Cuban dissidents and Cuban-American leaders have started to ask why Cubans haven’t followed the lead of oppressed populations in Egypt and Tunisia in overthrowing long-entrenched regimes. Associate Professor of Political Science Peter Siavelis said he doesn’t expect to see demonstrations for democracy in the […]
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Steve Whittington, director of the Museum of Anthropology, wrote a catalog to accompany the museum’s current exhibit, “Art of Sky, Art of Earth,” that features ancient pottery from the Maya civilization. The full-color catalog includes more than 50 photographs and accompanying text, in English and […]
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David Weinstein admits to being a bit schizophrenic. Weinstein, a professor of political science, often inhabits two intellectual worlds. The student of British philosophy in him has recently published “John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life.” The German intellectual historian in him […]
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David Weinstein admits to being a bit schizophrenic. Weinstein, a professor of political science and one of Wake Forest’s most prolific scholars in the humanities, often inhabits two intellectual worlds. As he moves back and forth between those worlds, he’s extending Wake Forest’s academic […]
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Sarah Lischer, associate professor of political science, has received funding from the International Peace Research Institute for her proposal, “Going Home to Fight? Explaining Refugee Return and Violence.” One of her current research projects examines the effects of refugee repatriation on political violence in the […]
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Helga Welsh, professor of political science, wrote an article, “Policy Transfer in the Unified Germany: From Imitation to Feedback Loops,” in German Studies Review (Vol. 33, no. 3, October 2010, pp. 531-548). She is also the co-editor of the Special Issue Section of the German Studies […]
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Luis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Political Science, has published two articles: “Exile and its Impact on Shifting Perspectives on Politics, Institutions and Collective Identities”, in Spanish, in the Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Costa Rica), 125: 83-101, in October 2010; and “Massive Exile, Political Inclusion and […]
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Luis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Political Science, published an article, “Latin American Jews and Processes of Transnational Legitimization and De-Legitimization,” in the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (Vol. 9, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 185-208) and “Exilio político democracia” in América Latina Hoy (Salamanca), 55 (2010, pp. […]
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Peter Siavelis, associate professor of political science and Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, made a presentation at the Mexican National Senate in August on the causes and consequences of political reform. His presentation was featured in national TV and print media […]
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Wei-chin Lee, professor of political science, published an edited volume, “Taiwan’s Politics in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges” (World Scientific Pub., 2010) and contributed two chapters, “Taiwan’s Politics in the 2000s: An Introduction” and “Sound and Fury: US-Taiwan Relations under Chen Shui-bian in the […]
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