Featuring Edward L. Rubin, Distinguished University Professor of Law and Political Science, Vanderbilt University Abstract: Existing definitions of democracy focus on one notable feature, an elected, policy making legislature. Existing theories of democracy, many of which are more aspirational than […]
CSLS Speaker Series: Publics in Action: The Self-Making of Civic Life (Oxford University Press, 2025) featuring Christopher Kutz, C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley Monday, March 16, […]
featuring Stephanie L. Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, UC Berkeley Abstract: Each year, thousands of youth endure harrowing unaccompanied and undocumented […]
Featuring Allison Harris, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University Abstract: What happens when government institutions become more diverse? Shades of Justice: How Court Composition Influences Sentencing Disparities in U.S. Trial Courts […]
Featuring Poulami Roychowdhury, Associate Professor of Sociology and International & Public Affairs, Brown University Abstract: Right-wing populist political parties have historically faced significant disadvantages with women voters and continue to […]
Featuring Jonathan Levy, Professor of History, Sciences Po Paris, Centre for History Abstract: This talk is drawn from a book-in-progress on the history of climate change in the city of Houston in the […]
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