Political Science, San Diego State University

Professors Jonathan Graubart, Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, and Emanuele Saccarelli discuss the significance of Mamdani's victory in New York City. Graubart focuses on the shift in public attitudes toward Israel-Palestine, Gonzalez O'Brien covers the evolving role of racial and ethnic politics, and Saccarelli considers the future of Left politics in the US. The event is December 5, 12-1 at SH 123

Speaking Truth to Power: A Conversation with the Acclaimed Investigatory Journalist and SDSU Alum Abby Martin

Monday October 6, noon-1:15, Love Library 430-431, SDSU



From 2012 to 2015, Ms. Martin hosted the investigatory series Breaking the Set for RT America. There, she famously criticized the network’s coverage of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. Since 2015, she has hosted “Empire Files,” which documents the harmful consequences of US foreign policy and militarism on the most vulnerable communities throughout the globe. She has directed “Gaza Fights for Freedom” (2019) and “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” (2025), which chronicles the record of the US military at the world’s leading polluter.



In a conversation, with Political Science Chair Jonathan Graubart, Abby will discuss her journey from political science major at SDSU to a leading investigatory journalist and filmmaker devoted to holding accountable the powerful and giving voice to the oppressed.

The Center for Human Rights at San Diego State University, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, and Alliance San Diego are pleased to announce the first Human Rights Education Workshop for Secondary School Teachers.
The workshop will consist of 5 in-person meetings at SDSU during the 2025-2026 academic year (Saturdays: October 4, December 6, February 21, April 11, and May 16), with Zoom check-ins in between.
Teachers completing the workshop will receive a $300 stipend and a certificate of participation.
Deadline to apply: September 1, 2025.

A Conversation with Nathan Thrall, San Diego State University, Arts and Letters 201, October 8, 7-8:30



Nathan Thrall will discuss “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy” with SDSU Political Science Professor Jonathan Graubart. The book won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Beyond the events depicted in the book, the conversation will cover current developments in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel and the challenges of facilitating productive discussion on college campuses.

Nathan Thrall is also the author of "The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine." His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, London Review of Books, and The New York Review of Books and been translated into more than two dozen languages. He spent a decade at the International Crisis Group, where he was director of the Arab-Israeli Project, and has taught at Bard College. He lives in Jerusalem.

Jonathan Graubart is a professor and chair of the SDSU Political Science Department. He is the author of Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs (Temple University Press 2023). His article “It is Deadly and Oppressive but Is It One State? Assessing the New One-State Reality Paradigm” is forthcoming in Palestine/Israel Review.

https://youtu.be/3luZtzur7UY
On October 18, SDSU's Political Science Department held a teach-in on the events in Israel/ Palestine that was attended by about 350 people.

Teach-in on Israel/ Palestine Panelists:Dr. Farid Abdel-NourPolitical Science, SDSUDr. Ted FalkHistory, USDDr. Jonathan GraubartPolitical Science and ISCOR, SDSUDr. Susanne hillmanHistory...

Our book talk by Prof. Sean Rogers "The War on the Uyghurs: China's Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority" is now on Youtube:

Uyghurs in China: Sean Roberts SDSU Book Talk San Diego State University Webinar: "The War on the Uyghurs: China's Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority," March 8, 2022. A talk by Prof. Sean R. Rob...

Russia’s War Against Ukraine
A Historical & Contemporary Perspective
Wednesday March 9 2022, 400 pm – 5:30 pm
4:00pm in Music 120
• What are the origins of the Russia-Ukraine war?
• Why has Putin invaded Ukraine?
• What are the war’s global implications?
• How will this end?
Join SDSU professors Mikhail Alexseev (Political Science) and Pierre Asselin (History) for the latest and most pertinent insights on these and related issues. Moderated by Director of SDSU’s Center for Human Rights Grace Cheng, this session is free and open to the public.
Contact Professor Pierre Asselin at [email protected] for more information

Join our webinar on March 8, Tuesday, 10am (PST): “The War on the Uyghurs: China's Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority”
Book talk by Prof. Sean R. Roberts

Registration: https://bit.ly/3GBqfG5

Q&A will be moderated by Prof. Ahmet T. Kuru
Co-org. by SDSU’s Dept of Political Science & Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies

Happening tonight! See you there!

The Center for International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) Presents:

"Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in the Post 9/11 World"

Wednesday, November 17, 2021
5:00 p.m.
Zoom RSVP: https://bit.ly/3CMPe7m

Join us for a conversation on the historical trajectory of terrorism and counter-terrorism strategies in the two decades since 9/11 and the declaration of the "War on Terror."

Featuring: Professor Emeritus, Dipak Gupta

Professor Gupta is the former director of theISCOR program and a renowned global authority on terrorism. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including most recently "Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence."

Moderated by: Professor Jonathan Graubart

Co-sponsored by the ISCOR Student Society and the Department of Political Science.

Tonight! Also being live streamed through Zoom, link here: https://sdsu.zoom.us/j/86854387620

Book Presentation "Unequal Neighbors" by Professors Kristen Hill Maher and David Carruthers followed by commentary and discussion by Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Professor of Chicana & Chicano Studies and James Ge**er, Professor Emeritus of Economics. Nov 16, 7:00-8:30pm, AL-101. Limited seating, RSVP here, https://forms.gle/tg3ywYSELUxcf9nv6 more details coming soon, hope to see you there!

https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2021/11/09/greenwashing-the-truth-about-climate-change-in-glasgow-and-at-sdsu/

Opinion: 'Greenwashing' The Truth About Climate Change in Glasgow and at SDSU To have any hope of making the fundamental changes needed in the next decade to reverse climate change, it is imperative that institutions of higher education acknowledge their complicity and commit fully to the struggle.