RGCS Lectures by PPE speakers S Ingham, The Democrat’s Dilemma K Elliott, Democracy for Busy People K Vallier, From Counter-Reformation to Counter-Revolution R Muldoon, Harnessing Diversity, Dynamism, & Discovery M Schwartzberg, Constitutionalism & Local Knowledge www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Important new piece from RGCS postdoc alum Samuel Bagg @samuel-bagg.bsky.social , now Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina:

Register here to attend Daniel Lee's upcoming RGCS Lecture for a chance to win a copy of his book _The Right of Sovereignty_ www.facebook.com/events/25000...

"From Democratic Resilience to Recession" The conference begins on Monday! Keynote addresses by Steven Levitsky, Ashley Jardina, and Robert Mickey. Tuesday is sold out, but there are still a few registration spots available for Monday: alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-t...

Register here to attend Daniel Lee's upcoming RGCS Lecture for a chance to win a copy of his book _The Right of Sovereignty_ www.facebook.com/events/25000...

Lin Centre Director and RGCS faculty member @catherinelu.bsky.social Catherine Lu discusses the Centre as well as her own ideas on "Freedom and justice in a polarized world." youtu.be/Lso9Ew_k5Vg?...

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www.mcgill.ca/law/channels... Congratulations to Vrinda Narain!

The Lin Centre was established 10 years ago. reporter.mcgill.ca/3-4-million-...

Tristan Hughes, Student Fellowship alum BA '17, now a postdoc at UBC, has a new article in the European Journal of Political Theory: "The political theory of techno-colonialism" doi.org/10.1177/1474...

New by Student Fellowship alum Devon Cass (BA '12), now Junior Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in the European Journal of Political Theory: "Examining the Republican dilemma," part of a symposium on Lars Moen's _The Republican Dilemma_ doi.org/10.1177/1474...

Symposium on RGCS faculty member Aaron Mills' article, "First Nations’ Citizenship and Kinship Compared: Belonging’s Stake in Legality”, at the American Society for Comparative Law blog. By Matthew L.M. Fletcher, James Whitman, and Will Kymlicka, and a reply from Mills. ascl.org/blog/

New from former RGCS postdoc Michael Da Silva, now Lecturer at Southampton Law School, in Publius: "The Epistemic Case for Federalism: A Framework and Critical Analysis" doi.org/10.1093/publ...

Congratulations to today's RGCS graduates, Camille Battista and Julia Morelli, both receiving their MA in Political Science!

www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n... Yann Allard-Tremblay at University College Dublin: “A Great Ox Stands in Your Mind: Decolonial Caution about Epistemic Reparations and the Right to be Known”

Cool! Welcome back, Geoff. I swear, said it here days ago, I don’t have any settled positions on the notwithstanding clause but I do disagree with whatever is said to me about it. Geoff could say ‘I agree with Ryan,’ and I’d argue he doesn’t.

New from RGCS alum Erin Crandall (PhD '13), Associate Professor of Politics at Acadia, and coauthors Andrea Lawlor and Shauna Hughey, in the Canadian Journal of Political Science "Negative Spotlight: Event-Driven Effects on Support for the Canadian Supreme Court" doi.org/10.1017/S000...

This Friday! Geoffrey Sigalet (RGCS MA & postdoc alum) Director of the UBC Research Group for Constitutional Law Assistant Professor of Political Science, UBC (Okanagan) Notwithstanding Judicial Review October 3, 2025, 2:30 pm Stephen Scott Seminar Room, Old Chancellor Day Hall 16

Now available! By former RGCS postdoc Xavier Boileau Multiculturalisme, impérialisme et culture: Repenser les enjeux culturels canadiens à l’aune de l’histoire impériale 2025, Presses de l'Université du Québec Book launch: Nov. 12, 6- 8 pm, Librairie Le Port de Tête, 269 ave. du Mont-Royal E

Today and tomorrow! Learning about democracy and design from Black feminist perspectives, at the Lin Centre conference at McGill University. @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @gripp-montreal.bsky.social @lecre.bsky.social

An essay on the Anishinaabe Law Circle Learning Course offered by RGCS faculty member Aaron Mills www.mcgill.ca/law/article/...

New from MA/ PhD alum @rygriff.bsky.social Ryan Griffiths "For the Credit of the Sect: Adam Smith's Political Theory of Association" in _Freedom of Association, vol. 2: Applied_, Luke Sheehan and Kenneth McIntyre eds., Palgrave link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

10th Anniversary of the Lin Centre Oct 30 Political theorist Jill Frank (McGill BA '83 BCL/ LLB '87) "Crafting Order: Plato and the Shape of Democracy," 1-2:30 Historian Steven Pincus, "The South Asian Origins of American Independence: Empire, Political Economy, and Partisan Politics," 3-4:30

#APSA2025 Sunday 8 am panels!

New book w chapters coauthored by RGCS alums Erin Crandall (PhD '13), (Acadia), and Kate Puddister (PhD '11), (Guelph). Emmett Macfarlane @emmettmacfarlane.com , ed., Rights and Parliamentary Systems in Canada and Beyond, University of Toronto Press, 2025. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Some of today's #APSA2025 panels with RGCS students or alums presenting papers. See the whole schedule at www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/files/r...

RGCS students and alumni presenting at #APSA2025 today!

FINAL UPDATED VERSION APSA 2025 RGCS program www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/files/r...

New by RGCS faculty member Joshua Nichols: a wide-ranging review essay of RGCS emeritus member Charles Taylor's newest, in the Review of Constitutional Studies "Resurrecting the Mighty Dead: Taylor's Cosmic Connections and the Possible Futures of Constitutionalism" heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... New from former RGCS postdoc Michael da Silva and RGCS faculty member Daniel Weinstock: "Subsidiarity as a Normative Political Concept: Contemporary and Historical Reflections" Journal of Social Philosophy

New podcast: an extended discussion between @polphilpod.bsky.social and RGCS alum @aleccrisman.bsky.social (Ph.D. Political Science 2025)! bsky.app/profile/polp...

Oct 30: Lin Centre 10th Anniversary Lectures: Jill Frank, (Cornell) & Steven Pincus (Chicago) Nov 20: RGCS Lecture: Daniel Lee (Berkeley) Feb 5: RGCS Lecture: Tom Ginsburg (Chicago) March 19: Lin Centre Annual Lecture: Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton) Apr 2: RGCS Lecture: Emma Planinc (Notre Dame)

The blog of the American Philosophical Association interviews alum Jordan David Thomas Walters (Ph.D. Philosophy '25) blog.apaonline.org/2025/08/22/a...

Coming soon from RGCS postdoc Xavier Boileau: Multiculturalisme, impérialisme et culture: Repenser les enjeux culturels canadiens à l’aune de l’histoire impériale published in the Politeia collection of Les Presses de l'Université du Québec www.puq.ca/catalogue/li...

Coming soon from RGCS postdoc Xavier Boileau: Multiculturalisme, impérialisme et culture: Repenser les enjeux culturels canadiens à l’aune de l’histoire impériale published in the Politeia collection of Les Presses de l'Université du Québec www.puq.ca/catalogue/li...

Nathan Goodman interviews political theorist Jacob Levy about the rule of law and its tensions with modern immigration enforcement. www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram...

RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship applications close August 18! www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/students

RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship applications close August 18! www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/students

RGCS faculty member Yann Allard-Tremblay's book Disjunctures: Indigenous Redirections in Political Theory is now electronically available through the OUP website at the link below. (Institutional access required.) Hard copies coming October 10! academic.oup.com/book/60793

This locally-curated library is 100% not approved by any legislator, board, or officially designated librarian. bsky.app/profile/fran...

RGCS will again hold a reception at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. This year's will be Friday, September 12, 6-7:30 pm. Mark your calendars, and be in touch if you're an RGCS person interested in attending!

New from Student Fellowship alum Emma Ebowe BA ‘18, now Assistant Professor of Government & Africana Studies at William & Mary, in the American Journal of Political Science: "Injustice, relational violence, and the foster system" doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

Applications are open for the 2025-26 RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship. www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/students

Applications are open for the 2025-26 RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship. www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/students

RGCS PhD alum Kieran Mabey (Political Science, 2024) will be taking up a postdoc at Yale this fall. He will be Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in Political Science, affiliated with the Center for Civic Thought. Congratulations, Dr. Mabey!

Four new dissertations added to the collection in Ferrier! (Color change due to switching to a higher-quality bookbinder.)

Past RGCS Visiting Fulbright Chair in Constitutional Theory Erin Delaney (2014-15) has founded a Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism at University College London. The Centre offers funded visiting scholar positions and sabbatical visits; deadline June 30. www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/centres...

Jordan Walters (PhD Philosophy, 2025, RGCS doctoral fellow 2020-25) has been awarded a two-year SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship which he will hold at the University of Oxford under the supervision John Tasioulas, Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy. Congratulations, Dr. Walters!

New from Student Fellowship alum Théophile Deslauriers (2016-17, BA '17) in History of Political Thought "Edward Carpenter, Ethical Socialism and the Formation of Labour's Identity" doi.org/10.53765/205...

Student Fellowship alum Emma Ebowe BA ‘18 has successfully defended her dissertation “Intimately Bound: Injustice and the Foster System” for the Ph.D. in Government at Harvard. Dissertation Committee: Danielle Allen (chair), Katrina Forrester, Brandon M. Terry, Tommie Shelby, Shatema Threadcraft.