Longtime Political Science department member, former Dean of Arts, and current associated faculty member Antonia Maioni will be taking on a new role as President of John Cabot University in Rome, starting July 1. Congratulations to her on this important honour, opportunity, and responsibility!
At 2/91 or 3/157, a great showing for the amazing young alums of a single department!
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One more alum, Tyler Kowch, won a Regional Award. Valued at $5,000 or $10,000, McCall MacBain Regional Awards can be used to enroll in a full-time master’s or professional program at McGill or any public university in Canada.
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Of the 91 finalists from around the world for the McCall MacBain Scholars Scholarships, Canada’s largest leadership-based scholarships for master’s and professional studies, two are recent department alums: Leo Brown BA '25 and Plem Kijamba Lushemba BA '25.
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A virtual event with Profs Daniel Beland and Maria Popova, as well as professors from the Max Bell School and Cambridge on a very timely topic.
mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/all-eyes-on-... A conversation with Diamond-Brown Professor of Democratic Studies Juan Pablo Luna about the ouster of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and the wider ramifications it holds for the region.
New from Prof Daniel Beland
New article from Prof Arash Abizadeh ""Elicitory Structural Power and Agential Power: An Outline and Defense" jesp.org/index.php/je...
A major essay from @debthompsonphd.bsky.social in the Globe and Mail, looking back at what the first year of Donald Trump's return to the presidency has wrought.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
or for access on campus
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Sharing this new @irpp.org paper on #internaltrade by Diya Jiang, @trevortombe.bsky.social and I: “The Politics of Internal Trade: Narratives, Public Opinion and Canadian Federalism” @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social centre.irpp.org/research-stu...
New article from Associate Professor Maria Popova on Ukraine's anti-corruption reforms and EU accession.
🎤 #Conférence
👤 D. Azpuru, Wichita University
➡️ Why do Latin American Citizens Support Populist Presidents?
📅 2026|01|16, 15h – 17h
📍 McGill - Thomson House - Ballroom
En savoir plus • Read more ⬇️
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@mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social
There are also postdoctoral fellowships available in democratic and community resilience (2 year, $CAN 70,000) . Complete applications for those are due January 16, with an agreed-on supervisor from McGill, so if you (or your students) are interested, get in touch ASAP.
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Canada Impact Chair at McGill: Full professors of advanced associate professors with research interests that include "democratic and community resilience" living and working outside of Canada, Review of applications will begin January 26.
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for Ukraine and its real allies to look for an alternative framework for negotiations with an objective mediator, or to simply invest fully in seeking Russia’s defeat.
www.policymagazine.ca/the-russia-u...
From my latest column: "Ukraine continues its effective military resistance on the battlefield and- shamefully for all of the free world that Donald Trump pretends to lead- now has to take part in the diplomatic charade that Trump and Putin are orchestrating. It is time...
End of 2025 alumni newsletter.
Please consider making a year-end gift at www.alumni.mcgill.ca/give/?new=1&...
Maria Popova argues the US–Russia draft isn't a peace plan, but a "Russian-penned settlement" designed to win at the table what Moscow failed to win on the battlefield. @popovaprof.bsky.social, @mcgill.ca, @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/the-latest-p... #analysis #russian #ukraine
New Centre for Global Chinese Studies launches led by Associate Professor of Political Science Juan Wang!
www.mcgill.ca/global-engag...
#polisky Full or advanced associate professors studying "Democratic and community resilience" and currently living and working outside Canada are invited to apply for a Canada Impact+ Chair at McGill.
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A new op-ed on the Russo-Ukrainian war and the ongoing negotiations by PhD candidate Anastasia Leshchyshyn and Associate Professor Maria Popova.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Diamond-Brown Professor of Democratic Studies Juan Pablo Luna interviewed in the Globe & Mail about the upcoming Chilean election.
Check out this interview with Prof Amy Janzwood about her new book “Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure”
www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...
Two major new books out from department faculty!
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance: Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure
Assistant Prof Amy Janzwood
UBC Press
Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory
Associate Prof Yann Allard-Tremblay
OUP
Our creative and hardworking students regularly come up with ambitious new ideas, like this year's creation of an undergraduate research conference. The opportunities fund supported by alumni generosity provides the flexibility to be able to support such ideas.
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Department enrollments have grown tremendously while resources have been shrinking. Alumni support makes it possible to serve our students better— another class on the books, another TA to keep conference sizes a little smaller, another chance to apply for a big grant for greater impact.
Please make a gift in proportion to your ability and career stage— but even if you're just getting started, a small annual gift (choose "recurring" at the link) multiplied by our 12,000 alumni can make a huge difference in a challenging provincial budget environment.
On Giving Tuesday, if your McGill Political Science degree helped you on your way, please give back so that current and future students can get the same opportunities!
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