Spring 2008:

WMU Visiting Scholars and Artists Program

Dr. Neve Gordon
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

"Human Rights NGO work in Theory and Practice"
Talk for undergraduates
WMU faculty and students invited to attend
2:00 pm
Knaus Hall, room 3502

"From Colonization to Separation: Making Sense of Israel's Occupation"
Academic Seminar
3:30 pm
Friedmann Hall, room 3301

"The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Revisited"
Public Talk
7:30 pm
Fetzer Center

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Faculty Research Series 2008

The Institute of Government and Politics is pleased to present a series of lunchtime talks by faculty of the Department of Political Science featuring their current research. Faculty, graduate students and undergrads from throughout WMU are invited.

Dr. Mahendra Lawoti
Spheres of Exclusion in New Democracies:
Nepal During 1990-2002
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
12:00 pm
3301 Friedmann Hall

Dr. Paul Clements
Rawlsian vs Economic Analysis of the Response to Global Warming
Monday, February 25, 2008
12:00 pm
3301 Friedmann Hall

Dr. Peter Wielhouwer
Modeling Changes in Campaign Effects
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
12:00 pm
3301 Friedmann Hall

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Public talk:
"Quebec in North America: Nation-Building in Canada"

Marc Boucher
Head of the Quebec Government Office in Chicago

Monday, March 17, 2008
7:00 pm
Fetzer Center, WMU campus

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Sam Clark lecture on American Politics.


Our 2007 Lecture was given by Dr. David Rohde, Professor of Political Science at Duke University.

The 2007-2008 Sam Clark lecturer will be
Dr. Scott Pegg of Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Professor Pegg will discuss the "resource curse" on Thursday, April 3, 2008.

More details forthcoming soon.

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George Klein lecture on Comparative Politics.

Our 2007 Lecture was given by Dr. Leah Seppanen Anderson, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Wheaton College.