Events

REI Colloquium: Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago

Monday, September 30, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm

This is the first in the 2024-2025 academic year's series of events examining race, ethnicity, and immigration. Authors Dr. Andy Clarno and Dr. Michael De Anda Muñiz will discuss their book, Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago.

Imperial Policingexamines the role of local law enforcement, federal immigration authorities, and national security agencies in upholding Chicago's highly unequal social order. Collaboratively authored by the Policing in Chicago Research Group, Imperial...

2025 Democracy Camp Info Session

September 18, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm Are you a UC Berkeley undergraduate student who is driven to serve others and be a change-maker? Seeking a career path to public service? Attend our Democracy Camp info session to learn more! 2025 DEMOCRACY CAMP IN BERKELEY

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2025 Cal-in-Sacramento and Schaeffer Fellows Info Session

September 17, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm Interested in public service? Apply for one of our internship programs today!

Information Session: Cal-in-Sacramento Fellowship & Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellows in Government Service | September 17 | 6:00-7:30 p.m. | 119 Philosophy Hall

Speaker: Megan Collins, Institute of Governmental Studies

Sponsor: Institute of Governmental...

Institute of Governmental Studies Fall 2024 Welcome Reception

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:00pm - 5:30pm Join us in welcoming new and returning students, faculty, staff and visiting scholars!

Enjoy sweet and savory bites and toast to the new year while catching up on summer adventures with fellow IGS affiliated faculty, graduate students, student assistants, staff, and fellows. We'll also hear from IGS co-directors Cristina Mora and Eric Schickler about the exciting year of events and programs we have in store!

2024 Barbara Boxer Lecture: Politics is Personal: A Conversation with Former Rep. Jackie Speier

April 17, 2024 4:00pm - 5:15pm Please join us in conversations with Former Representative Jackie Speier.

Every elected official sees life through their personal experience. These experiences have shaped Congresswoman Speier at every level of government as she very successfully navigates the issues.

Join us for the 2024 Boxer Lecture: Politics is Personal - A Conversation with Rep. Jackie Speier, as we discuss her life, her resilience, and how it all shapes her work.

The Barbara Boxer Lecture is an annual event, sponsored...

REI Colloquium: Colonial Humanity: Making Rights and Race at the "Final Frontier"

April 9, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm

This talk traces the under-explored development of rights of mankind in the early Space Age and its role in what I call the colonization of humanity: the reconstruction of human beings as a human race embodied and extended through outposting. Codified in the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967 to inhibit states’ militaristic colonization of space, these rights redefined humanity as a spacefaring race, from the free exploration and use of outer space as the “province of mankind” to the designation of astronauts as “envoys of...

REI Colloquium: Against Muerto Rico: The Struggle for Life in Puerto Rico

March 19, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm

This talk examines the protests that rocked Puerto Rico during the summer of 2019, known as the Verano Boricua. The Verano Boricua is important not just because it resulted in the resignation of Ricardo Rosselló, the first time a democratically elected Puerto Rican governor has vacated their post. It is also important because it indexed a political praxis rooted in the idea of truly living in Puerto Rico –that is, living a life of dignity and respect that is free of degradation and violence. In a context where colonial capitalism creates...

REI Colloquium: From Excluded to Critical Political Actors: Examining the Making of Puerto Rican Politics in Florida

March 7, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm

The arrival of over 1-million Puerto Ricans in Florida is altering Latino politics in the state. Puerto Ricans are now the second-largest Latino group and the second-Largest Latino electorate in the Sunshine State. Puerto Ricans’ migratory shift away from historic destinations in the Northeast and Midwest to the South means they have settled in a vastly different racial and political context. This presentation examines the making of Puerto Rican politics in Florida by focusing on the political experiences of Island born/raised...

2024 Matsui Lecture: Congress and the Crisis in American Democracy

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 - The Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service is pleased to announce that Former United States Representative Mickey Edwards will be the 2024 Matsui Lecturer. The Matsui Lecture is delivered each year by a distinguished former Member of Congress. In addition to speaking at a large public event, the Lecturer also speaks to classes, meets with students, and participates in the intellectual life of the Matsui Center and the Cal campus. Following a pandemic-related hiatus, we are thrilled to restart the Matsui Lecture...

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