Department News Archives

April 2003

March 2003

3/31/03	Jim Stimson to Participate in Iraq War Discussion April 1, 2003
3/28/03	The Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense Presents: THE IRAQ WAR AFTER TEN DAYS: A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH CAROLINA FACULTY • Richard H. Kohn, History, "The Military Campaign from the American Perspective" • Mark Weisburd, Law, "Is it Legal, and Does that Matter?" • Douglas Maclean, Philosophy, "Is it Ethical and Moral: Ends and Means?" • James Stimson, Political Science, "Will the American People Continue to Support It?" • Michael Hunt, "History, Implications for American Foreign Relations" Where: UNION AUDITORIUM When: TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2003, 7-9PM FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
3/28/03	Professor Nigel Roberts of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, will speak in 355 Hamilton Hall on Thursday, April 10, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The topic of the discussion will be his book, A New Electoral Politics in New Zealand.
3/28/03	The UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies is proud to announce our spring conference: Contemporary Security Challenges in Eurasia April 10-12, 2003, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3/28/03	Former political science graduate student Albert Dzur, of Bowling Green State University (UNC PhD 1998), will discuss his current research on Friday, April 11. He will meet with students for lunch (11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) to talk about life after UNC. If you are interested in meeting with him should contact Steve Leonard. He will then give a presentation from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in 355 Hamilton Hall on his current research, "Democratic Professionalism: Civic Participation in Domains of Professional Authority." This research is part of a book project currently in preparation. Albert's work on democratic professionalism in journalism, medicine, and criminal justice has appeared in Polity, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Criminal Justice Ethics, and other journals. This is a very interesting area of research, with broad implications for democratic theory, the study of democracy in practice, and the role of the professions in American society and politics. This presentation may be of interest to Americanists, comparativists interested in democratic theory, as well as theorists.
3/25/03	Dan Flynn, former U.S. Marine, Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia and author of Why the Life Hates America, will address the irrationality of anti-Americanism this Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Law School Rotunda. In his speech, Mr. Flynn will discuss the nature of the anti-war movement in America and here on campus. This event is sponsored by the UNC Federalist Society, Committee for a Better Carolina, and the UNC College Republicans. This speech is free and open to the public.
3/20/03	Arianna Huffington, political author, columnist, and TV personality, often noted as much for her wit as for her insight, is coming to Chapel Hill to speak.
3/20/03	Democracy Summer 2003 - deadline for applications is April 1, 2003
3/5/03	The Department of African and Afro-American Studies and International Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill present a talk by Professor Richard Sandbrook: WHAT: Globalization, Extremism and Violence: Why Market Liberalization Fosters Turmoil in Some Poor Countries but not in Others WHEN: Wednesday, March 26 2003 at 3:30 p.m. WHERE: 105 Caldwell Hall Richard Sandbrook, a professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, received a D.Phil. from the University of Sussex and an M.A. from the University of Toronto. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he has focused his research on Africa, international development, and globalization. His successive research interests have included: the state and organized labour, the politics of the urban poor, the political roots of Africa's economic stagnation, the political economy of the basic-needs and the neo-liberal development strategies, the relationship of democratization to development, and a social democratic approach to globalization. This research has led to about 45 scholarly articles and the following nine books: • Civilizing Globalization: A Survival Guide (editor and co-author, 2003) • Closing the Circle: Democratization and Development in Africa (2000) • The Politics of Africa's Economic Recovery (1993) • Empowering People: Building Community, Legality and Civil Associations in Africa (co-editor and co-author, 1993) • The Politics of Africa's Economic Stagnation (1985) • The Politics of Basic Needs (1982) • The Labouring Poor and Urban Class Formation: The Case of Greater Accra (co-author, 1977) • Proletarians and African Capitalism: The Kenyan Case (1975) • The Development of an African Working Class: Studies in Class Formation and Action (coeditor, 1975) Currently, he is working on a research project entitled "Social Democracy, Globalization, and Equitable Development", which involves a comparative analysis of Mauritius, Kerala (India), Costa Rica, and Chile. If you have questions please contact Eunice Sahle at (919) 966-2588 or eunice@email.unc.edu.

February 2003

2/26/03	Shannon Reeves, the President of the Oakland NAACP, will be speaking about politics and race in America on Thursday, February 27th at 8pm in Manning 209. View his bio at http://www.yaf.org/speakers/shannon_reeves.html.
2/26/03	The Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP) provides an opportunity for students of political science and psychology to learn how the two disciplines can inform work in both fields both theoretically and methodologically. Click here for more information about SIPP 2003, which will be held from 11 July to 1 August at the Ohio State University.

January 2003

November 2002

11/26/02

Ambassador Robert M. Beecroft to speak at UNC in January

February 2002

• Former N.C. Governor to Speak to Class Feb. 28
• Member of British Parliament to Speak Feb. 18

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