PO Undergrad Jasper Primack Featured in BU Today
Recent Political Science graduate, Jasper Primack (CAS’19) and and his teammate, senior Teddy Wyman (CAS), both members of the BU Debate Society, won the best debate team in the country in April 2019 at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J., tying for first place with Georgetown at the American Parliamentary Debate Association. Jasper finished second […]
Prof. Katherine Einstein and Prof. Maxwell Palmer Testify on Housing Policy
Prof. Katherine Einstein and Prof. Maxwell Palmer testified before the Massachusetts State Legislature at a hearing on new housing production legislation proposed by Governor Baker. They discussed their research (co-authored with Prof. David Glick) from their new book and recent Perspectives on Politics article. Their book, Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.
Vivien Schmidt Awarded EUSA Lifetime Achievement Award
On Friday, May 10, Vivien Schmidt was awarded the European Union Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award, which is conferred on a scholar once every two years at the Association’s biannual meeting—this year in Denver, Colorado. The EUSA Executive Committee selects a scholar in the field of EU studies whose lifetime of research and writing have […]
Katherine Levine Einstein Featured on Brookings Institution Panel
Katherine Levine Einstein spoke on a Brookings Institution panel on housing policies for the middle class on May 8, 2019. Check out the event here.
April 24th: Upcoming Howard Zinn Fellow for Democracy Talk by Claudia Kim
“The Empire and the People: Opposing U.S. Military Presence Overseas” April 24th at 4:00 pm in the African Studies Center Seminar Room, 232 Bay State Rd. 5th fl, Boston, MA 02215.
Ph.D. Alum Sarah Knowles Publishes Updated Book about Justice Kennedy
Rowman and Littlefield recently published an updated paperback edition of Ph.D. alum Sarah Knowles’ book about Justice Kennedy, containing a new Afterword: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538124703/The-Tie-Goes-to-Freedom-Justice-Anthony-M-Kennedy-on-Liberty-Updated-Edition
Professor Crawford Featured on NPR
Professor Neta Crawford was interviewed on NPR discussing the Cost of War Project’s annual report. Take a listen here: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/18/669007529/brown-university-releases-cost-of-war-project.
Work on the Court’s Legitimacy from BU Profs in the News
The Supreme Court’s legitimacy is making news these days with the confirmation hearings on Brett Kavanaugh. To what extent does the public change their views of the Supreme Court around political events like these? Political science has had much to say about the topic. See, for example, two recent pieces in Vox that discuss work […]
What is Democracy? Screening, 10/24 at 5pm
What is Democracy? BU will host one of the first American screenings of Astra Taylor’s new documentary, “What is Democracy?”, followed by a short panel discussion with the director (Astra Taylor) and a few faculty (Lida Maxwell [PO], Spencer Piston [PO], Petrus Liu [WLL & WGS], Margaret Litvin [WLL], and Vivien Schmidt [PO & Pardee]). […]
Schmidt To Receive EUSA Lifetime Achievement Award
Vivien Schmidt, Professor of International Relations and Political Science will receive the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s upcoming conference in Denver in May 2019. The EUSA Executive Committee selects a scholar each year in the field of EU studies whose lifetime of research and writing have been important, enduring, […]