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10th Annual CHINA Town Hall: A Special Webcast with Henry A. Kissinger and Panel Discussion with Yale Faculty. The Council on East Asian Studies and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations presents: 10th Annual CHINA Town Hall: A Special Webcast with Henry A. Kissinger and...	Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions 2016-2017 kickoff conference: "Modernity and Its Discontents: A Book Panel Discussion of Steven Smith’s New Account of Modernity" The Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions (YCRI) would like to remind you of its 2016-2017 kickoff conference: Modernity and Its Discontents: A Book ...	Professor Arend Lijphart (Ph.D. ’63), is this year’s recipient of the Yale Graduate School’s prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal award. Our department graduate, Professor Arend Lijphart (Ph.D. ’63), is the 2016 recipient of the Yale Graduate School’s prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal award. Professor Lijphart...
Jacob Hacker interviewed on C-SPAN about New York Times article Jacob Hacker was interviewed on C-SPAN and talked about the economic well-being of U.S. states and how historically Democratic and Republican compare with each other on a...	David Mayhew on upcoming election Sterling Professor of Political Science David Mayhew gives a political scientist’s views on the 2016 election in this YaleNews interview. Republican Party officials...	Professor Steven Smith's new book, Modernity and Its Discontents, now available. Professor Steven Smith’s newest book, Modernity and Its Discontents, is now available. In this new publication, Steven B. Smith examines the concept of modernity, not...
Graduate Student Matthew Longo Wins APSA Dissertation Award Matthew Longo won an APSA (American Political Science Association) Dissertation Award this year. The 2016 Leo Strauss Award is awarded annually for the best dissertation in...