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Recent News and Upcoming Events

Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy

Oct 20, 2026

Ryan Burtger publishes article in Political Science Quarterly

Oct 20, 2026

Sarah Anzia was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!

Oct 14, 2026

Metaketa Initiative Receives Margaret Levi Award for the Advancement of Comparative Methodology

Oct 14, 2026

Leonardo Di Bonaventura-Altuve Co-Authors Article in Journal of Latin American Studies

Oct

Fireside chat: Inside CalPERS

Please join us for a conversation with Mullissa Willette, a first-term CalPERS Board of Administration member. Willette will...

Oct

Book Talk: Company Towns

In Company Towns, Elizabeth Mitchell Elder examines the long-lasting political legacies of mining-company dominance in the Midwest and...

Oct

Indispensable but Invisible: Legal Expertise and Juridical Capital in the Governance of Late Imperial China | Lecture by Li Chen

During the Qing period (1644–1912), late imperial China was in theory governed by approximately two thousand local administrators...

Oct

The Next Generation of Democratic Resilience: Commemorating 30 Years of Taiwan’s Electoral Sovereignty

This year will mark the 30th anniversary of Taiwan's Electoral Sovereignty. Join us for an insightful discussion with...

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