America at War Speaker Series
The Department of Political Science cordially welcomes Boston University students, alumni, and members of the general public to attend a series of public panels that accompany a new course – America at War: The Response to 9/11, co-taught by Professors Neta Crawford and Douglas Kriner. Details on each panel including invited speakers, dates and times […]
Grad Student June Park to Present at KEI
Graduate student June Park to present at KEI Event: Emerging Voices on Korea Symposium. More information on this exciting event is available at http://www.keia.org/rsvp.php?event=Korea+Energy+and+Economy Emerging Voices on Korea Symposium Korea: Energy and Economy The Korea Economic Institute is proud to launch its newest program series, Emerging Voices on Korea Symposium, that identifies innovative and policy-relevant […]
Prof Grimes Visits CASS
Prof. William Grimes spent two weeks in July at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) through a BU faculty exchange program. CASS is China’s preeminent thinktank in the social sciences and humanities. While there Prof. Grimes was affiliated with the Institute of World Economy and Politics, and also spent time at the Institutes of […]
Recounting the ICPSR Experience
The ICPSR Experience by June Park I first came to learn about the ICPSR program at the University of Michigan in my second year of my masters program at Korea University. I was interested in quantitative methodology back then, but despite Korea University being a member-institution of the program, the high costs of courses and […]
Now Hiring: Faculty
The Department of Political Science at Boston University is currently seeking applications for tenure-track positions in American politics and International Relations at the Assistant Professor level. Details on the positions can be found on the Department website, https://www.bu.edu/polisci/contact-us/faculty-positions/, and on the ASPA eJobs website, http://www.apsanet.org/content_2602.cfm.
Essay on the Great Patriotic War by Prof Mayers
The Great Patriotic War, FDR’s Embassy Moscow, and Soviet–US Relations The focus of this essay is on the intersection of policy, conceived in Washington, and the lived experiences of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s diplomats in the USSR during 1939–45. Roosevelt employed three men as ambassadors. The first was Laurence Steinhardt. His residency in Moscow began fewer […]
Grad Students Tekelioglu & Lee Reflect on IQMR
Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu Thanks to Joe who attended the Institute on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) last year, representing BU political science there for the first time, I came to learn about IQMR, and was lucky to be one of the two participants along with Hae-Won this year. Before reflecting on my experience at the […]
Cost of War Project Reports
The Costs of War Project, co-directed by BU Political science Professor Neta Crawford, has just released its report. It shows that the costs of our wars since 9-11 have been 225,000 deaths and $3.2 to 4 trillion financially. This report will be central to discussions of our recent foreign policies. For more information on this […]
Dean Sapiro Publishes Paper on Campaign Rhetoric after 9/11
Campaigning for Congress in the “9/11” Era: Considerations of Gender and Party in Response to an Exogenous Shock Patricia Strach & Virginia Sapiro Abstract This article takes advantage of a naturally occurring experiment to examine how congressional campaign advertising responds to dramatic events. Integrating the literatures on issue ownership and gender stereotypes, we ask how […]
Erasmus Mundus Partner
Boston University, through the International Relations and Political Science Departments, has become an associate partner in a multimillion euro project for a joint PhD: the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate program on “Globalisation, the EU, and Multilateralism.” Named the GEM PhD school, it is funded by the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the […]