Upcoming Events
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Sep
29
Intimacy, Gender, and Anticolonial Internationalism 5:00pm
Intimacy, Gender, and Anticolonial Internationalism
Friday, September 29th, 2023
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Wood Hall Basement Lounge
Please join the History Department for this semester?s first Foreign Policy Seminar!
Michele Louro (Salem State University) will give a talk on ?Intimacy, Gender, and Anticolonial Internationalism: The Case of Agnes Smedley.?The talk begins at 5pm with Q&A after. Light refreshments will be served.
Michele L. Louro is a Full Professor of History at Salem State University. She received her Ph.D. from Temple University and is broadly trained in the fields of modern South Asian history, British imperial history, and international and transnational history.Her first book, Comrades against Imperialism: Nehru, India and Interwar Internationalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018), is set between the world wars and recovers the debates, introduces the personalities, and reveals the ideas that seeded Jawaharlal Nehru?s political vision for India and the wider world. Louro is author to essays on this topic that appear in several journals including the Journal of Contemporary History (forthcoming), Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2013), and Third Frame: Literature, Culture and Society (2009), as well as an essay in the edited volume, The Internationalist Moment: South Asia, Worlds and Worldviews (2014).
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Oct
4
The Sustainable Clean Energy Summit: Decarbonizing Society and the Grid 9:00am
The Sustainable Clean Energy Summit: Decarbonizing Society and the Grid
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Student Union
Join us! Be part of a growing community focused on advancing clean energy, developing the workforce of the future and creating a healthier, more sustainable path forward for us all.
Students from all areas of study are critical to these important conversations and their registration fees are complimentary.
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Oct
5
Journalism Under the Taliban: Understanding the Lived Experience of Journalists in Afghanistan 2:00pm
Journalism Under the Taliban: Understanding the Lived Experience of Journalists in Afghanistan
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
Media is under heavy censorship under the Taliban in Afghanistan. Many Afghan journalists have been forced to flee the country. Those remaining face the Taliban’s oppressive restrictions on free expression, including widespread political imprisonment and targeted violence. Based on extensive fieldwork and data collection in Afghanistan, we will examine how journalists navigate these risks and challenges under the Taliban regime.
This event is a collaboration between the Human Rights Research & Data Hub and the Graduate Research Forum at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.
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Jan
31
Fellow’s Talk: Zehra Arat 12:15pm
Fellow’s Talk: Zehra Arat
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Homer Babbidge Library
UCHI Fellow Zehra Arat (Political Science, UConn) will give a talk with a response by Tracy Llanera (Philosophy, UConn).
This event will also be livestreamed.
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Ever wondered about the elections process and what goes on behind the scenes? Election Registrars from the Town of Mansfield are looking for Election Day volunteers! This event will take place this Thursday, September 21st at 9:30am in Oak 112. We hope to see you there!
Calling all First Generation POLS students! Please join us for our First-Gen Political Science Student Welcome Reception. The event will take place in Oak 408 on September 12th, from 4-5 pm. Come meet POLS faculty, staff, and other students as well as learn about the various opportunities our ...department offers. We look forward to seeing you there!
Ryan's back with another tip this week to help you get back into the swing of things this school year! Having a calendar to manage all of your classes and assignments is a great way to stay on track!
Calling all POLS Majors! Our Political Science Welcome Reception is going to be held on Tuesday, September 19th from 4-5 in Oak 408. This event is a great time to meet POLS faculty and staff as well as other students. It is also a great opportunity to learn about internship and research ...opportunities, honor society/honors programs, law school applications, career planning, undergrad POLS review journal, scholarships, and so much more! Don't miss the chance to win raffle prizes and there will be refreshments and dessert provided. Hope to see you there!
Today, we want to highlight one of our incredible POLS Students, Mariam Vargas!
This summer, Mariam was one of 15 individuals nationally who took part in the 2023 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program this summer. Selection to the Washington, D.C.-based program... is highly competitive, as almost 1,000 students applied for the 15 spots.
The Rangel Summer Enrichment Program is a US State Department program administered by Howard University through a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Global Talent Management. The program provides undergraduate students with a deeper appreciation of current issues and trends in
international affairs, a greater understanding of career opportunities in international
affairs, and the enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue such careers.
The program’s goals are to promote greater diversity and excellence in the US foreign service. The program was named to honor Charles Rangel, who represented New York City in Congress from 1971 to 2017.
Mariam spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., learning from diplomats, foreign service
officers, and other leading foreign affairs professionals!
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Happy first day of classes from all of us here in the Political Science Department!
This week, Ryan explains the bright-colored pamphlets you may have come across in the POLS office at one time or another- these are our common career track brochures, and are a helpful resource to help POLS majors explore a few career paths that many students follow after graduation!
Ryan's helpful tip this week discusses one of the most valuable resources on campus, the Writing Center! Check out our post about UConn's academic resource centers to learn even more about the writing center and what they have to offer.
Ryan's tip this week is all about the POLS plan of study. Our plan of study is an interactive tool that helps major figure out what requirements they still need to fulfill in order to graduate!