The Department of Political Science hosted the 5th Annual Book Launch celebrating this year's 6 faculty publications from:
Prof. Anna Esselment joined Prof. Danisch (Speech Communication) and Prof. DeVidi (Philosophy) at the KPL on March 16th for a panel discussion on "Post-truth. Fake News. Alternative facts." as part of the University of Waterloo's Beyond 60 Community Lecture Series.
The Department is pleased to release the 2017 Political Science Newsletter. Enjoy reading and remember we always welcome feedback, questions and comments!
The Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo are deeply concerned by the United States government's Executive Order banning travel to the USA for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, banning all refugees for 120 days and suspending the arrival of Syrian refugees indefinitely.
On December 1, students from PSCI 299 (Political Science Beyond the Classroom) participated in a speed-networking event held in the Velocity Start space in South Campus Hall with six PSCI alumni, from both the public and private sector.
On September 15 2015, the Trudeau Foundation announced that Professor Bessma Momani, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, was awarded one of five 2015 Trudeau Foundation Fellowships.
The Department of Political Science is very proud that Professor Eric Helleiner, was among the newly-announced fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – people who have been peer-elected as the best in their field. The fellowship of the Royal Society consists of individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the arts, the humanities, social science, science, and Canadian public life.
At Arts convocation, William Coleman of the Department of Political Science received the distinguished title of University Professor. He joins an extraordinary group of only sixteen such title-holders at Waterloo who have been recognized for their “exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence in a particular field or fields of knowledge.”
This is Eric Helleiner's third book publication of the year, with The Status Quo Crisis and Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: I