CANCELLED: Rory Truex, Princeton University. Date TBA.
March 17, 2020 12:00PM E53-482
Comparative Politics Speaker Series
Meetings are held in the Millikan Room, E53-482, from 12-1:30 on Fridays.
Lunch is usually provided. Please RSVP to Eliza Riley (email: e_riley@mit.edu) if you plan to attend, in order to plan sufficient food, and with any dietary restrictions.
When and Why Did Wars Make States? A Revised Bellicose Theory of State Formation with Evidence from Around the World, 1800-2000
Andreas Wimmer
Columbia University
March 3, 2020 12:00PM E53-482
Civil War, State Consolidation, and the Spread of Mass Education
Agustina Paglayan
UC-San Diego
February 25, 2020 12:00PM E53-482
“The Political Logic of Cultural Revival: Ethnic Visibility and Electoral Politics in Malawi”
Amanda Robinson
Ohio State University
February 11, 2020 12:00PM E53-482
Citizenship 2.0: Dual Nationality as a Global Asset
Yossi Harpaz
Harvard/ Tel-Aviv University
February 4, 2020 12:00PM E53-482, The Millikan Room
Citizenship 2.0: Dual Nationality as a Global Asset
Yossi Harpaz
Harvard University and Tel-Aviv University
December 4, 2019 12:00PM E53-482
Emigration, Collective Action, and Reform:Theory and Evidence from Latin America
Emily Sellars
Assistant Professor, Yale University
November 19, 2019 12:00PM E53-482
Dan Slater, University of Michigan
October 1, 2019 12:00PM E53-482
Larry Diamond (Stanford University)
April 26, 2019 12:00PM E53-482, Millikan Room
Guadalupe Tunon (Harvard University)
April 12, 2019 12:00PM E53-482, Millikan Room
Pavithra Suryanarayan (Johns Hopkins – SAIS)
April 5, 2019 12:00PM E53-482, Millikan Room
David Skarbek (Brown University)
March 8, 2019 12:00PM E53-482, Millikan Room
Rivals and Templates: How the Catholic Church Shaped State Formation in Europe
Anna Grzymala-Busse
Stanford University
December 7, 2018 2:30PM E53-482, Millikan Room
Women’s Representation and Resistance: Positive and Perverse Consequences of Indian Laws for Gender EquityRachel Brule (NYU-Abu Dhabi)
Rachel Brule
NYU-Abu Dhabi
November 16, 2018 12:00PM E53-482, Millikan Room
The Violent Bias in Civil War Studies
Ana Arjona
Northwestern University
April 13, 2018 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Liberalism Against Public Works: State Takings and Infrastructure Trolls in Latin America
Alisha Holland
Princeton University
March 16, 2018 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
“Rebellion, Redistribution, and Elite Investment in State Coercion: Evidence from Historical China”
Yuhua Wang
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University
February 9, 2018 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
Fear and politics in divided societies: Assessing the foundation of political behavior in Lebanon
Melani Cammett and Dominika Kruszewska
Harvard University
November 17, 2017 12:00PM
November 17, 2017
12:00PM
Testimonials and the Lived Experience of Politics: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
Wendy Pearlman
Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
September 22, 2017 12:00PM Millikan Room, E53-482
September 7, 2017
3:20PM