Distinguished Professor, Dr. Ali Riaz was interviewed by local NPR affiliate WGLT about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prior to the Department of Politics and Government’s panel on the conflict on Tuesday, November 7.
Under the mentorship of Dr. Noha Shawki, and in collaboration with several high school teachers in Bloomington-Normal, four political science majors and members of the 2023 ISU Model United Nations (Model UN) team helped coordinate and run two Model UN simulations for students from several high schools in the Bloomington-Normal area in fall semester 2023.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published a chapter on constitutionalism and politics in Bangladesh in an edited volume titled “A History of the Constitution of Bangladesh: The Founding, Development, and Way Ahead”.
United States Ambassador (retired) Geeta Pasi, the inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Illinois State University, participated in a talk entitled “African Democracy in the Balance” at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics on October 31st.
As Bangladesh plunged into a political crisis and violence ensued after police dispersed an opposition rally on October 28, Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has been quoted in several international media and published commentaries on the implications of these incidents.
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism has featured Legal Studies Director, Professor Tom McClure in their Spotlight Series.
On Tuesday, November 7, the Department of Politics and Government will host “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: The History and the Trajectory.”
Dr. Mike Hendricks and the Applied Community Economic Development students in his POL 470: Seminar in Community Development course attended the 2023 Housing Matters Conference in Bloomington, October 19-20.
On Thursday, October 19, Politics and Government alumni Cheyanne Pincsak and Jacob Hobson visited the Department’s POL 296 Political Science Professional Development course, to provide advice about law school, graduate school, and professionalism.
Ambassador J. Peter Pham gave the 2023 Hibbert R. Roberts lecture to a capacity crowd of students, faculty, and members of the community on October 10.
