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Daniel Treisman
Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
October 29, 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
UCLA political scientist Daniel Treisman joins the Young Initiative to discuss how today's autocrats hold power less through fear and mass violence than through manipulated information and...
Location: Choi Auditorium (Johnson Hall 200)
Leah Stokes
Leah Stokes — The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet
November 4, 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
UC Santa Barbara political scientist Leah Stokes discusses her new book, The Carbon Wave, on how the Inflation Reduction Act (the largest U.S. climate investment to date) was built, and whether it...
Location: Choi Auditorium (Johnson Hall 200)
P Ayoub
Phillip Ayoub — The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights
November 12, 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
UCL political scientist Phillip Ayoub examines how autocrats and transnational conservative networks have cast LGBTIQ rights as a threat to national values, and used that framing to turn citizens...
Location: Choi Auditorium (Johnson Hall 200)