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Political Science Department, McGill University

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"From Democratic Resilience to Recession"

The conference begins on Monday! Keynote addresses by Steven Levitsky, Ashley Jardina, and Robert Mickey.

Tuesday is sold out, but there are still a few registration spots available for Monday: alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Check out Professor Yann Allard-Tremblay's new book, now available from Oxford University Press. You can read the introductory chapter for free here: academic.oup.com/book/60793/c...
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New article from Professor Juliet Johnson (Political Science) and Professor Benjamin Forest (Geography) "Aspirational Iconography: The European Union Flag as an Extraterritorial Political Symbol”, available open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Aspirational Iconography: The European Union Flag as an Extraterritorial Political Symbol
How and why did the European Union (EU) flag, once a banal marker of European integration and institutions in its member states, become such a politically charged symbol outside of the EU? We demon...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
See you tonight!
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Associate Professor Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social has been renewed as Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies for a second five-year term.

www.mcgill.ca/arts/article... @mcgillarts.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair Announcements for the Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to announce that new and renewed Canada Research Chairs were awarded to Ayodeji Ogunnaike, Assistant Professor, School of Religious Studies, and Debra Thompson, Associat...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Amy Janzwood @amyjanzwood.bsky.social 's book _Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance_ is coming out soon from UBC Press. A book launch will be held Nov 26, 4:30-5:30 pm, Thomson House; she will be in conversation about the book with Darin Barney.

Open to all, RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Fall 2025 newsletter

(Now updated with the correction that *nine,* not eight, of the 343 seats in the parliament elected this year are held by alumni of the department.)
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Congratulations to today's graduates!

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McGill University Fall Convocation 2025 PM
YouTube video by McGill University
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October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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And (separately) registration is still open for the alumni Homecoming week roundtable "Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World"

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October 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Registration is open for the inaugural conference for the Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies!

"From Democratic Resilience to Recession: Global and Canadian Perspectives on Authoritarian Backsliding."

alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Registration is open for the inaugural conference for the Diamond-Brown Chair in Democratic Studies!

"From Democratic Resilience to Recession: Global and Canadian Perspectives on Authoritarian Backsliding."

alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Assistant Professor @amyjanzwood.bsky.social is among the experts featured on this CBC "Ideas with Nahlah Ayed" episode on building pipelines and fighting climate change, and public opinion that seems to want both.

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October 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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with
@danielbeland.bsky.social on Trump 2.0 and Canadian Identity
@popovaprof.bsky.social on Russia’s War on Europe
@leobaccini.bsky.social on International Trade in Turbulent Times
@debthompsonphd.bsky.social on The War on Woke
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social on The Crisis of Constitutional Democracy
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October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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@mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social Homecoming week roundtable in the Department of Political Science

Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World

Oct 23, 5:45 pm

Moderator:
@excubs.bsky.social

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Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World
In this special Homecoming roundtable, experts from the McGill Department of Political Science discuss today's most pressing issues.
www.eventbrite.ca
October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New article coauthored by Juliet Johnson and Alison Johnston in Perspectives on Politics

"Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments"

doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments
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October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New from Associate Professor of Political Science @popovaprof.bsky.social Maria Popova, in Policy

Maia Sandu’s Latest Victory and Moldova’s European Future

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Maia Sandu's Latest Victory and Moldova’s European Future - Policy Magazine
Moldova’s parliamentary election on Sunday was supposed to be an uphill battle for the ruling reformist, pro-European party, the European Action and
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October 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
www.eventbrite.ca/e/democracy-...

@mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social Homecoming week roundtable in the Department of Political Science

Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World

Oct 23, 5:45 pm

Moderator:
@excubs.bsky.social

1/2
Democracy under Pressure: What’s at Stake for Canada and the World
In this special Homecoming roundtable, experts from the McGill Department of Political Science discuss today's most pressing issues.
www.eventbrite.ca
October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Today and tomorrow! Learning about democracy and design from Black feminist perspectives, at the Lin Centre conference at McGill University. @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @gripp-montreal.bsky.social @lecre.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Inaugural conference of the newly established Center for Global Chinese Studies at McGill

"Understanding the Future of China's Economy in Canada"

Friday, October 3, at the Faculty Club.

The conference is cosponsored by Global Affairs Canada.
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Five Political Science faculty members were awarded Insight Grants or Insight Development Grants totalling over $600,000 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada:

Arash Abizadeh
Megan Bradley
Catherine Lu
T.V. Paul
Tania Islas Weinstein

www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...
McGill Arts Researchers Receive Over $2M in Funding from SSHRC
The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently announced the recipients of its 2024 SSHRC Insight Grants awarding $127.6 million in funding to 693 research projects from...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM