Schedule 2023-2024

1.30 – 3.00pm, Prefunction Room, Department of Political Science, 5769 Haven Hall, unless otherwise noted

Fall:

DatePresenterDiscussantTitle of Presentation or Workshop Event
9/1*No IWCP; APSA Annual Conference
9/8Welcome Event
9/15 Jingyang RuiGuoer LiuWorking Paper: How ‘Benevolent’ Data Manipulation Mitigates Authoritarian Risks: Evidence from China & Romania
9/22*No IWCP
9/29Caroline LindeyMartin Macia Medellin & Rebecca RoseWorking Paper: Concentrating Costs: Towards an Understanding of Concentration Camps
10/6Hojung JooJob Talk FormatJob Market Paper: Difficult to Bend: Prewar Resistance and Violence Against Civilians during Wars
10/13*No IWCP: Fall Break
10/20*No IWCP; Emerging Scholars Conference
10/27Megan RyanJob Talk FormatJob Market Paper: Privileging Tradition: Informal authoritarian governance and nationalist mobilization in Myanmar
11/3
(Virtual Session)
Taha RaufJob Talk FormatJob Market Paper: Long-Run Effects of Religious Institutions on Development: Evidence from India
11/10Mike Albertus (Invited Speaker; University of Chicago)Edgar Franco-Vivanco & Htet Thiha ZawWorking Paper: Indigenous Community Recognition, Identity, and Democracy: Evidence from Peru
11/17Htet Thiha ZawJob Talk FormatJob Market Paper: The Indigenous Origins of Colonial Education
11/24*No IWCP; Thanksgiving Break
12/1
(Starting at 2pm)
Laura CominiJames Morrow & Jun FangWorking Paper: Political Risk and Firm Size: Are Larger Firms More Afraid of Political Risk?
*No IWCP

Winter:

DatePresenterDiscussantTitle of Presentation or Workshop Event
1/12Amnon Cavari & Benjamin Yoel (Michigan State University)Mark Tessler & Irene MorseWorking Paper: U.S. Democratic Backsliding and the Decline of Democratic Support Abroad
1/19Rebecca WaiCharlotte Cavaille & Saki KuzushimaWorking Paper: Maybe in My backyard: Refugee-host Cooperation through Economic Community Institutions
1/26
(Starting at 3.30pm; Walker Room)
Rebecca RoseRagnhild Nordås & Ekaterina Olson ShipyatskyWorking Paper: Exhibiting Peace? Conceptualizing Peace Museums in Political Science
2/2*No IWCP; Third-Year Conference
2/9Guoer LiuChristian Fong & Anna HalstenbachWorking Paper: The Silent Game of Many: To Collude or to Shirk? (A Chapter of From Oversight to Overlook: How Politics Distorts Technology Infrastructure and Produces Seemingly Credible but Inaccurate Big Data)
2/16
(Starting at 2.30pm)
Hasher Nisar & Pauline JonesMark Tessler & Mostafa El SharkawyWorking Paper: Believing Like a State: Official Islam and Public Opinion in Kyrgyzstan
2/23
(Virtual Session)
Yehia MekawiMark Dincecco & Mostafa El SharkawyWorking Paper: Facing Janus: Local Politics, Muslim Leadership, and Incorporation Outcomes in Belgium
3/1*No IWCP; Winter Break
3/8Fiona Shen-Bayh (Invited Speaker; University of Maryland)Anne Pitcher & Htet Thiha ZawWorking Paper: Idioms of Empire: Narratives of Colonialism in the French Parliament, 1881-2005
3/15Mostafa El SharkawyMegan Stewart & Collin SullivanWorking Paper: Anonymous Attackers: The Logic and Strategy of Credit-Taking in Terrorism
3/22
(Starting at 2pm; Preview Weekend)
Ji Yeon (Jean) HongAllen Hicken & Hojung JooWorking Paper: Shadow of Authoritarian Patronage: Village Leaders and Elections in Rural South Korea
3/29
(Walker Room)
Hood AhmedJi Yeon (Jean) Hong & Andy BuschmannWorking Paper: Social Change by Decree: Autocratic Reforms and Social Norms
4/3
(Wednesday starting 1.30pm at Prefunction; Due to MPSA & ISA)
Peter CarrollAnne Pitcher & Udoi RatengWorking Paper: Patronage as Insurance: Precarity, Clientelism and Political Engagement in Africa
4/12Edgar Franco-VivancoJi Yeon (Jean) Hong & Jun FangWorking Paper: “Jurisdictional Havens”: The Geography of
Indigenous Identity in Mexico
4/19Caroline Lindey, Mostafa El Sharkawy, Ken Mathis Lohatepanont, Andy Buschmann, Hanna Lee, Patrick Peralta, Hasher Nisar, & Tyler Rongxuan ChenFive-Minute Fiesta
*No IWCP
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