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Political Science

Political Science Weekly Digest for Friday, November 21, 2025

November 28, 2025

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

POLITICAL SCIENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONGRATULATIONS TO OLIVER SCHMIDTKE!
Oliver has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt-Forschungspreis) by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation which is one of Germany’s most prestigious international research distinctions. Granted to globally influential scholars, it provides €80,000 in research support and facilitates extended research stays and collaboration in Germany.  The award will support Oliver’s upcoming research stay in 2026 at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at the University of Osnabrück, where he will focus on questions of migration, democratic resilience, and transatlantic collaboration. Read more here.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN INDIGENOUS POLITICS
Closing date: Monday, January 5, 2026
Full posting

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR RECENT “ABOVE AND BEYOND” RECIPIENTS!

  • Sydney Biddell, Undergrad student
  • Keith Cherry, Sessional instructor
  • Coco Cunningham, Undergrad student
  • Sean Darling, Sessional instructor
  • Yaseen Hammoud, Undergrad student
  • Ruby Parker, Undergrad student

 

UVic ANNOUNCMENTS

NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Wednesday, December 3, 11:30 am - 12: 30 pm, Engineering Lab
Please join us on December 3rd as we mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This day commemorates the 14 women in the Engineering program at Polytechnique Montréal who were murdered in an act of violent misogyny that shook our country on Dec. 6, 1989. This event is intended to allow us to grieve together, to learn about commitments by UVic and the Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science to work to eliminate gender-based violence, and to witness the lived experience of our speakers. We invite you to come build community in Sharing Circles after the event.

In honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, UVic has cancelled all classes from 11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. on December 3rd. Please wear purple if you can, and dress for the weather. Main program 11:30am to 12:30pm outside of ELW.

CAFÉ HISTORIQUE: “What if… Oswald missed? JFK and Vietnam”
Simon Devereaux
Wednesday, December 3, 7-9 pm, Hermann’s Jazz Club, Doors at 5:30 pm. Reserve a ticket
This talk will review the cases 'for' and 'against' the most enduring counterfactual proposition surrounding John F. Kennedy and his tragically foreshortened presidency – that he would have found the will and the means to avoid becoming entangled in war in Southeast Asia, the single greatest American foreign policy disaster of the 20th century. Please note that Café Historique is First-Come-First-Served seating. Don’t forget $5 cash for your entry fee.