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September, 2024

  •  Tuesday, September 03, 2024 : 10:00am

    Meet-and-Greet Incoming PhD Graduate Students

    Location: Eagleton Institute of Politics, 191 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

    (Open to All)

  •  Monday, September 09, 2024 : 03:00pm

    Gender and Politics Seminar: Women and Politics Online: The Bad, the Ugly and the Good(?)

  •  Tuesday, September 10, 2024 : 09:00am

    Personnel Meeting

  •  Tuesday, September 10, 2024 : 11:00am

    Advisory Meeting

  •  Monday, September 16, 2024 : 10:00am

    Professionalization Seminar: Pursuing Political Science Careers in Europe

  •  Monday, September 16, 2024 : 03:00pm

    Gender and Politics Seminar: Gender Equality and Authoritarian Politic

    Roberta Sigel Lounge RM.#313 Hickman Hall

    It will take place in person, but we will also have a Zoom link for those who cannot attend in person (see below).

    Autocratic Genderwashing: Women’s Rights as Authoritarian Strategies

    Date: Monday, September 16
    Time: 3:00-5:00 PM
    Speaker: Pär Zetterberg (Uppsala University, Sweden)
    Location: 313 Hickman Hall  

    Abstract:
    This book sheds light on why authoritarian states adopt gender-equality reforms. Although autocracies have historically exhibited stark gender inequalities, the past three decades have witnessed dramatic change as the international community has pushed for greater gender equality. Just as many authoritarian states responded to democracy promotion efforts by adopting democratic institutions only superficially, so too have autocratic rulers learned to use gender equality to mask their undemocratic nature. This book labels this phenomenon autocratic genderwashing. It describes how authoritarian rulers go about to use gender equality reforms to distract potential critics and draw their attention away from authoritarian abuses. It also studies when and how autocratic genderwashing actually works and gives examples of how various audiences may mistake gender equality reforms for democratization efforts. Awareness of this phenomenon might make scholars and democracy activists less likely to accept inclusion as a substitute for competition in nondemocratic states.

    Speaker Bio:
    Pär Zetterberg is Professor of Political Science at Uppsala University (Sweden). His main research interests lie in the area of comparative politics, with a focus on gender, and include issues such as candidate recruitment, political parties, political representation, electoral quotas, authoritarianism, political violence, and political behavior. His research has been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics. His ongoing work explores gender and electoral authoritarianism, gender and social media in contentious elections, diversity initiatives within political parties, and gender and political violence. He will be speaking about his book with Elin Bjarnegard, which is forthcoming with Princeton University Press.

    Zoom link:
    https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98529350106?pwd=bcjbSCb6KgnDScb5ieeCC85XYeww0h.1

  •  Tuesday, September 24, 2024 : 11:00am

    Faculty Research Colloquium-Robert Schub

    Roberta Sigel Lounge RM. 612 Hickman Hall

  •  Thursday, September 26, 2024 : 12:00pm

    Emerging Trends Speaker Series: Paola Magdalena Solimena, Columbia University

    Roberta Sigel Lounge RM 612 Hickman Hall  

October, 2024
November, 2024

  •  Friday, November 01, 2024 : 09:00am

    Major Field Exam 

  •  Tuesday, November 05, 2024 : 10:30am

    Emerging Trends Speaker Series: Jiří Kocián, Charles University, Prague, Czechia

    Roberta Sigel Lounge RM 612 Hickman Hall  

  •  Monday, November 11, 2024 : 10:00am

    Professionalization Seminar: Preparing for Comprehensive Exams

    The field chairs will share overviews of what the exam looks like across subfields, as well as to give students advice on how to prepare.

    As a reminder, all first- and second-year students are required to attend all the professionalization seminars. There was some confusion about this during the first session in September, so I want to be clear about expectations. These sessions will always take place in person and are scheduled for times that no other graduate courses in the department meet.

    Many thanks,
    Mona

December, 2024
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