A wide variety of books, journal articles, and other publications regularly showcase new research by our faculty scholars.
The Department of Political Science provides graduate and undergraduate education in five subfields: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory and Constitutional studies. Our faculty have earned international recognition for research on pressing political and social issues of interest to our communities, the nation, and the world. College Factual recently ranked our undergraduate program on of the top Political Science & Government Colleges in the U.S.
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Oct 23
Graduate Student Social
An open house of fellowship and food hosted by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies in support of Notre Dame Graduate Students.
- Guests must bring their Irish1Card to attend. …
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Oct 25
The 20th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace
Featuring Sarah Thompson, 2018 Generations Fellow at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
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Oct 25
Lecture by Roel Sterckx, "Work, Wealth and Want: A View from Ancient China"
Which professions and what types of labor make a good person? Is it morally correct to generate riches and accumulate wealth? What attitudes should a ruler and those who are materially well-off display towards the poor and have-nots? These were questions that figured on the agenda of several masters of philosophy during the age of Confucius...…
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Oct 25
Why the Populists have a Point: The Tyranny of Merit and the Future of Democracy
The Political Theory Program at Notre Dame presents the 2018 Niemeyer Lectures in Political Philosophy. Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Harvard University, will present "Why the Populists have a Point: the Tyranny of Merit and the Future of Democracy".…
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