In advance of America’s 250th – when the capitol will be awash in spectacle, nostalgia, and triumph – this symposium gathers scholars for theoretical interventions and reflections on American history and politics. Register and more! centerforthehumanities.org/event/americ... @gcpolisci.bsky.social

Congrats to our own @NailahAmaru on being named to @CityAndStateNY’s inaugural Tomorrow’s Leaders list, recognized for her grassroots advocacy work!

Join our CPW this Thursday for our own Javier Padilla, Aline Van Neutgem, and Ryan Hitch's presentation of their manuscript entitled "Surviving the Transition: How the Post-Transition Trajectories and Strategies of Authoritarian Elite Fathers Shape Their Children’s Position in Democracy"

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join our Political Theory Workshop on Friday, May 1st, for a discussion of Noga Rotem’s paper “Arendt in Palestine.”

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join us on Thursday, April 30th, to find out how the "War on DEI" is reshaping the contemporary university and what is at stake for higher education as a site of knowledge production, professional training, and democratic engagement.

Join our Political Theory Workshop this Friday for a discussion of Sam Galloway’s paper “Commoning Catastrophe.”

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join our Comparative Politics Workshop this Thursday for a discussion of Regina Bateson (University of Colorado - Boulder) paper on "Human Rights or Criminals’ Rights? How Crime and Insecurity Undermine Support for Human Rights in Latin America"

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Check out the revised schedule for our Comparative Politics Workshop!

Join our political theory workshop this Friday for a discussion of Ferris Lupino’s paper “Eros, Evasions, and Amor Mundi: Giovanni’s Roommate and James Baldwin’s Love for the World”

Join us Thursday, 2/20 @ 6:30-8:00pm, for the second session of the CPW spring season in Room 5200.07. Prof. Yan Sun (@queenscollegecuny.bsky.social & @gcpolisci.bsky.social) will present her article entitled "Authoritarian and Majoritarian Pathways to Ethnonationalist Consolidation." DM 4 More.

The Political Science Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY is holding its spring open house for prospective M.A. applicants on March 5, 6:30pm-8:30pm.

Join us today at 6:30 pm at the thesis room to discuss Professor Maggie Shum’s paper “When Anti-Authoritarianism Alogns Rightward.” DM for Details.

What is Sound Politics? Join us next Wednesday (2/11) at 4:15pm-5:45pm at the GC Poli Sci Thesis Room to discuss Dr. @mweitzel.bsky.social’s (@gvagrad.bsky.social) paper on this topic! DM for Details

Check out our public policy workshop's schedule for spring 2026

Announcing the Spring 2026 Public Policy Workshop Schedule! Please consider joining us! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @gcpolisci.bsky.social

Announcing the Spring 2026 Schedule! This semester we have varieties of paper topics and presenters, ranging from out students to faculty members. Come and join us on Thursday 6:30 pm! (Except the first session on Wednesday.)

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join our Political Theory Workshop this Friday for a discussion of Katrina Forrester’s “On Maternal Dependency and Social Theory”

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join us this Friday for our first Political Theory Workshop of the semester to discuss our own O. L. Silverman's paper on “Accumulation Hates Levelling; Constitutional Utopia and Apocalyptic Levelling in James Harrington and The Diggers”

Congratulations to our own Na'ilah Amaru, on her recognition as a 2025 Responsible 100 honoree by City & State! She was honored for her social impact through grassroots advocacy

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Please join our Political Theory Workshop's last event of this semester on December 12th for a discussion of our very own Matthew Mautarelli’s paper “Lineages of the Platform State.”

Join us this Thursday (12/11) at 6:30pm for our final session of the CPW, featuring our very own Ian Kaufman (@gcpolisci.bsky.social) presenting his paper “Electoral Certainty, Strategic Incumbents, and Representation in Young Democracies”. DM for details.

Congrats to our own Na'ilah Amaru for being selected as a 2025 Nonprofit Power Player for her work in grassroots advocacy and issue campaigns!

Join our Political Theory Workshop this Friday for a discussion of Rose Owen’s paper “Women Against Abortion: Andrea Dworkin on Reproductive Freedom and Right-Wing Women.”

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join us at the Political Theory Workshop on Friday, November 21st for a discussion of our own S.N. Dowdy’s paper “Rubbed the Wrong Way: Andrea Long Chu’s Females, Lesbian Refusal, and the Revival of Feminist Polemic.”

Join our Public Policy Workshop on Monday 11/3 at 6:30 for a discussion of Professor Els de Graauw and Professor Shannon Gleeson's paper: "Metropolitan Variation in Immigrant Justice Funding: Foundations and the DACA Program"

Congratulation to our own Na'ilah Amaru for being named one of the Top 100 Lobbyists nationwide! 👏

Photos from last Thursday’s Public Policy Workshop, where Janet Elise Johnson and Inna Oliinyk presented their deeply researched and urgent paper on “Russia’s Authorization of Sexual Violence in Ukraine” #CUNYGradCenter #PublicPolicyWorkshop #GenderAndPolitics #Ukraine #PoliticalScience

Join us this Thursday (10/23) at 6:30pm, we will have our own Chelsea Joliet (@gcpolisci.bsky.social) presenting her paper “Labeling Sovereign Citizen Risk: Movement Attribution and Security Framing in Australian Courts” at the Graduate Center Political Science Thesis Room. DM for Details.

📚 Join us TU 10/21, 6:30–8:30pm EST for a book talk with Dr. Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes on The Politics of Sanctuary. 👉 Info & register: tinyurl.com/yfuzfs78 @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social @apsaurban.bsky.social @apsarep.bsky.social

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Thinking of getting a graduate degree in political science? Join us on November 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm, for our annual open house for prospective applicants

Please join us at the Political Theory Workshop on Friday, October 17th to discuss Elisabeth Anker’s (The George Washington University) paper “Every Man a Sovereign: Aspirations to Power in an Age of Decline.”

Join us Thursday (10/16) for our first Policy Workshop with our own Professor @jej25.bsky.social (@brooklyncollege.bsky.social & @gcpolisci.bsky.social) and Inna Oliinyk (@gcpolisci.bsky.social) presenting their paper “Russia’s Authorization of Sexual Violence in Ukraine at the UN Security Council”!

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cpworkshop.bsky.social Join our Comparative Politics Workshop's third session on Thursday, Oct 9, for Ojooluwa Ibiloye's presentation of his manuscript “Media Use and Political Discussion in Africa: A Multilevel Analysis”

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Join our Political Theory Workshop this Friday to discuss our very own Michael Villanova's paper on "Fatherless Fraternity; Forgetting as a Critical Democratic Practice"

Join us this Thursday for our very own @ansonchung.bsky.social ( @gcpolisci.bsky.social ) presenting his paper “Strategic Circumvention of Constitutional Checks” at 6:30-8:00 at the Thesis Room. Email us for a copy of the manuscript.

Announcing the Fall 2025 Schedule of the Comparative Politics Workshop hosted @gcpolisci.bsky.social, come and join us this fall!

Announcing the 2025 Fall Schedule on the Public Policy Workshop hosted @gcpolisci.bsky.social, come and join us! October 16 session is on Thursday, and November 3 session is on Monday.

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social This Friday, join the first session of our Political Theory Workshop's program this year for Prof. Susan Buck-Morss' presentation on "From Arab Spring to Mamdani's Mayoral Race" @buckmorss.bsky.social

Join the first workshop of the year on Monday, Sep 8: Our Public Policy Workshop and IRrelevant are among the co-organizers of Prof. Takensohita's talk on "Political Incorporation of Immigrants in Japan" @ppworkshop.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Congratulations, Guney! @guneydemir.bsky.social

Here's the Fall schedule for the Comparative Politics Workshop @gcpolisci.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Check out the fall schedule for our Political Theory Workshop

Kudos to our own Oliver Silverman for the publications of their paper on the German Peasants' War 👏

Excited to see my new article with Erica Simmons out in APSR FirstView! We argue that when social scientists extend their arguments to new cases, they are often not generalizing their findings, but translating them to new contexts instead. Want to know more? Read it. It's open access. 👇

Congrats, Na'ilah!

Congratulation to our very own @nailahamaru.bsky.social! #GCPoliSci

Ann John came to the CUNY Graduate Center to study Indian politics and get her master's degree. See what a master’s degree in Poli Sci from the CUNY Graduate Center can do for you buff.ly/3Qjuxs8

Born and raised in the Bronx, Justin Castro didn't plan to attend college. Now he’s getting his master’s degree in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center. See what a master’s degree in Poli Sci from the CUNY Graduate Center can do for you gc.cuny.edu/polisci

Pheobe Cohen came to the CUNY Graduate Center to study family abolition and get her master's degree. See what a master’s degree in Poli Sci from the CUNY Graduate Center can do for you https://buff.ly/3Qjuxs8