All invited to the fourth monthly meeting of the Global Security Hub, which continues the working paper series. This month, the presentation will be by Stuart Macdonald, Professor of Law and Criminology at Swansea University, U.K., and Visiting Fullbright Scholar at the Orfalea Center. Dr. Macdonald studied Law at the Universities of Cambridge (BA) and […]Read More
Please join us for a research talk by Caitlin Rathe on Friday, May 5. Caitlin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at UCSB, as well as a Blum graudate affiliate, currently completing her dissertation. The research she will be presenting is titled “Food Assistancce Policies and the Transformation of the Public/Private Welfare […]Read More
Please join us for a research talk by Christopher Jones, Assistant Professor of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. This event is co-sponsored by the Orfalea Center’s Political Economy and Development Hub as well as UCSB’s Department of History. Economic Growth on a Finite Planet: Robert Solow, Growth Theory, and the […]Read More
Lecture by Jeffrey Bachman, presented by the Governance & Human Rights Hub.Read More
On February 25 the Orfalea Center celebrated its 10th year anniversary with an invitational banquet commemorating the vision of Paul and Natalie Orfalea to create the Masters in Global and International Studies program as well as the Orfalea Center itself under founding director Mark Juergensmeyer, whose leadership was also be recognized at the event. The […]Read More
Co-sponsored by the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies: Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and Director of Project Middle East Peace Process, Washington Institute for Near East Policy Ghaith Al-Omari, Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy “Israelis and Palestinians: […]Read More
Annual Governance & Human Rights workshop.Read More
One-day conference on the topic of the global dimensions of religious othering.Read More
The Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies is excited to announce publication of a new book: Constructions of Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research and Policy. Published by the University of California Press, this book is a product of the Constructions of Terrorism research agreement between the Orfalea Center and TRENDS Research & Advisory. Discussions about […]Read More
