Stopping Putin in Ukraine
January 26, 2015
Professor Aurel Braun has penned an op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail. The piece says that U.S. President Barack Obama needs to offer more than rhetoric to stop Putin in Ukraine. To read his piece, please click this link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/to-stop-putin-in-ukraine-obama-must-offer-more-than-rhetoric/article22634283/
Remembering Walter Berns
January 23, 2015
The Department of Political Science is sad to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Walter Berns, who died last Saturday at his home in Maryland at the age of 95. Professor Berns’ obituary has been published in The New York Times. Please take a moment to read it here and remember a scholar who made […]
Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence
January 22, 2015
The Department of Political Science fêted some of the finest work from our undergraduate students last evening at our annual awards reception. “The academic successes we celebrated reflect the commitments of many,” said Professor Louis Pauly, who is chair of the department. “Yet again, they testified to the high quality of our students, the calibre […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Governance
January 21, 2015
The Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill University, in Montreal, recently announced a new post-doctoral fellowship in global governance. Two fellowships are available and are funded in the amount of $55,000 CAD per year plus a $10,000 research allowance. To learn more about eligibility criteria, please visit: http://www.mcgill.ca/isid/global-governance/postdoctoral-fellows-global-governance The deadline to apply […]
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition
January 16, 2015
The Social Sciences Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is launching a Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition in support of the objectives of the Imagining Canada’s Future initiative. For this competition, proposals are sought that address the challenge area of: What new ways of learning, particularly in higher education, will Canadians need to thrive in an evolving society […]
North American Natural Resource Governance
January 13, 2015
Professor Andrea Olive, who is cross-appointed with the Department of Geography, has recently published a new article in the Review of Policy Research. Her article: ‘Assessing Intergovernmental Institutions and Transnational Policy Networks in North American Resource Management‘ is part of this special issue that addresses the issue of transboundary natural resources governance in North America. […]
Paris attack exposes old colonial wounds
January 8, 2015
In the wake of yesterday’s developments in Paris, political science professor Randall Hansen, who is also appointed as the director of the Munk School’s Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies was quoted in an article in The Toronto Star on the debate between religious sensitivities and freedom of speech. To read the entire article, […]
Ebola: why we are worried for all the wrong reasons
January 7, 2015
Professor Antoinette Handley has published a research note that argues that the current fear over Ebola is largely misplaced. To read her thoughts on why, please read the entire post here
A Glowing Review for Carens’ work
January 5, 2015
The Ethics of Immigration, the latest book from Professor Joseph Carens, has received a glowing review by Sarah Fine in the November 28th edition of The Times Literary Supplement. In order to review the entire review, please click here. In November, Professor Carens co-authored an op-ed that was published in The New York Times entitled […]
More with Manzer
December 27, 2014
News.Politics: Being there at the beginning of a new campus must have felt special. Tell me what it was like in those early days. Manzer: I officially started teaching there in the 1965-66 academic year. I had just completed my dissertation but I had yet to defend it. When my wife and I arrived there […]