Retired United States Ambassador Geeta Pasi, the inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs at Illinois State University, visited the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) on September 19.
During Homecoming Week, the Department of Politics and Government celebrated two graduates honored during Alumni Day.
The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes Katie Raisner, its first full-time director of student success, retention, and recruitment.
The second talk in the Democracy in Focus: the 2024 Election speaker series will be held Wednesday, October 9, at 3:30 p.m. in 151 Center for the Visual Arts. Dr. Adam Enders, associate professor of political science at the University of Louisville, will present a talk titled: “Down the Rabbit Hole?: The Political Psychology of Conspiracy Beliefs.” The talk is free and open to the public.
With the October 1 retirement of Debbie Fox, assistant dean for the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), who has edited and published CASNews for the past 18 years, CASNews will take a brief hiatus from publication. Look for CASNews to resume weekly publication next semester.
Department of Politics and Government graduate students Lyndsay Jones and Saqlain Khurshid are among the winners of this year’s Paul Simon Democracy Prize.
Distinguished Professor of political science Ali Riaz has been named to lead a Commission to reform the constitution of Bangladesh.
In 2024, Director of Legal Studies and Professor Tom McClure gave continuing legal education (CLE) presentations to four different groups in Missouri, Florida, and Illinois.
Distinguished professor Ali Riaz has been re-elected as the president of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) for the 2024-2028 term.
Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has been interviewed and quoted on the political situation in Bangladesh, especially about the performance and challenges faced by the interim government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh’s relationship with India.
