RSS FeedUpcoming EventsRWAP: Karthick Ramakrishnan: Research Workshop in American Politics, April 3https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239729-rwap-karthick-ramakrishnan-research-workshop-in

RWAP is pleased to welcome guest speaker, Karthick Ramakrishnan on 4/3.

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APHS: Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century, April 5https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/aphs-catastrophic-diplomacy-us-foreign-disaster-assis

The American Political History Seminar seeks to enrich the study of politics by increasing knowledge and understanding of important topics in American history. Over the last several years, IGS has invited both well-established and junior scholars, as well as a number of journalists, to speak on a recent publication relevant to the seminar series. Faculty and graduate student participants are drawn from disciplines such as history, political science, journalism, public policy, law, and business. To maximize the benefit from the visit of each author, copies of the work to be discussed are distributed in advance to participants. The APHS is open to graduate students and faculty only (but not the general public). Faculty and graduate students interested in participating should contact the seminar coordinator, Hidetaka Hirota, Associate Professor of History, hhirota@berkeley.edu

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REI: Colonial Humanity: Making Rights and Race at the “Final Frontier”, April 9https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/243664-rei-colonial-humanity-making-rights-and-race-at

This talk traces the under-explored development of rights of mankind in the early Space Age and its role in what I call the colonization of humanity: the reconstruction of human beings as a human race embodied and extended through outposting. Codified in the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967 to inhibit states’ militaristic colonization of space, these rights redefined humanity as a spacefaring race, from the free exploration and use of outer space as the “province of mankind” to the designation of astronauts as “envoys of mankind.” After examining the OST framework alongside historical colonial projects and contemporaneous frameworks in interstellar communications and science fiction, I consider the contribution of human rights to the emergence of a new regime of anticolonial colonialism and speculative racial politics.

Prince Grace is an artist-researcher and doctoral candidate in Sociology at Northwestern University whose work explores the more-than-human futures of race, colonialism, and political community. His dissertation traces how the development of human rights systems from World War I through the early Space Age transformed human beings into a “human race” with a collective identity, interest, and birthright. His research has been supported by the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Kaplan Institute’s Public Humanities Program at Northwestern, the Social Science Research Council, the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, and Tankstation.

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RWAP: Allison Anoll: Research Workshop in American Politics, April 10https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239733-rwap-allison-anoll-research-workshop-in-american

RWAP is pleased to welcome guest speaker Allison Anoll on 4/10.

https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239733-rwap-allison-anoll-research-workshop-in-american
26th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability in Government- The State of Elections in 2024: Problems, Potential Reforms, and Prospects, April 12https://events.berkeley.edu/live/events/243273-26th-annual-travers-conference-on-ethics-accountabili

The 2024 Travers Conference will bring together experts from around the country to assess a series of questions related to the electoral system in the United States as it stands in 2024. It will include three panels: Is the Electoral System in the US Broken?; Evaluating Possibilities and Prospects for Reform; and The 2024 Elections: How did we get here? What to expect in November?

Travers Conference Flyer

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RWAP: Yphtach Lelkes: Research Workshop in American Politics, April 17https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239734-rwap-yphtach-lelkes-research-workshop-in-american

RWAP is pleased to welcome guest speaker, Yphtach Lelkes on 4/17.

https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239734-rwap-yphtach-lelkes-research-workshop-in-american
2024 Barbara Boxer Lecture, April 17https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/-2024-boxer-lecture

The Barbara Boxer Lecture is an annual event, sponsored jointly by the Institute of Governmental Studies and The Bancroft Library, that focuses on women in leadership.

IGS and the Bancroft Library are pleased to announce that former Congresswoman Rep. Jackie Speier will be in conversation with former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, as the 2024 Barbara Boxer Lecturer.

About the Speaker
Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Congresswoman for California’s 14th district, where she served from 2008 to 2023. Before that, she served on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, the California State Assembly and the California Senate, bringing her total time in public service to over 40 years.

Jackie is a fierce advocate for women’s rights, gun violence prevention, health care, LGBTQ+ rights, and the care of service members and veterans. Her decade-long fight in Congress against sexual assault in the military earned her the recognition by Newsweek Magazine as among the top “150 Fearless Women of the World.” She was named one of Politico’s 50 most influential people for bringing the “Me Too” reckoning to Congress.

In the California State Legislature Jackie had a record 300 bills become law. She and authored the nation’s strongest consumer financial privacy law and the Gender Tax Repeal Act, and worked to pass the state’s assault weapon ban.

While working as a legislative counsel to Congressman Leo Ryan in 1978, and investigating the People’s Temple cult, she was shot five times and the Congressman was assassinated in the Jonestown massacre in Guyana.

Jackie is the author of two bestselling books, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage and Fighting Back and This Is Not the Life I Ordered. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and U.C. Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings). She is married to Barry Dennis and has two children and an adorable Golden-doodle dog named Emma.

This is an accessible event. If you are a disabled person and need reasonable accommodations to participate they will be provided. For more information, and to make a request, please contact Ezra Bristow at ezrabristow@berkeley.edu

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RWAP: Stephanie Ternullo: Research Workshop in American Politics, April 24https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239735-rwap-stephanie-ternullo-research-workshop-in

RWAP is pleased to welcome guest speaker, Stephanie Ternullo on 4/24. 

https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239735-rwap-stephanie-ternullo-research-workshop-in
RWAP: Rob Mickey: Research Workshop in American Politics, May 1https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239736-rwap-rob-mickey-research-workshop-in-american

RWAP is pleased to welcome guest speaker, Rob Mickey on 5/1.

https://events.berkeley.edu/igs/event/239736-rwap-rob-mickey-research-workshop-in-american