Events

REI Colloquium: Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality

Join us as we congratulate the 2026 recipients of the Charles H. Percy Undergraduate Grant for Public Affairs Research and the Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship. Student awardees will offer brief presentations of their research projects.

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Elections, Executive Power, and America's Role in a Changing World - A Conversation with Former U.S. Representative Charlie Dent (PA-15) As global politics enter a period of heightened uncertainty, the rules-based international order is under increasing strain. The 2026 Matsui Lecture will be a timely and thoughtful conversation between Former U.S. Representative Charlie Dent and Professor of Political Science, Eric Schickler, on the evolving role of the U.S. Congress amid shifting geopolitical power, global trade tensions, and expanding spheres of influence—while also confronting the current administration's aggressive use of presidential power and widespread concerns about executive overreach. With the upcoming..

Join us for an engaging and informative Visit Day hosted by the UC Berkeley Department of Political Science! This event offers prospective PhD students an inside look at one of the nation’s leading programs in political science. Participants will have the opportunity to: Meet faculty, current graduate students, and department staff Learn about our academic programs, research opportunities, and areas of study Explore the vibrant campus and community of UC Berkeley Gain insight into the admissions process, funding opportunities, and graduate life Visit Day is designed to help perspective PhD students envision your academic journey at UC Berkeley and connect..

BLI is pleased to present distinguished speaker Eugene Volokh, Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and professor at UCLA School of Law, for a lecture and discussion on the intersection of AI, the law, and free speech on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. at Banatao Auditorium, University of California, Berkeley. Following the lecture, guests are invited to attend a reception. Registration opens February 5 and closes March 16, 2026. Co-Sponsoring Student Organizations: Active Voicez The Berkeley Forum BridgeUSA at Berkeley Please contact gather@berkeley.edu with any questions.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 7th from 12:00pm-1:30pm for an Authors Meet Critics panel on the book The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World, by Trevor Jackson, Associate Professor of History at UC Berkeley. Professor Jackson will be joined in conversation by Chenzi Xu, Assistant Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, and Dylan Riley, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. Abhishek Kaicker, Associate Professor of History, will moderate.

The 2026 Wildavsky Lecture will feature Jens Ludwig, author of Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.

Please join us on April 20th from 12:00pm-1:30pm for an Authors Meet Critics panel on the book Demos: How the People Ruled Athens, by Daniela Cammack, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (formerly Classics). The book is scheduled to be published in May 2026 by Princeton University Press. Professor Cammack will be joined in conversation by Alison McQueen, the Nehal and Jenny Fan Raj Civics Faculty Fellow in Undergraduate Teaching and an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University; and James..