Dr. Nader Entessar will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Monday, April 8, 2019 from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Talk title: “US Policy Towards Iran: The Trump Administration's Strategy of Compellence” Nader Entessar (University of South Alabama) 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm in ten Hoor 257 Dr. Nader Entessar is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Alabama. He is author of Kurdish Politics in the Middle East (2009) and co-author of Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Accord and Détente Since the Geneva [...]
Dr. Steve Niva will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 1:00pm-2:30pm. Talk title: “US Special Operations Forces, Drones and the New American Way of War in the Middle East” 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm in ten Hoor 113 Abstract: With the withdrawal of most US ground forces from the Middle East, there has been a growing reliance upon drone strikes and targeted operations outside conventional war zones. While many suggest these developments [...]
Dr. Noora Lori from Boston University will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on October 3, 2019 from 3:00pm-5:00pm in Lloyd Hall 222. Talk title: "Offshore Citizens: Permanent Temporary Status and Racial Hierarchies in the United Arab Emirates" Organized by the Program for Middle East Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Gender & Race Studies and the Department of Political Science. Abstract: When it comes to extending citizenship to some groups, why might ruling political elites say neither [...]
October 9, 2019 Dr. Byron E. Shafer from the University of Wisconsin will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on October 9th from 12:00pm-1:00pm in room 346 of ten Hoor to give a presentation on "The American Political Pattern, 1929-2019."
The Department of Political Science and the Program for Middle East Studies invite you to a panel. Dr. F. Gregory Gause, III will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department from Texas A&M University on October 16th to give a talk in ten Hoor 117 from 12:00pm-1:00pm. Talk title: "Are You Interested in Getting an MA in International Affairs?" Dr. Gause will also present a talk on the international relations of the Middle East. An MA degree in International [...]
Dr. Michael Hayes will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department on Tuesday, October 22nd to give a talk in ten Hoor 346 from 12:00pm-1:15pm. Talk title: "The Effect of the New Jersey Superintendent Salary Cap on Superintendent Turnover" Abstract: Starting in 2011, New Jersey set a salary cap for all future superintendent contracts based on student enrollment. This is one of the first state-imposed tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) placed directly on local public managers. The salary cap [...]
Dr. Robert Vitalis will be visiting the University of Alabama Political Science Department and the Department of Gender & Race Studies to give a talk on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 in Lloyd Hall 222 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Talk title: "A Mongrel-American Social Science: International Relations" Abstract: Dr. Vitalis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent book, White World Order, Black Power Politics: the Birth of American International Relations (2015), explores the unwritten history of disciplinary [...]
November 19, 2019 Dr. Allen DuBose Diplomat in Residence US State Department Class visit to Dr. Waleed Hazbun's PSC 413 American Foreign Policy 12:30pm-1:45pm in ten Hoor 103
Dr. Alexandra Délano Alonso will be visiting The University of Alabama Political Science Department on Friday, December 6th to present a talk from 3:00pm-4:30pm in ten Hoor 346. Talk title: "Transformative Practices of Solidarity across the Central America-Mexico US Corridor" Abstract: In a context of heightened border controls and xenophobia this presentation examines grassroots initiatives across the Central America-Mexico-US corridor that offer alternative frames to respond to the realities of migration, including its root causes and impacts on both people in contexts [...]