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The Departmental Seminar of the Political Science Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem convenes several times each semester to discuss the work of faculty members and guests.

In these pages you can find information past and upcoming talks, view abstracts and gain access to the papers discussed in each meeting.

If you have questions, comments or suggestions please feel free to contact Dr. Dan Miodownik via e-mail miodownik-at-mscc.huji.ac.il

2009-2010
    November 4th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Mehachem Hofnung (Political Science, Hebrew University) & Ms. Keren Weinshall (Political Science, Hebrew University)
  • Judicial Setbacks, Material Gains: Terror Litigation at the High Court of Justice (abstract) (paper)
    November 18th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Moses Shayo (Economics, Hebrew University)
  • Non-Consequentialist Voting (abstract)
    December 2nd 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Daniel A. Bell (Tsinghua University, Beijing)
  • Reviving Tradition in China: Towards a progressive and humane Confucian ethics? (abstract)
    December 16th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Eran Halperin (Lauder School, IDC)
  • Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Intergroup Conflicts - A Psycho-Political Perspective (abstract)
    December 23rd 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Jeffrey S. Kopstein (Political Science, University of Toronto)
  • Deadly Communities: Local Political Milieux and the Persecution of Jews in Occupied Poland (abstract)
    January 13th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Oren Barak (Political Science, Hebrew University) & Prof. Gabriel Sheffer (Political Science, Hebrew University)
  • Israel's "Complex of Security" In Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (abstract)
    March 3rd 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Ilan Danjoux (Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University)
  • Political Cartoons as Barometers of Conflict (abstract)
    March 17th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Amiram Oren (Van Leer Institute)
  • The Territorial Dimension of Defense Israel in Civil-Military Relations perspective (abstract)
    April 14th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Philippe Van Parijs (Universitè Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
  • Can democracy work in a 'binational' country? Political theory and Belgium's experience (abstract)
    April 28th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Brenda Shaffer (Political Science & East Asia, Haifa University)
  • Am I my brother's keeper?: Ethno-National states' relations with co-ethnics abroad-- the case of Central Asia (abstract)
    May 26th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Tamar S. Hermann (Political Science, Open University Israel)
  • The sour taste of success: the Israeli peace movement 1993-2008 (abstract)
    June 9th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Matthew S. Shugart (Political Science, UC San Diego)
  • Party Personnel Strategies: The Role of the Electoral System (abstract)
2008-2009

Schedule of events (Fall 2008-Spring 2009)

    November 12th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Reuven Y. Hazan (Political Science, Hebrew University) & Dr. Gideon Rahat (Political Science, Hebrew University)
  • Democracy and political parties: On the uneasy relationship between participation, competition and representation (abstract)
    December 10th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Daniel Schwartz (Politics & IR, Aston University, UK)
  • Explaining Left Nationalism in Latin America (abstract)
    December 17th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Orit Kedar (Political Science, MIT)
  • Coalition-Targeted Duvergerian Voting: How Expectations Affect Voter Choice under Proportional Representation (abstract)
    December 31st 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Chares Demetrou (Golda Meir Fellow, Hebrew University)
  • Political Violence and Legitimization (abstract)
    January 21st 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Momi Dahan (Public Policy, Hebrew University)
  • Social Identity and Voter Turnout (abstract)
    February 4th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Miri Bentwich (Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew University)
  • A Liberal Deliberative Constitutionalism? Revisiting Locke�s stance on Individual Liberty and Political Participation (abstract)
    March 18th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Sidney Tarrow (Political Science, Cornell University)
  • Polanyi in Brussels: Supranational Institutions and the Transnational Embedding of Social Policy (abstract)
    April 1st 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Mario Sznajder (Political Science, Hebrew University) & Prof. Luis Roniger (Political Science, Wake Forest University)
  • Presidential Exile in Latin America (paper)
    April 22nd 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Michael Shalev (Hebrew University) & Dr. Gal Levy (The Open University)
  • The Pendulum of Class Voting in Israel, 1999-2009 (abstract)
    May 6th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Ofer Feldman (Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan)
  • Personality, Groups, and the Culture: Aspects of Leaders and Leadership in Japan (abstract)
    May 20th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Richard Snyder (Political Science, Brown University)
  • Passion, Craft, and Method: The Human Dimension of Comparative Research (paper)
    May 27th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Maha El-Taji Daghash (Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew University)
  • Uncommitted State and Committed Social Agents (abstract)
2007-2008

Schedule of events (Fall 2007 - Spring 2008)

    November 7th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Gabriel Sheffer and Ms. Hadas Roth-Toledano (Hebrew University)
  • Who Leads? Israeli-Diaspora Relations (abstract)
    November 21st 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Benoit Rihoux and Prof. Elise Feron (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
  • Peace-keeping and intervention policies: evaluation of their impact and improving evaluation tools (abstract)
    December 12th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Joel Migdal (University of Washington, Seattle)
  • Creating the Public: Public Interaction and the Construction of Democracy (abstract)
    January 2th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Moshe Maor (Hebrew University)
  • Organizational Reputation and the Timing of Agency Expansion (abstract)
    January 9th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Mr. Yotam Margalit (ABD) (Stanford University)
  • Commerce & Oppositions: The Political Responses of Globalization's Losers (abstract)
    January 16th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. John Barry (Queen's University Belfast)
  • Republicanism and Green Politics: Sustainability, Vulnerability and Economic Security (abstract)
    February 27th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Csaba Nikolenyi (Concordia University, Montreal)
  • Learning to Win: Parties, Parliaments and Minority Governments in Post-Communist Democracies (abstract)
    March 19th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Itzhak Galnoor (Hebrew University) & Dr. Dana Blander (The Israel Democracy Institute)
  • The 1949 Constitution: A Cornerstone of Israel's Political System (abstract)
    April 9th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Carole Uhlaner (University of California - Irvine)
  • The political participation of ethnic minorities and links to representation (abstract)
    May 21st 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Esteban Klor (Hebrew University)
  • The Struggle for Palestinians Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada (abstract)
    June 4th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Dr. Arie Perliger (Hebrew University)
  • Terrorism and Social Networks - A New Perspective for Understanding the Recent Wave of Terrorism (abstract)
    June 18th 14:30-16:00, Social Science, Room 4326
    Prof. Michael Walzer (Princeton University), Prof. Daniel A. Bell (Tsinghua University), Prof. Avner de-Shalit (Hebrew University)
  • Should Leftists support international intervention in order to promote democracy?
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