voice for Peace, Government Department, other departments |
4/27/2017 | Government Department Panel Discussion |
Logan Dancey, John Finn, and Sarah Wiliarty: “Assessing Trump’s First 100 Days” |
Department of Government |
4/25/2017 |
Film Screening: "Tickling Giants," a film about a satirical TV show during the Arab Spring in Egypt |
Emy Matesan, comments and discussion moderator | Department of Government |
4/25/2017 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kurt Campbell, Chairman and CEO of The Asia Group, Chairman of the Center for New American Security |
“U.S. Strategies in Asia” | College of East Asian Studies, Department of Government |
4/14/2017 |
Guest Speaker: David Cohen, Former Deputy Director of the CIA, Washington DC |
For GOVT 252, Seminar on National Security Law, taught by Asha Rangappa | Department of Government |
4/12/2017 | Bipartisan Student Colloquium | Peter Rutland, "The Lessons of Brexit" |
Wesleyan Democrats, Wesleyan Republicans |
4/3/2017 | Rosie Dawson, BBC Radio Producer |
"Getting Your Point Across: Insights for Scholars Speaking with Journalists" Visit arranged by Peter Rutland et al. |
Office of Faculty Career Development |
3/30/2017 | Wasch Center Lecture Series |
Mary Alice Haddad, "Environmental Politics in East Asia" |
Wasch Center for Retired Faculty |
3/29/2017 |
ACLU Presents – Civil Rights Training with Dan Barret, Legal Director of the CT ACLU and Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School |
“The Constitution in Current Events” | Student Group and Department of Government |
3/27/2017 | College of Social Studies Monday Lunch |
Peter Rutland, "Putin and Trump: The Odd Couple" |
College of Social Studies |
3/3/2017 |
Forum to hear and discuss Government students’ experiences during their time studying abroad |
Peter Rutland, organizer: Study Abroad Forum – Share Your Experiences | Department of Government |
3/2/2017 | Bipartisan Student Colloquium | Douglas Foyle, "Trump’s Foreign Policy" |
Wesleyan Democrats, Wesleyan Republicans |
3/2/2017 |
Guest Speaker: Daniel Gillion, Presidential Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
“Governing With Words: The Political Dialogue on Race, Public Policy, and Inequality in America” | Department of Government |
3/1/2017 | Yamil Velez |
Class of 2018 Faculty Dinner hosted by Dean Johnson-Thornton |
Office of Student Affairs |
2/24/2017 |
Guest Speaker: Alex Rossmiller, Former DOD Intelligence Officer |
For GOVT 252, Seminar on National Security Law | Department of Government |
2/23/2017 | Bipartisan Student Colloquium |
Marc Eisner, "The Impact of Polarization on Contemporary Politics" |
Wesleyan Democrats, Wesleyan Republicans |
2/22/2017 |
Guest Speaker: George H. Nash, Intellectual historian, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 |
“American Conservatism and the Problem of Populism (and Where Does Trump Fit In?)” | Government, Public Affairs Center, History and the College of Social Studies |
2/21/2017 |
Interviews and dinner with Departmental External Review Committee |
All regular on-duty Department faculty | Academic Affairs |
2/15/2017 | Wesleyan Political Union |
Emy Matesan, "Does the Travel Ban Make America More or Less Safe?" |
Office of Admission and Financial Aid |
2/13/2017 |
A Panel Discussion with members of G.U.L.F./Gulf Labor: Doris Bittar, Noah Fischer. Claire Grace (Art History) |
“Art/Workers Rights/Globalization” | Departments of Government, Art and Art History, Economics, College of Social Studies, Center for Global Studies |
12/6/2016 | Film screening with filmmakers Roman Bondarchuk and Darya Averchenko | “Ukrainian Sheriffs” |
Department sof Government, College of Film and Moving Image, Mellon Foundation, Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Department of Russian and Eastern European Studies |
12/5/2016 |
“Right Now! Election 2016: The Future of Foreign Policy” |
Douglas Foyle, Moderator | Center for the Study of Public Life |
12/4/2016 | Wesleyan Media Project 2016 Post-Election Conference |
Organizers and moderators: Erika Franklin Fowler, Logan Dancey, Yamil Velez |
Wesleyan Media Project, Department of Government |
12/1/2016 | Guest speaker sponsored by Middle Eastern Perspectives: Barbara Bodine | "Yemen: The Unknown War" | Department of Government, Middle Eastern Perspectives (Wesleyan Middle Eastern Culture Group) |
11/21/2016 | History Matters Lunch Series |
Sarah Wiliarty, "The Global Surge of Populist Authoritarianism" |
Department of History |
11/10/2016 | Open House for Frosh and Sophomores |
Logan Dancey, Douglas Foyle, J. Donald Moon, James McGuire |
Department of Government |
11/9/2016 | Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA) at West Point Military Academy |
Emy Matesan, Roundtable co-chair (with Arch Puddington), "Democracy: Not the Only Game in Town" |
Department of Government |
11/7/2016 | Guest Speaker: Emma Bell, Professor in Contemporary British Politics, Universite de Savoie Mont Blanc, France | “Youth (In)Justice and Neoliberal Austerity in the European Union: The Uniformization of Penal Cultures” |
Department of Government, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, College of Social Studies, English, Romance Languages and Literatures, The Deans of Divisions I and II, and the Thomas and Catherine McMahon Memorial Fund |
11/3/2016 | Climate Ambassadors Presents |
Michael B. Nelson, Brian Stewart, and Gary Yohe: “Climate Change and the 2016 Election” |
Climate Ambassadors, a student group. |
10/31/2016 | College of Social Studies Monday Lunch |
Emy Matesan, "Rebel Group Dynamics and the Prospects for Disarmament and Demobilization in Wars" |
College of Social Studies |
10/20/2016 | Division II Faculty Luncheon Seminar |
Emy Matesan, "To Fight or Not to Fight: Understanding Why Armed Islamist Groups Abandon Violent Tactics" |
Academic Affairs |
10/12/2016 | Bennet Hall Discussion |
Logan Dancey, "Election 2016: From Trump and Clinton to the House and Senate" |
Bennet Hall student residence |
10/11/2016 | Government majors committee discussion after presidential debate | Logan Dancey and Benjamin Krupicka, participants | Government Majors Committee, Arcadia political magazine |
10/10/2016 | Faculty Luncheon Series, Daniel Family Commons |
Sarah Wiliarty, “Angela Merkel's Policies Toward Refugees: The Case for Transformational Leadership” |
Office of the President and Academic Affairs (?) |
10/6/2016 | Division II Faculty Luncheon Seminar |
Yamil Velez, "Racial Diversity and the Dynamics of Authoritarianism" |
Academic Affairs |
10/6/2016 |
Guest Speaker: Josiah Ober, Constantine Mitsotakis Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University |
“Demopolis: Political Participation and Civic Dignity, Ancient and Modern.” J. Donald Moon, discussant. | Department of Government, Allbritton Center for Public Life, The College of Social Studies, Classical Studies |
10/3/2016 |
Guest Speaker: Paul S. Herrnson, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut |
“The Transparency of Single-Candidate Super PACs.” Invited by Erika Franklin Fowler. | Department of Government |
9/28/2016 | History Matters Series: Why Trump? Why Now? |
Panel presentations: Marc Eisner (Government), Ronald Schatz, Victoria Smolkin,Ying Jia Tan (History) |
Department of History |
9/22/2016 |
Guest Speaker: Jennifer M. Piscopo, Occidental College and 2016-17 Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University |
“Legislative Gender Quotas and Feminist Policymaking in Argentina and Mexico.” Invited by James McGuire and Sarah Wiliarty | Department of Government |
8/30/2016 | New Faculty Orientation |
Yamil Velez, panelist, "Adjusting to Faculty Life at Wesleyan" |
Academic Affairs |
5/20/2016 | Mary Alice Haddad, chair and organizer |
WesSeminar: Korea's Changing Place in the World |
University Relations |
5/12/2016 | Logan Dancey, Presenter |
Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative Event on Research Labs |
Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative |
4/19/2016 | Giulio Gallarotti, discussion leader |
“Bringing the Real World into the Classroom,” Daniel Family Commons Faculty Luncheon |
Office of the President |
4/15/2016 | Guest Speaker: Joshua Blumenstock (Wesleyan '03), Information School, University of Washington |
"Fighting Poverty with Data: Research at the Intersection of Machine Learning and Development Economics.” Jim McGuire, co-organizer |
Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative |
4/14/2016 | Sam Rosenfeld, Division II Faculty Lunch Seminar |
"When Bipartisanship Was the Problem: E.E. Schattschneider and the Doctrine of Responsible Party Government" |
Office of Academic Affairs |
4/7/2016 |
74th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL |
Sent (3) students to conference | Quantitative Analysis Center |
4/5/2016 |
History Matters Lecture Series panel, Fred Cohan (Biology), Bill Johnston (History, Jim McGuire (Government) |
"Zika Virus: Climate and Epidemic in History." Jim McGuire, "The Fight Against Zika in Brazil." | History |
3/25/2016 | Mary Alice Haddad, "Environmental Politics in East Asia" |
For College of East Asian Studies Conference |
College of East Asian Studies |
2/12/2016 |
Guest Speaker: Alex Rossmiller, former DOD Intelligence Officer |
For GOVT 252, Seminar on National Security Law | Government |
2/10/2016 |
Emy Matesan, Jim McGuire, Sarah Wiliarty (faculty), Kevin Winnie '16, Tabitha Gillombardo '16 (students), presenters |
Government Thesis Panel for prospective thesis writers – learn about the application, how to develop a topic, and the year-long writing process | Government |
2/9/2016 |
History Matters Lecture Series panel with Ron Schatz (History), Sam Rosenfeld (Government), and Courtney Fullilove (History) |
"Primary Lessons: A discussion of the origin and purpose of primaries and caucuses, the two-party system, and the current state of the election" | History |
12/10/2015 | Yamil Velez, panelist, Wesleyan Thinks Big | “How to Build a Wall: Immigration and Nativism in the 21st Century.” |
Student Budget Committee and the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development |
11/23/2015 | A Talk with Professor Emy Matesan |
“Understanding the ISIS Global Attacks: Policy Options Moving Forward” |
Wes for Peace |
11/20/2015 | Doug Foyle, post-lecture panelist |
Freeman Lecture: Professor Susan Pharr, Harvard University, “Japan’s History Problem” |
College of East Asian Studies |
11/10/2015 |
Joslyn Barnhart Trager, Sonali Chakravarti, Logan Dancey, Jim McGuire (faculty); Tabitha Gillombardo '16, Kevin Winnie '16 (students), presenters |
Open House for Frosh and Sophomores | Government |
11/4/2015 | Guest Speaker: Lydia Tomkiw |
for GOVT 158 – spoke about her work at International Business Times |
Government |
11/4/2015 |
67th SCUSA Conference at West Point, New York: Confronting Inequality: Wealth, Rights, and Power |
Sent (1) student to attend conference | Government |
10/13/2015 | Debate watching event for students |
Wes Democrats, Wes Republicans, and the Arcadia political magazine |
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10/5/2015 | Guest Speaker: Kevin Rothrock |
for GOVT 158 – spoke about his work as an internet journalist for Global Voices Online and Meduza |
Government |
9/30/2015 |
Guest Speaker: Emma Sky, Director of Yale World Fellows and a Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute, where she teaches Middle East politics. |
“Unraveling Iraq” Lecture and book signing with Emma Sky; author of The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq | Government, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life |
9/22/2015 | Presentations: Doug Foyle, Peter Rutland |
“Gorbachev, Bush, and the Unification of Germany,” Series on 25 Years of German Unity: A Commemoration |
German Studies |
9/17/2015 |
History Matters Lecture Series panel with Bruce Masters (History), Marguerite Nguyen (English), Peter Rutland (Government), and Laura Ann Twagira (History) |
“Refugee or Migrant? The European Crisis in Historical Perspective” | History, English, Government |
9/16/2015 | Artist Talk, Opening Reception, and Conversation with R. Luke Dubois | “R. Luke DuBois In Real Time” |
Center for the Arts, Art and Art History, Government, Mathematics and Computer Science, Music, Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative, IRS, Academic Affairs, and the Quantitative Analysis Center |
5/2/2015 | Conference: The Female Voice in Politics |
Featuring: Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative of CT 3rd Congressional District; Toni Boucher, CT State Senator of the 26th District, Dominique Thornton, Former Mayor of Middletown; Susan Bysiewicz, Former CT Secretary of State; Sidney Powell, attorney and author of “Licensed to Lie” and Sarah Williarty, Government Department, Wesleyan University |
Government Department, Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship |
4/24/2015 |
Speaker: John Henderson, Department of Political Science, Yale University |
“Issue Distancing and the Democratic Deficit” | Government Department |
4/16/2015 | Wesfest Event |
Hosted a Government Department Open House for admitted students |
Government Department Office of Admission |
4/6/2015 | Marc Eisner, Government Department, Wesleyan University, |
“Beyond Deregulation: Making Sense of Contemporary Regulatory Dynamics.” CSS Monday Luncheon Series |
College of Social Studies |
3/23/2015 | Ioana Emy Matesan, Government Department, Wesleyan University, |
“Repression and the Potential for Violent Escalation in Egypt” CSS Monday Luncheon Series |
College of Social Studies |
2/26/2015 | Speaker: Peter Rutland, Government Department, Wesleyan University, |
“Petronation? Oil and National Identity in Russia.” Division II Faculty Luncheon Series. |
Academic Affairs |
2/26/2015 |
Speaker: Jeremy Friedman, Associate Director of the Brady- Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University |
“The Classless Struggle: The Soviet Union and the Construction of Socialism in Africa” | African Studies Cluster, Academic Affairs, Government Department |
2/21/2015 | Conference: Wesleyan Development Conference (student group) | “Creating a Better World: Perspectives on Local and International Development” |
Government Department, Economics Department, Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Office of International Student Affairs, Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development |
2/13/2015 | Panel Discussion and Performance by Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars | Discussion and performance on Ebola Awareness |
African Studies Cluster, Music Department, Academic Affairs, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Center for the Arts, Center for African Amerian Studies, Government Department, Office of International Student Affairs |
12/4/2014 | Speaker: Michael B. Nelson, Government Department, Wesleyan University | “African Participation in Global Governance” Division II Faculty Luncheon Series | Academic Affairs |
11/24/2014 | Speaker: Dr. Joshua Dubler ’97, Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester | “Prisons, Religion, and the Cultural Logic of Mass Incarceration” |
African American Studies, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, American Studies Department, Anthropology Department, College of Letters, Government Department, University Chaplains |
11/21/2014 | Guided Tour: Audra Wolowiec, artist and educator in New York |
Audra Wolowiec discussed Situationist ideas as she lead students in a walk through urban environments in New York |
Government Department |
11/20/2014 |
Panel Discussion: Stephen Young ’73, ex- US Counsul General of HK, Dennis Weng, Government Department |
“The Umbrella Movement” a panel on the fight for universal suffrage in Hong Kong | East Asian Studies Government Department Wesleyan World Wednesdays Pangea and the Hong Kong Student Association |
11/17/2014 |
Guest Speaker: Joslyn Barnhart Trager, Government Department, Wesleyan University |
“Status, Humiliation and International Politics” CSS Monday Luncheon Series | College of Social Studies |
11/6/2014 |
Open House for Frosh and Sophomores |
Thinking of Majoring in Government? | Government Department |
11/3/2014 |
Speaker: Emma Gilligan, History Department, University of Connecticut |
“The Sanctions Regime Against Russia” | Government Department |
10/27/2014 | Speaker: Adrienne Lebas, Government Department, American University |
“The Origins of Voluntary Compliance: Attitudes toward Taxation in Urban Nigeria” |
Government Department |
10/24/2014 | Panel Discussion: Indigenous Ukrainian Perspectives of Crimea Post Russian-Invasion followed by Fall Faculty Dance Concert | “To Not Forget Crimea - Uncertain Quiet of Indigenous Crimean Tatars” |
Center for the Arts, Dance Department, Government Department, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, The Ukrainian Selfreliance New England Credit Union |
10/2/2014 | Speaker: Eli Clifton, co- author of the Center for American Progress’ groundbreaking report Fear, Inc. |
“Big Data Investigative Journalism: How Public Documents and the Internet Helped Map the Islamophobia Industry” |
Government Department, Religion Department, Quantitative Analysis Center, Muslim Women’s Voices Project |
9/15/2014 | Speaker: J. Donald Moon, Government Department, Wesleyan University |
“Is it OK to Eat Meat or Drive an SUV? Moral Reasoning and Social Complexity." CSS Monday Luncheon Series |
College of Social Studies |
5/6/2014 | Speaker: Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gian Gentile, Rand Corporation | "Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency" |
Government Department, History Department, English Department, College of Social Studies, American Studies, Writing Program, Academic Affairs |
5/5/2014 | Speaker: Erika Franklin Fowler, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. CSS Monday Lunch Series |
"Dark Money, Disclosure and Deliberative Democracy: An Assessment of Interest Group Advertising and Its Influence in Elections" |
College of Social Studies |
4/24/2014 |
Speaker: Sonali Chakravarti, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. Division II Faculty Lunch Seminar |
"Rethinking the Ellsberg Myth: Whistleblowers as Political Actors." | Academic Affairs |
4/22/2014 | Panel Discussion: Lt. Col. Peter C. Molin; Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya; and Roy Scranton | "War Stories: Reading and Writing the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars." |
Government Department, History Department, English Department, College of Social Studies, American Studies, Writing Program, Academic Affairs |
4/18/2014 | Open House |
Giulio Gallarotti led an open house about the Government Department at WesFest |
Office of Admissions |
4/18/2014 |
Speaker: Mary Alice Haddad, Department of Government, Wesleyan University |
"Connecting Wes to the World: Environmental Politics with Prof. Haddad" | Wesleyan International Relations Association (student group) |
4/17/2014 | Speaker: Monica Das Gupta, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland | "Gender, Development, and 'Missing Girls' in Asia" |
East Asian Studies, (hosted by James McGuire, chair, Government Department and Steve Angle, Director, Freeman Center for East Asian Studies) |
4/7/2014 |
Speaker: Monica Prasad, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University |
"Is Neoliberalism Over?" | Sociology Department Government Department |
4/3/2014 |
Speaker: Joseph White, Department of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University |
"The Missing Piece in the Affordable Care Act" | Government Department |
3/7/2014 | Discussion with Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University | "Directions in Big Data." Discussion with students moderated by Professors Logan Dancey and Erika Franklin Fowler. |
Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative (DaCKI), Information Technology Services, Academic Affairs, Government Department |
3/6/2014 | Speaker: Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University | "Reverse Engineering Chinese Censorship" |
Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative (DaCKI), Information Technology Services, Academic Affairs, Government Department |
2/28/2014 |
Discussion leader: Adam Berinsky '92, Department of Political Science, MIT |
"Thinking about grad school? Want to know more about political science research?" | Government Department |
2/27/2014 |
Speaker: Don Moon, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. Division II Faculty Lunch Seminar |
"The Radicalism of John Rawls" | Academic Affairs |
2/17/2014 | Speaker: Paige West, Department of Anthropology, Barnard College. |
"The Elusive Concept of 'Capacity Building' in Environmental Conservation and International Development." |
Anthropology Department, Government Department, |
2/3/2014 |
Speaker: Mietek Boduszynski, Department of Political Science, Pomona College |
"The Arab Spring, Libya, and US Foreign Policy" | Government Department, |
12/2/2013 |
Speaker: Doug Foyle, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. CSS Monday Lunch Series |
“Good Judgment in Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Good?, The Bad?, and the Ugly?” | College of Social Studies |
12/2/2013 |
Speaker: Mike Nelson, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. CSS Monday Lunch Series |
"Ghana's New Partners" | College of Social Studies |
11/18/2013 |
Speaker: Sarah Wiliarty, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. Center for the Humanities Colloquium Series |
"Landesmutter in the Fatherland" | Center for the Humanities |
11/15/2013 |
Speaker: Sarah Wiliarty, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. Division I Faculty Lunch Seminar |
"The German Elections of 2013: Observations from the Field" | Academic Affairs |
11/13/2013 |
Speaker: Bernard Avishai, Dartmouth College and Hebrew University. Annual Jeremy Zwelling lecture. |
"Is the Two-State Solution Really Dead?" | Department of Religion, Jewish and Israel Studies, Government Department, |
11/11/2013 |
Speaker: Sarah Wiliarty, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. CSS Monday Lunch Series |
"The German Elections of 2013: Observations from the Field" | College of Social Studies |
11/8/2013 | Symposium | "Archaeology and Politics" |
Allbritton Center, Archaeology Program, Jewish and Israel Studies, Government Department |
11/1/2013 | Panel Discussion |
"U.S. Health Care Reform: Images and Realities of Costs, Quality, and Access." Co-moderated by Professor Erika Franklin Fowler. |
Allbritton Center |
10/26/2013 | Speaker: Shanto Iyengar, Department of Political Science, Stanford University |
"Fear and Loathing Across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization." |
Government Department |
10/17/2013 |
Speaker: Sarah Wiliarty, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. Division II Faculty Lunch Seminar |
"The German Elections of 2013: Observations from the Field" | Academic Affairs |
10/16/2013 |
Open House for Frosh and Sophomores |
Thinking of Majoring in Government? | Government Department |
10/16/2013 |
Forum with Senator Richard Blumenthal, organized by WesDems |
Moderated by Professor Logan Dancey | WesDems |
10/10/2013 |
Panel including speakers Logan Dancey and Jennifer K. Smith |
Panel on the Government Shutdown | Government Department (organized by majors committee) |
10/9/2013 |
Speaker: Peter Rutland, Department of Government, Wesleyan University |
"Gay Rights in Russia." Talk to Russian House | Russian House |
9/26/2013 | Conference |
"Exercising Judgment in Ethics, Politics, and the Law: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Fifty Years Later." |
Government Department, Center for the Humanities, College of Letters |
9/19/2013 |
Panel Discussion including speaker Marcie Patton (Vis.) and chair Peter Rutland, Department of Government |
"Crisis in the Middle East" | Government Department, Center for the Study of Public Life |
9/18/2013 | Speaker: Ellen Brown, Novelist, West Hartford | "Master Kierkegaard: A Reading and Talk by the Author." |
Center for the Humanities, Department of Religion Certificate in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory (hosted by James McGuire, chair, Government Department and Ethan Kleinberg, Director, Center for the Humanities) |
4/26/2013 |
NESCAC Conference on Environmental Action, Mary Alice Haddad, Government Department |
Discussion: Best practices related to environmental activities on our campuses | College of the Environment, Government Department |
4/24/2013 |
Brian Hatton, Architectural Association |
Walls and Wanderers | GOVT 157 |
4/11/2013 |
Fabrice Lehoucq, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
"The Causes and Consequences of Civil War in Central America" | Government Department, GOVT 157, Latin American Studies |
3/28/2013 | Faith Hillis, Assistant Professor of Russian History, University of Chicago |
"Children of Rus’: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation" |
History Department, Government Department, Russian Department |
3/7/2013 | Eleanor Neff Powell, Yale University |
"Congressmen in Exile: The Politics and Consequences of Involuntary Committee Removal" |
Government Department |
2/21/2013 |
William Flavin, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army War College |
The Future of Peacekeeping | Government Department |
2/18/2013 |
Martin de Jong, Delft University |
Eco-Cities in China | College of Social Studies, GOVT 381 |
11/30/2012 | Wesleyan Media Project Conference: Panelists: John Geer, Vanderbilt University; Richard Lau, Rutgers University; Keena Lipsitz, Queens College, CUNY; Charlie Mahtesian, National Politics Editor, Politico (Moderator & Panelist); Travis Ridout, Washington State University (Co-Director & Panelist) | Panel 1: Advertising: Tone, Trends, and Effects | Wesleyan Media Project, Government Department, Baldwin University Lectures, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Knight Foundation |
11/30/2012 |
Wesleyan Media Project Conference, Panelists: Robert Boatright, Clark University; Deborah Jordan Brooks, Dartmouth College; Anthony Corrado, Colby College; Michael Franz, Bowdoin College (Co-Director & Panelist); Peter Overby, NPR (Moderator & Panelist) |
Panel 2: Campaign Finance and Interest Group Ads | Wesleyan Media Project, Government Department, Baldwin University Lectures, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Knight Foundation |
11/30/2012 |
Wesleyan Media Project Conference Panelists: Adam Berinsky, MIT; Logan Dancey, Wesleyan University; Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth, College; Melanie Freeze, Wesleyan University (Moderator) |
Panel 3: Misinformation, Cynicism and its Effects | Wesleyan Media Project, Government Department, Baldwin University Lectures, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Knight Foundation |
11/30/2012 |
Wesleyan Media Project Conference Panelists: Lydia Saad, Senior Editor, Gallup; John Sides, George Washington University; Dan Merkle ABC News (Moderator & Panelist) |
Panel 4: Polling and Voter Behavior | Wesleyan Media Project, Government Department, Baldwin University Lectures, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Knight Foundation |
11/30/2012 |
Wesleyan Media Project Conference Wrap-up Panelists: Charlie Mahtesian, National Politics Editor, Politico; Dan Merkle, ABC News; Peter Overby, National Public Radio; Lydia Saad, Senior Editor, Gallup |
Panel 5: Journalist/Media Perspectives | Wesleyan Media Project, Government Department, Baldwin University Lectures, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Knight Foundation |
11/30/2012 | Mary Alice Haddad, Department of Government |
Panel Discussion: "Not in My Back Yard: Environmental Protest in Germany, China, Russia, Japan, Korea and Taiwan" |
College of the Environment, Government Department |
11/1/2012 |
Open House for Frosh and Sophomores |
Thinking of Majoring in Government? | Government Department |
10/30/2012 | David Satter, author, journalist, and filmmaker | Film Screening: "Age of Delirium: The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union" |
Government Department, History Department, Russian Department |
10/22/2012 | David Abramson, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research | "An Anthropologist in the Intelligence Community" | GOVT 274 Russian PoliticsRussian Department |
10/5/2012 | Annual symposium of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | "Election 2012: Women and the Politics of Gender" |
FGSS Program, Government Department, Public Affairs Center |
10/5/2012 | Wesleyan International Relations Conference | The Cold War of the Middle East: Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations |
Adelphic Educational Fund, College of Social Studies, Government Department, History Department |
9/28/2012 | Melanie Freeze, Department of Government |
"The Interactive Influence of Voice Pitch and Platform on Candidate Evaluations" |
Psychology Department Colloquium Series |
9/20/2012 |
Danny Unger, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University |
"Democracy and Natural Resources in Thailand" | Government Department, East Asian Studies |
9/13/2012 | Elvin Lim, Department of Government |
"The Lover’s Quarrel: A Tale of Two Foundings." Division II Lunch Talk |
Academic Affairs |
5/1/2012 | Sonali Chakravarti, Assistant Professor of Government |
Film Screening: My Neighbor, My Killer, Discussion with Filmmaker: Anne Aghion |
Government Department |
4/26/2012 | Sonali Chakravarti, Assistant Professor of Government | Panel Discussion: Breaking the Mold in 2012: New Tactics for Young People’s Political Action |
Participants: Dan Fischer’12, Occupy Wesleyan, Szelena Gray, Rootstrikers, Nathan Kleinman, Occupy Philadelphia and Congressional Candidate (PA-13), Alex Levin,’12, College Republican National Committee, David Thompson’11, Citizens’ Congress, Liz Valentin’11, Citizens’ Congress |
4/23/2012 |
Timothy Mitchell, Professor and Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University |
Public Lecture: Carbon Democracy: Political Power in The Age of Oil | The Middle Eastern Studies Committee |
4/23/2012 | Bill Talen, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping; Activist and Performance Artist | Public Lecture: What Would Jesus Buy? |
Baldwin University Lectures, Center for the Arts , Ethics in Society Project, Office of Diversity and IP Institutional Partnerships, Sociology Department, Government Department, Religion Department |
4/19/2012 | Jenny Town, Research Associate at the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS | Public Lecture: Multi-Track Diplomacy: Building Trust Between Hostile State |
Liberty in North Korea, Korean Student Association, Government Department, April Committee, ResLife Staff, SBC |
4/19/2012 |
Daniel Esty, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |
Public Lecture: The Political Economy of; Protecting Our Environment in Turbulent Times | The 10th Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns |
4/16/2012 | Byron E. Shafer, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Public Lecture: The American Political Landscape: A New Technique |
Government Department |
3/2/2012 | The North Africa Spring | Symposium: An interdisciplinary examination of the cultural and political importance of the events of last spring in Africa |
African Studies Cluster, Government Department, Romance Languages and Lit, Dean of Division II, College of Letters, Anthropology Department |
2/20/2012 | Peter Kingstone, University of Connecticut |
Public Lecture: Democracy and Development in Brazil |
Government Department |
2/18/2012 | Wesleyan Forum for International Development | Forum: How Do We Solve Global Poverty?; How Do We Know What Works?; Have We Done More Harm Than Good? |
Wesleyan Student Assembly, Government Department, Academic Affairs, Wesleyan World Wednesdays Patricelli Center |
2/10/2012 | Gershon Baskin, Peace Activist, Israeli CEO and founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information |
Public Lecture: about his secret talks between Israel and Hamas for the release of Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit |
Wesleyan Jewish Community, Government Department, J Street U |
10/20/2011 | Peter Rutland, co-organizer | Conference: What Was the Soviet Union? The Brezhnev Years | Government Department, History Department, Russian & E European Studies |
10/20/2011 | Stephen Kotkin, Professor of Modern History and Vice Dean, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University |
Public Lecture: Looking Back on the Brezhnev Years; Surprise, Surprise: The Misunderstood Soviet Military-Industrial Complex |
Russian Department, Government Department, History Department |
10/13/2011 | Kevin Rothrock | Speaker in GOVT274 Russian Politics |
Government Department |
10/4/2011 | John E. Finn |
Daniel Family Commons Faculty Lunch Series:, The Civic Constitution |
President's Office |
10/3/2011 | Cheri Honkala, Green Party Candidate | Public Discussion |
Environmental Organizers’ Network, Government Department |
9/30/2011 |
Wesleyan International Relations Association (WIRA) |
Conference | WIRA, Government Department |
9/19/2011 |
Anna Geifman, Professor of History, Boston University and Senior Researcher, Department of Political Science, Bar-Ilan University, Israel |
Public Discussion: of her book, Death Orders | History Department, Government Department, Russian Department, Jewish and Israel Studies, Office of Academic Affairs |
9/8/2011 | Mary Alice Haddad, Associate Professor of Government |
Division II Faculty Luncheon Seminar: Japan’s Triple Disaster: Responses and Implications |
PAC Division II Faculty Luncheon Seminar |
5/2/2011 | Dr. Max Abrahams, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College |
Public Lecture: The Credibility Paradox: Violence as a Double-Edged Sword in International Politics |
PTIR, CSPL |
4/27/2011 | Kenyon Farrow, writer, speaker, activist, teacher, RADICAL | Public Lecture: Incarceration Nation: the endless intersections of prison abolition |
University Organizing Center, Queer Resource Center, Spectrum, FemNet, Ujaama, First Generation College Student Coalition, etc.; Departments: AFAM:; AMST; FGSS; Anthropology, Government, & Sociology |
4/22/2011 | Dr. Jessica Teets, Assistant Professor, Middlebury College |
Public Lecture: The Rise of Autonomous Civil Society in Authoritarian Regimes |
EAST; GOVT293, GOVT271 |
4/11/2011 |
Onur Bakinur, Ph.D Candidate, Yale Univesity |
Talk: Transitional Justice in Chile | GOVT355 |
4/7/2011 |
Dr. Christine Fair, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University |
Public Lecture: Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistan | PTIR, CSPL |
4/6/2011 | Erin Beck, Brown University |
Public Lecture: NGOs and Women’s Political Participation: Evidence from Guatemala |
Government, Center for the Americas |
4/5/2011 | Laryssa Chomiak, University of Maryland |
Public Lecture: Tunisia: Roots of the Jasmine Revolution |
Government |
3/1/2011 | Hardy Merriman, Senior Advisor, ICNC |
Public Lecture: The Dynamics of Nonviolent Power: Egypt, Tunisia, and Beyond |
PTIR |
2/14/2011 | Kathy H. Rim, University of California, Irvine |
Public Lecture: Racialization and the Ties that Bind: Examining the Influence of Racial Group Consciousness of Asian American Civic and Political Behavior |
American Politics Candidate, American Politics Search |
2/10/2011 | Anne Peters, Assistant Professor of Government, Wesleyan University |
Talk: State as Chimera: Parallel Institutions, State Power and International Order |
Division II Faculty Luncheon Seminar |
2/10/2011 |
Bruce Masters, History; Anne Peters, Government, Marwa Aly, Chaplain; and Alex Meadow |
Panel: Making History: Perspectives on Egypt and the Wider Middle East | Interfaith Justice League |
2/2/2011 |
Dr. Max Abrahams, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College |
Talk: Does Terrorism Work? | GOVT328, PTIR |
12/6/2010 | Ali Valenzuela, Stanford University |
Public Lecture: Identity in Context: the Political Determinants of Latino Group Consciousness |
American Politics Candidate, American Politics Search |
12/2/2010 | Catherine Paden, Northwestern University |
Public Lecture: Civil Rights and Anti-Poverty Advocacy |
American Politics Candidate, American Politics Search |
11/22/2010 | Alexandra Filindra, Brown University |
Public Lecture: Immigration, Race, and Welfare Policy: Determinants of State Immigrant TANF & Medicaid Policy |
American Politics Candidate, American Politics Search |
11/18/2010 | Jamila Michener, University of Chicago |
Public Lecture: The Politics of Laying Low: Medicaid, Policy Feedback and Political Inaction in Marginalized Populations |
American Politics Candidate, American Politics Search |
11/16/2010 | James Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University |
Public Lecture; The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia |
History, Anthropology, Sociology, Southeast Asian Studies, Government, WSA, SALD |
11/4/2010 | Marwa Aly,Chaplain; Elvin Lim, Government; Attiya Ahmad, Religion |
Panel: Islamophobia and Park51: The “Othering” of Muslims in America |
Interfaith Justice League; ResLife |
11/3/2010 | Lt. Dan Choi, West Point graduate & Iraq veteran |
Public Lecture: Truth & Consequences: One Man's Quest to Openly Serve His Country |
Adelphic Education Fund Assembly, Office of Diversity, Government, SALD, Res Life, SBC |
10/22/2010 | Stephanie Schwartz ’08, Program Specialist at U.S. Institute of Peace and author |
WeSeminar: Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change |
Government Department |
10/5/2010 | Arthurs Meyers, Chair, International Service, Middletown Rotary Club |
Talk and Reception for Series of town-gown discussions on large issues facing America |
Government, Economics |