How to Apply to Law School
September 11, 2014
The Department of Political Science will hold an information session for students interested in law school applications on October 1st from 6pm-8pm in the Bahen Building, room 1240. The info session will be run by the Associate Dean of the University of Toronto Law School Benjamin Alarie. Benjamin will provide us with a brief presentation […]
The Royal Society of Canada Names Four New Fellows from the Department
September 9, 2014
The Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada have elected four new Fellows from the Department of Political Science in recognition of their outstanding work as leading intellectuals and researchers. “The RSC warmly welcomes this year’s 90 newly elected Fellows. These outstanding scholars, artists and scientists will be joining the Society due to their outstanding […]
Innovation and Policy Lab awarded $2.9M from the SSHRC for the Creating Digital Opportunity project
September 9, 2014
David Wolfe, Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab, and his team have been awarded $2.9 million from SSHRC (the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) over six years for the Creating Digital Opportunity: Canada’s ICT industry in global perspective project. With support provided by SSHRC, the University of Toronto, lead partner, the Canadian International Council, […]
Banner year for the Department at the annual meeting of the August 2014 American Political Science Association
September 5, 2014
In addition to the participation of many faculty members and graduate students in virtually all sub-fields of political science, three faculty members won prestigious prizes. For leadership in bringing the study of Canadian Politics to the international scholarly community,Sylvia Bashevkin received the Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Politics Section. The Urban […]
Professor Ronald Beiner Releases New Book on Political Philosophy
September 5, 2014
What is political philosophy? Ronald Beiner makes the case that it is centrally defined by supremely ambitious reflection on the ends of life. We pursue this reflection by exposing ourselves to, and participating in, a perennial dialogue among epic theorists who articulate grand visions of what constitutes the authentic good for human beings. Who are […]
Professor Ryan Balot Releases New Book “Courage in the Democratic Polis”
September 5, 2014
In this compelling new study, Ryan K. Balot brings together political theory, classical history, and ancient philosophy in order to re-conceive of courage as a specifically democratic virtue. Ranging from Thucydides and Aristophanes to the Greek tragedians and Plato, Balot shows that the ancient Athenians constructed a novel vision of courage that linked this virtue […]
Professor Ran Hirschl Releases New Book on Comparative Constitutional Studies
August 28, 2014
Comparative study has emerged as the new frontier of constitutional law scholarship as well as an important aspect of constitutional adjudication. Increasingly, jurists, scholars, and constitution drafters worldwide are accepting that ‘we are all comparativists now’. And yet, despite this tremendous renaissance, the ‘comparative’ aspect of the enterprise, as a method and a project, remains […]
The Keith Davey Forum on Public Affairs – Class of 2018: The prospects for this generation in an unequal world?”
August 19, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University 93 Charles St. W., Toronto *** Speakers: Jeffrey Arnett, Research Professor of Psychology, Clark University Miles Corak, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa Rodney Haddow (Moderator), Undergraduate Director and Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto Miles Corak is a full professor […]
Professor Harald Bathelt Releases Book on the Globalizing Knowledge Economy
August 6, 2014
Trade Shows in the Globalizing Knowledge Economy presents a radically innovative view on trade shows as knowledge-rich places, where firms learn through observation and interaction with other economic actors, and as enablers, rather than mere consequences, of globalization. Traditionally seen as marketing tools, trade shows are conceptualised as temporary clusters that facilitate the creation and […]
LATEST UPDATES: Ph.D. Student, Alexander Sodiqov, released on bail in Tajikistan
July 16, 2014
University of Toronto Statement We are deeply concerned to hear reports that one of our Ph.D. students, Alexander Sodiqov, has been detained in Tajikistan, where he has been conducting research under the auspices of a UK-based project called “Rising Powers and Conflict Management in Central Asia.” The Department joins the University in urging the relevant […]