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UCSB Social Sciences Hosts "Archives Unbound: 50 Years of Hope, Resistance and Rebellion" Conference to Inaugurate Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive Gift

The Division of Social Sciences is hosting a major conference at UCSB, “Archives Unbound: 50 Years of Hope, Resistance and Rebellion.”  This three day, in-person conference seeks to honor, engage, and extend the work of Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson and to inaugurate the gift of the Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive to UCSB.

UCSB Communication Department Ranked #2 Globally!

UCSB's department of Communication has been ranked as the second best Communication program worldwide. 

UC Santa Barbara selects inaugural Public Voices Fellows

Twenty faculty thought leaders, including social sciences faculty Nicole Cerpa Vielma (Global Studies),Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky (Global Studies), Jeffrey Hoelle (Anthropology), Mireille Miller-Young (Feminist Studies),  and France Winddance Twine (Sociology), have been selected to participate in the 2024 cohort of the newly launched Public Voices Fellowship at UC Santa Barbara, in partnership with the OpEd Project. This fellowship promises to elevate the voices of campus experts by placing their research-based opinion pieces in national and international publications.

Professor Kate Bruhn Authors New Book: Politics and the Pink Tide

Political Science Professor and Department Chair Kate Bruhn has authored a newly published book entitled Politics and the Pink Tide - A Comparative Analysis of Protest in Latin America. Congratulations on this incredible contribution to the field of Comparative Politics.

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Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 grants to four UCSB social science departments

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded four $100,000 grants apiece to the departments of Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, and Feminist Studies. These gifts come as part of the multimillion-dollar Affirming Multivocal Humanities Initiative (https://www.mellon.org/features/affirming-multivocal-humanities), committed to supporting racial, ethnic, gender, and sexuality studies in public college and university programs.  

Spring 2024 Political Science Undergraduate Scholarships

Please find below the list of Undergraduate Scholarships offered by the Political Science department for Spring 2024. Further details about each scholarship being offered are included in the linked and below shown flyer.

Note: Applicants for all schoalrships must be in academic residence at UCSB for the upcoming academic year. Click on the name of the scholarship for the application and more details on eligibility. Send all applications to polsci-admin@ucsb.edu. Deadline is Friday, May 17th 2024. 

Academic Senate’s 2023-’24 Distinguished Teaching Award Winner - Chase Hobbs Morgan

Chase Hobbs Morgan, a lecturer in the Political Science department, has received the 2023-24 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Academic Senate in recognition of his successful efforts in teaching with excellence in creative and scholarly work. 

Professor Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky's New Book: Empire of Refugees

Global Studies Professor Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky published a new book entitled Empire of Refugees. His archival fieldwork took him to 10 countries, including Turkey, Jordan, Russia, Georgia and Bulgaria. The recently released book, his first, tells the little-known story of how roughly 1 million Muslims from Russia sought refuge in the Middle East. 

https://news.ucsb.edu/in-focus/new-book-reveals-ottoman-origins-refugee-resettle…