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  • Political Science Career Night

    Thursday, March 09, 2017 | By

    Presented by Career Education and the Department of Political Science
     
    Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017
    5-7 p.m. | Pond Inlet
     
    Network with professionals. Develop your skills. Jump-start your career.
     
    Students in the political science undergraduate program at Brock University are invited to network with successful Brock alumni currently working in government and the non-for-profit, private, law-related and education sectors to gain professional insight and advice in jump-starting your career.
     
    Reserve your spot by registering online at CareerZone.
     
    For more information, contact Donna Chistoff, Career Consultant at dchistoff@brocku.ca or Hevina Dashwood, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at hdashwood@brocku.ca.

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  • Politics and Film: Cabaret

    Monday, February 27, 2017 | By

    Cabaret (1972, Dir. Bob Fosse)
    Ten Academy Awards nominations, eight Oscars

    Followed by Q&A and audience discussion

    The Film House, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines

    Brock University’s Department of Political Science invites you to join us for a screening and discussion of Cabaret, the classic 1972 film starring Liza Minelli.

    The election of Donald Trump in the United States and the worldwide rise of extreme right-wing populism has sparked interest in early 1930s Germany, the period captured by Cabaret, one of the most celebrated films in American cinema.

    “Set as it is in Germany between the two World Wars, Cabaret is a compelling exploration of what constitutes complicity or resistance to the gathering forces of authoritarian rule,” says Brock Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts David Fancy. “It has surprising relevance to the contemporary moment.”

    The film will be followed by a Q&A and audience discussion with Prof. Fancy.

    Cabaret is presented in conjunction with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House. Tickets are $9 (general admission) and $7 for Film House members. Tickets can be bought online or by calling the box office at 905-688-0722. Tickets are also available the day of show.

    For further information, please contact Blayne Haggart.

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  • International Copyright and Access to Knowledge

    Thursday, February 16, 2017 | By

    Sara Bannerman (McMaster University)
    Thursday, February 16, 2017, 2 pm-4 pm
    Sankey Chamber

    The principle of Access to Knowledge (A2K) has become a common reference point for a diverse set of agendas that all hope to realize technological and human potential by making knowledge more accessible. This book is a history of copyright focussed on principles of Access to Knowledge and their proponents.

    Traditional histories of copyright have showcased France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. Countries and groups that often do not appear in traditional copyright histories have been, in many cases, the main proponents of access. This history shifts its focus to these protagonists. An alternate history of international copyright is important given the current battles over copyright in international fora. This book examines the roles of developing countries and NGOs as part of a long tradition of advocacy for Access to Knowledge that dates back 125 years.

    Sara Bannerman is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Multimedia and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance at McMaster University. She has published articles and book chapters on international copyright, crowdfunding, historical institutionalism, and Canadian media coverage of same-sex marriage.  Her research area is the networked governance of communication, including copyright and intellectual property, communications law & policy, the international governance of communications, and communications policy history.  She the author of International Copyright and Access to Knowledge (CambridgeUP) and The Struggle for Canadian Copyright: Imperialism to Internationalism, 1842-1971 (UBC Press, 2013).

    For further information, contact Zachary Spicer.

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  • Politics and Film: The Big Short

    Monday, January 30, 2017 | By

    The Big Short (2015, Dir. Adam McKay)
    5 Oscar nominations; Oscar winner, Best Adapted ScreenplayMonday, January 30, 8 pm
    The Film House
    250 St. Paul St., St. CatharinesThe 2008 Global Financial Crisis almost destroyed the world economy, and led to the rise of Donald Trump. And yet very few people saw it coming. The Oscar-winning film The Big Short is Adam McKay’s hilarious and infuriating account of what actually happened, starring Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt.

    The film will be followed with a discussion and audience Q&A with political science professors Stefan Dolgert and Blayne Haggart.

    The Big Short is presented in conjunction with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House. Tickets are $9 (general admission) and $7 for Film House members. Tickets can be bought online at https://firstontariopac.ca/Online/article/FilmHouse or by calling the box office at 905-688-0722. Tickets are also available the day of show.

    This is an Experience BU event.

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  • When did Canada become a Democracy?

    Monday, January 23, 2017 | By

    Dennis Pilon, York University
    January 23, 2017, 2 pm – 4 pm
    Academic South 217

    Scholars routinely refer to Canadian democracy but seldom enquire about its origins or development, other than to note the extension of the franchise to women, visible minorities, and indigenous peoples.  Yet there is little doubt that while Canada was not a democracy at its founding it has been considered to be one for some time.  What changed?  When were the decisive moments that contributed to the shift from not-democracy to democracy?  The challenges in taking up this question are simultaneously theoretical, methodological and empirical, involving debate about just what ‘democracy’ is or is not and what counts as evidence in establishing its existence or depth.  This talk will explore these questions with the aid of historian Ian Mackay’s ‘liberal order framework’ to help guide the discussion.

    For further information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

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  • The Rise of Trumpism: What’s Next for the United States, Canada and the World?

    Tuesday, January 17, 2017 | By

    Panel discussion
    Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 7 pm – 9 pm
    St. Catharines Public Library
    Mills Room
    54 Church St.
    St. Catharines, ON

    The inauguration of the most-unqualified presidential candidate in US history is days away. People and countries around the world are fearing the worst. What should we expect over the next four years?

    Join our experts from the Brock University Department of Political Science for a roundtable discussion and Q&A as we try to come to terms with an event that will reverberate for years to come.

    Speakers:
    Leah Bradshaw, Professor
    Stefan Dolgert, Assistant Professor
    Blayne Haggart, Associate Professor

    For more information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

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  • The Inescapable Politics of Policing Fair Play in Sport

    Friday, November 25, 2016 | By

    November 25, 2016
    10:00am – 11:30am
    PL 600F

    Questions of fair play were among the many concerns that emerged in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Scandals about alleged corruption and systematic doping plagued athletes training in both Russia and Kenya. With the suspension of the hyperandrogenism regulations, which set a threshold for testosterone levels for competitors in women’s events, there were also expressed concerns about whether or not South African 800-meter runner Caster Semenya had an unfair advantage over her competitors. This research presentation examines the enduring politics—geopolitical, classed, gendered, and postcolonial—of attempts to regulate fair play through the policing of athletes’ bodies. It also considers new techno-scientific dimensions of these politics, which have become visible in recent scandals. It draws upon qualitative and archival data collected by Dr. Henne in Australasia, Europe, and North America, including interview data with nearly 200 participants, observations of regulatory policy meetings and sport-specific events, and archival research at the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.

    Kathryn (Kate) Henne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo and a fellow of the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University. She was previously a Senior Research Fellow at RegNet, where she worked for five years after completing her Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses the how technology and law interface with social inequality in practice, focusing primarily on the growing use of biometric technologies of regulation. She has studied these issues in the contexts of sport and physical culture, drug regulation, post-incarceration, and social assistance delivery.

    For more information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

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  • The Rise of Trumpism: What Happened, and What’s Next?

    Thursday, November 17, 2016 | By

    Panel Event
    Thursday, November 17, 2016
    2-4 pm
    Welch Hall 207

    The unexpected election of Donald Trump to the US presidency is shaping up to be a world-defining moment, for the United States and the world. What happened, and what are its implications for Canada and international politics?
    Join us for a roundtable discussion and Q&A on an event with few parallels in recent history.

    Speakers:
    Charles Burton, Department of Political Science
    Blayne Haggart, Department of Political Science
    Tamari Kitossa, Department of Sociology

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  • Politics and Film: The Fog of War

    Wednesday, November 09, 2016 | By

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (Dir. Erroll Morris)
    2003 Oscar, Best Documentary, 107 mins
    Followed by Q&A and audience discussion

    Wednesday, November 9, 8 pm
    The Film House
    250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines

    Brock University’s Department of Political Science’s Politics and Film series marks Remembrance Day with a special screening and public discussion of The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, Erroll Morris’ Academy Award-winning documentary-length interview with one the main US architect of the Vietnam War. His reflections on one of the most disastrous and destructive events in US history, and his role in it, is a gripping, enlightening must-see on the nature of war and American politics.

    This screening of The Fog of War will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A with Brock political scientists Stefan Dolgert and Blayne Haggart. Stefan Dolgert calls it “one of the finest meditations on the seductions of realpolitik, the precarious nature of international security, and the horrible cost of failing to think ethically about the origin and conduct of war.”

    The Fog of Waris presented in conjunction with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House. Tickets are $9 (general admission) and $7 for Film House members. Tickets can be bought online at https://firstontariopac.ca/Online/article/FilmHouse or by calling the box office at 905-688-0722. Tickets are also available the day of show.

    For further information, please contact Blayne Haggart.

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  • With Her or with the Hair? Making Sense of the US Presidential Election

    Thursday, November 03, 2016 | By

    Panel Event
    Thursday, November 3
    2-4 pm
    Sankey Chamber

    For more than a year, Americans (and frankly, most of the world) have been riveted by the 2016 presidential race. While most of us are finding it hard to look away, we are also trying to make sense of what we’re seeing. What are the conditions that gave rise to Donald Trump? How did Hillary Clinton manage to become the Democratic nominee? What are the big issues in this campaign that are being ignored? What might be the lasting consequences of this election? And, of course, what is the impact for Canada?

    Join us as we explore these questions with an public lecture, featuring:

    • Stefan Dolgert (Department of Political Science, Brock University)
    • Paul Hamilton (Department of Political Science, Brock University)
    • Tami Friedman (Department of History, Brock University)

    Each will make a brief presentation about the state and history of the current race and help to put the election in context as well as answering questions from the audience.

    For further information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

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