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Social Criticism and Political Thought series - "Theorizing Alienated Sexual Consent" with Nina Hagel, Wesleyan University (10/8)
Posted 10/2/2026
Proctoring Guidelines and the TA Role (10/7)
Posted 10/2/2026
Wednesday, October 7th from 3:30 to 4:30 PM
Frist 302 (The Einstein Classroom)
Join Jessica Del Vecchio, Senior Associate Director for Teaching Initiatives and Programs for Faculty at the McGraw Center, and Maria Medvedeva, Associate Dean for Academic Advising, to discuss the university’s new guidelines for proctoring in-class exams, including considerations for graduate student Teaching Assistants.
Co-hosted by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Dean of the College.
Register now for this upcoming training session.
JDP Dilemmas in Inequality Seminar: Martin Gilens (10/5)
Posted 10/1/2026
Pitching Your Project: Strategies for Persuasive Proposals and Applications (10/8)
Posted 9/30/2026
It’s proposal season! Whether you’re working on a grant application, job market research statement, dissertation prospectus, or book proposal, come to the Princeton Writing Program's workshop for concrete strategies and the opportunity to put your ideas into practice.
Grant applications, job market research statements, dissertation prospectuses, and book proposals are different and distinctive genres of academic writing, each with norms and conventions all their own. Yet they also share in common one key goal: persuading their readers that the intellectual product they promise to create is valuable, feasible, and impactful. How do successful applications and proposals achieve those goals? And what are some evidence-based steps that you can take to get your next proposal or application off to a strong start?
In this Writing Program workshop, we'll consider the science and art of effective project pitching across the University's many disciplines. We'll learn about the cognitive and emotional frames that academic evaluators use to assess intellectual merit. Whether you’re just getting started or have a proposal-in-progress, this workshop will guide you through the process of crafting a persuasive proposal.
Postdoctoral/Research Fellow Opportunity, Australian National University - Apply by 10/11
Posted 9/29/2026
The Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) is a strategic collaboration between the Australian Government and ANU, and is based at the Crawford School of Public Policy, a school within the ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy. TTPI focuses on supporting policy-relevant work at the interface between government and academia in a range of strategic issues relevant to tax and transfer policy in a national and regional context. Wherever possible, TTPI works in close collaboration with government departments and agencies.
The Crawford School of Public Policy is Australia’s premier public policy school, with recognised world-class expertise and experience in resource and environmental management and development, and on key Asia-Pacific countries.
The ANU College of Law, Governance and Public Policy (CLGP) is a progressive and newly established College that brings together four world-leading academic schools dedicated to shaping the future of law, governance, regulation, policy and population health. As part of Australia’s leading university, the College fosters excellence in research, teaching, and engagement, driving impactful contributions to national and global challenges. The College provides an intellectually rich community, committed to providing a collaborative and supportive environment for academics, students, and professionals to thrive.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Fellow to work independently on a range of areas and carry out activities to develop his/her scholarly research and/or professional expertise relevant to tax and transfers. The Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Fellow will report to the TTPI Director, and will work closely with academic colleagues, professional staff and government stakeholders.
Learn more and apply by October 11th.
Pride Politics Movie Night (10/8)
Posted 9/24/2026
Pride Politics is hosting our first movie night this semester on Thursday, October 8th at 6:30pm in Robertson 002. We will be streaming Rosa von Praunheim’s (1971) It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives – a provocative avant-garde film that is credited with triggering gay liberation movements in German-speaking Europe. Causing controversy among both (heterosexual) mainstream audiences and the gay men whose closeted, assimilationist subculture it criticizes, the film urges viewers to come out, organize, and demand political visibility. We will be serving pizza and drinks, so come through and bring your friends!
DAAD Research Grants for study in Germany - apply by 10/16
Posted 9/24/2026
DAAD — German Academic Exchange Service invites Princeton University to nominate two "priority" candidates for a Long-term Research Grant (7 to 12 months). The DAAD grant provides funding for doctoral students to conduct research in Germany. Students must be nominated by their department to be considered for a “priority” candidate spot.
Those not nominated may still apply, but they will be considered part of the general applicant pool. The campus deadline to apply is Friday, October 16, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. EST. Information about the campus application process can be found on the Graduate School’s website. Interested students can also contact me for details.
To be eligible, applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada. Foreign nationals are also eligible if they reside in the US/Canada by the time of the application deadline and have received their last degree in the US/Canada or will receive it before the start of their funding period. Students from all disciplines are eligible.
Register for the upcoming info session on 9/30.
More information and apply by 10/16.
2026 GradFUTURES Internship/Fellowship Fair (10/8)
Posted 9/21/2026
Interested in gaining valuable experience and exploring possible career paths? Meet with dozens of nonprofit, public, and private sector partners and campus offices partnered with the Graduate School to learn about a range of part-time internship and experiential fellowships, micro-internships, and Ph.D. externships available during the fall, spring, and summer. All opportunities are custom-designed to fit graduate students' busy schedules, and most are fully funded and do not require work authorization! Current and past graduate student fellows or interns will be on hand to showcase their projects and share more about their experiences in our various programs: Social Impact Fellowships, University Administrative Fellowships, Community College Teaching Fellowships, Micro-Internships in Industry, and Ph.D. Externships.
Responsible AI for research workshops
Posted 9/17/2026
View the full series of responsible AI workshops.
Northwestern Open Faculty Positions
Posted 9/11/2026
Northwestern Political Science is recruiting for the following faculty positions:
- Assistant Professor of Instruction in American Politics, Teaching Track - Deadline: Nov 1
Fall 2026 Research Computing Workshops - Register Now
Posted 9/11/2026
Register now for Fall 2026 training events offered by Research Computing and campus partners. These events are open to the Princeton campus community so please share with colleagues, researchers, and students in your department
Non-POL Course Approval
Posted 9/8/2026
A reminder…
PhD-level seminars may be taken outside the Department and be counted toward the seminar requirement, so long as they are taken on a graded-basis, have a political content, and have comparable writing or examination requirements to Politics seminars.
Students must petition the ADGS, Professor Hye Young You, to count Ph.D.-level, graded classes. Please do so through this Google Form (Non-Politics Courses: Requesting Credit) and the ADGS will review it and reply to you.
Please remember that the Department does not count M.A.-level classes, undergraduate classes or classes that are not taken on a graded basis.
Requesting Credit for Courses Taken at Prior Institutions
Posted 9/8/2026
In the Princeton Politics PhD program, students may count up to two Ph.D.-level courses in political science taken at a prior institution toward the 12-seminar requirement for the first two years. The Graduate Departmental Regulations and Policies stipulate that this is only in the case where the courses are substantially similar in content and level of intensity to seminars offered at Princeton.
This form allows you to upload the relevant materials for consideration by the ADGS. You need to fill out this Google Form (Requesting Credit for Courses Taken at Prior Institutions) for each course (up to two) for which you seek consideration.
After you have completed this form, send an email to the ADGS with your previous transcript (must be pdf) that includes the grade(s) you received for the course(s).
Pizza and Politics - Wednesdays at 4:30pm
Posted 9/2/2026
Pizza and Politics is a weekly, informal gathering where graduate students, postdocs, and visiting fellows across subfields and areas come together to discuss new research ideas and ongoing projects at any stage. Each week, we will have one or two presenters. Each presenter may sign up for one or two 30–40-minute slots. Typically, the presenter shares their research title and abstract a few days beforehand, gives their presentation, and then opens the floor for discussion. No paper is required. We also welcome practice job talks and conference presentation rehearsals.
Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, September 15 at 4:30 in Bendheim 317. Beginning the week after, meetings will take place every Wednesday from 4:30–6pm in Fisher 200. Thanks to the support from the Niehaus Center and the Department of Politics, pizzas (vegan and/or gluten-free options available upon request) and drinks will be served in each seminar. We would like to invite you to sign up to present at Pizza and Politics and join us in our weekly seminar. If you have not already, please subscribe to our listserv to receive updates throughout the semester about upcoming presentations (see details below about joining the listserv)
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing you in P&P and around campus.
Best,
Cynthia Huo (cynthia.huo@princeton.edu)
Felix Beilin (beilin@princeton.edu)
Joining the listserv details
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Program in Law and Normative Thinking
Posted 9/1/2026
The Program in Law and Normative Thinking (PLANT) supports graduate students whose research engages law-related topics by providing specialized feedback on their work and professional development opportunities for careers in law schools, law and society programs, and other law-related fields, including criminology and human rights. We especially welcome the many JD/PhD students from across campus, though a JD is not required to benefit from participating in the workshop.
If you would like to learn about upcoming events, job postings, calls for papers, and other professional opportunities, please contact Kimberly Murray to be added to the PLANT listserv.
The PLANT Seminar meets most Mondays at 4:30 p.m. in 301 Laura Wooten Hall. Most sessions are devoted to graduate students presenting works in progress and receiving feedback from an audience with expertise in law and related disciplines. Additional sessions feature law-related faculty and fellows presenting their research, as well as other programming of interest to students working on law-related topics.
The workshop is designed to help graduate students become acquainted with the interdisciplinary field of legal studies, maintain connections to their legal training while pursuing doctoral work in other disciplines, and prepare for a broad range of academic and professional opportunities that may extend beyond traditional disciplinary job markets. The program has been running for nearly two decades, and alumni hold faculty positions at leading law schools and interdisciplinary departments across the United States and around the world. We look forward to welcoming this year's participants into that growing community.
PLANT will be led by Hanna Lerner this year during Kim Lane Scheppele’s sabbatical. Hanna teaches in the School of Political Science, Government, and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University, where she recently served as head of school. She is also a fellow at the Center for Applied Research on Risks to Democracy at TAU. She will be joined by this year's Law and Normative Thinking Fellows, Orsolya Salát and Ann Southworth and Princeton faculty whose research focuses on law and legal institutions.
We look forward to another year of lively intellectual exchange and community building among graduate students and faculty engaged in law-related scholarship.
Tenure Track Political Science faculty position at Bridgewater State University - Apply by 10/16
Posted 8/27/2026
The Department of Political Science at Bridgewater State University invites applications for a tenure-track position: Assistant Professor - International Relations.
Bridgewater State University is an inclusive community dedicated to the lifelong success of all students; focused on the continuous improvement of its people; and is responsible for leading innovation that benefits Southeastern Massachusetts, the commonwealth, and the world. Bridgewater’s accessible environment of teaching and learning stimulates critical thinking and the pursuit of new knowledge and deeper understanding. The teaching and learning environment at Bridgewater also cultivates meaningful and diverse interpersonal relationships and fosters an appreciation for global engagement aimed at transforming lives and improving the human condition. Our commitment is reflected in our institutional values, which ensure that all students are supported and succeed.
SML 201 Teaching Assistant Opportunities for Fall 2026
Posted 8/24/2026
The Data and Intelligent Systems (DaIS) Program at Princeton is currently seeking additional graduate Teaching Assistants for SML 201: Introduction to Data Science for Fall 2026. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with graduate students in your department who may be interested.
SML 201 is an introductory data science course that serves students from a wide range of disciplines. We are looking for TAs with strong quantitative, statistical, computational, or data analysis skills who are interested in supporting undergraduate student learning.
Learn more about SML 201 Teaching Assistant Opportunities for Fall 2026 and apply.