Past Seminars and Talks

Spring Quarter 2011

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Luis Fraga
Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture
6:30pm, Jones Playhouse, NW Campus (on the Ave)


Friday, April 15, 2011: UWISC Seminar
Jason Lyall, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale
"Dynamic Deterrence in Civil War: Evidence from (Simulated) Airstrikes in Afghanistan"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Stephen Hamberg


Friday, April 29, 2011: UWISC Seminar
Halvard Buhaug, Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Civil War,
Peace Research Institute Oslo
"Climate Wars? Security Implications of Climate Change"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Joshua Eastin

Friday, May 13th: UWISC Seminar
David Bachman, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
"Types of Security Threats and National Strategies: An Exploratory Case of China under Mao"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Jenn Noveck

Friday, May 20, 2011: UWISC Seminar
Stacie Goddard, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College
"The Rhetoric of Power Politics: Hitler’s Legitimation Strategies, British Policies, & World War II"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Mary Anne Madeira

Tuesday, May 31, 2011: Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture
Madame Yang Lan, Chairwoman, Sun Culture Foundation
"The Development of Philanthropy in Contemporary China"
7:00pm, 210 Kane Hall
Reception to follow in 220 Odegaard


Winter Quarter 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011: UWISC Seminar
Alan Kuperman, Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas, Austin
"The Puzzle of Rwanda's Genocide"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Kendra Dupuy

Friday, March 4th, 2011: UWISC Seminar
Scott Radnitz, Assistant Professor of International Studies,Jackson School, University of Washington
"Don't Stop Thinking about Yesterday: An Experiment with Conflict Narratives
in the Caucasus (or “Let ‘baijans be ‘baijans”)"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Sarah Dreier


Autum Quarter 2011

Thursday, October 7th: Sergio Fabbrini, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, LUISS University, Rome, Italy
"Is America Still Exceptional? A European Perspective"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Petersen Room, Allen Library

Friday, October 15th: UWISC Seminar
Ron Hassner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
"War and the Religious Calendar"
12-120pm, in Gowen 1A
Discussant: Yoav Duman

Friday, November 12th: UWISC Seminar
Keren Yarhi-Milo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Princeton
"Assessment of Intentions in International Politics"
12-120pm in Gowen 1A
Discussant: Kristan Seibel

Tuesday, November 30: Political Science Colloquium
Nicole Helmerich, Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science, Free University Berlin
"The effectiveness of transnational private regulation initiatives in the area of social and labor rights"
12:00-1:00pm in Smith 40A

Friday, December 3: UWISC Seminar
Andrew Cockrell, Political Science PhD Student, University of Washington
"Peacekeeping and the Security Dilemma"
12-120pm, Gowen 1A
Discussant: Dan Berliner

Wed., December 8: Speaker Jim Ron
Assoc. Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa
"Globalizing the Word: Are Local Human Rights Groups Really Sinking Deep Roots?"
Noon - 1:30 PM, Smith Hall room 40A


Spring Quarter 2010

April 14: Speaker Dr. Elżbieta Durys
Elżbieta Durys from the University of Lodz (Poland) will present “Return to Democracy or Constant Crisis? Polish Cinema after 1989”
Sponsor: University of Washington Polish Studies Endowment Committee
website: http://www.polishstudiesuw.org
7pm, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall

April 16: Speaker Dr. Angelina Godoy
Angelina Godoy, LSJ and JSIS Professor, and Helen H. Jackson Chair of Human Rights, will lead a workshare of her paper, “Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines: Market Seductions.”
Sponsored by the LSJ Program.
12:00-1:30pm in Smith 40A

April 16: UWISC Seminar
Scott Sagan ( Stanford University)
“Nuclear Power without Nuclear Proliferation?”
Discussant: Andrew Cockrell, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

Friday April 20: Speaker Eric Patashnik
University of Virginia
Gowen 1B

Thursday Apri 29: A Trip to Nowhere
Historical Introduction by Martha Golubiec, UW PSEC
“A Trip to Nowhere” is 30 minute documentary film written, directed and illustrated by Shannon Hart-Reed and produced by Grazyna Balut Ostrom and Martha Golubiec.
For more information please visit http://www.polishstudiesuw.org

April 30: UWISC Seminar
Nicolas Jabko (Sciences Po)
“The Social Construction of Strategy”
Discussant: Josh Eastin, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

May 14: Dr. Lorna Rhodes
Lorna Rhodes, Professor of Anthropology, will lead a workshare of her paper, "'This Can't be Real’: Continuity at HMP Grendon.”
Sponsored by the LSJ Program.
12:00-1:30pm in Smith 40A

May 21: Dr. Jack Donnelly
Jack Donnelly, Andrew Mellon Professor of International Studies, University of Denver, will deliver a
lecture on “Human Dignity and Human Rights: Western and Chinese Perspectives."
Co-sponsored by the LSJ Program and Department of Political Science.
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

Date: TBA
Emily Hafner-Burton (University of California, San Diego)
Discussant: TBA

Winter Quarter 2010

January 22: UWISC Seminar
Jessica Weeks (Cornell University)
“Authoritarian Regimes, Domestic Politics, and Conflict Outcomes”
Discussant: Kendra Dupuy, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

Thursday, January 28: Speaker Richard Locke
Advisory Committee on Trademarks and Licensing (ACTL), Department of Political Science, Global Business Center, Nancy Bell Evans Center, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, and the Center for Human Rights:
Speaker: Richard Locke (Alvin J. Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Political Science, MIT), "Justice Beyond Compliance: Improving Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains," *Thursday, January 28, 12:00-1:30, 3rd floor Parrington Hall.

February 5: UWISC Seminar
David Welch (University of Waterloo)
Discussant: Kristan Seibel, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

March 5: UWISC Seminar
Stephan Hamberg (University of Washington)
“Democratic Transitions and Violence”
Discussant: TBA
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

March 5: Dr. Marek Belka
“The Central European Dimension of the Global Economic Crisis: Prospects for Recovery"
Sponsors: University of Washington Polish Studies Endowment Committee and UW Evans School of Public Affaires. Please click here for link to the announcement.
7:30PM at Kane Hall, Room 220 on the UW Campus

Friday March 5: Speaker Nathan Collins
Stanford University and The Santa Fe Institute
12-1:30 Gowen 1B

Fall Quarter 2009

Job Talk: Michael Murakami (Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University;
PhD UC-Berkeley, 2008)
Monday, November 16, 3:30-5pm, GWN 1A.
Talk Title: TBA

November 13: UWISC Seminar
Steve Zech (University of Washington)
“Grass-roots Jihadist Networks, Political Entrepreneurs, and Terrorist Violence: Dynamic Networks and the 11-M Madrid Train Bombings”
Discussant: TBA
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

Job Talk: Rebecca Thorpe (PhD expected Fall 2009, University of Maryland)
Thursday, November 19, 3:30-5pm, GWN 1A.
Talk Title: TBA

Job Talk: Megan Mullin (Assistant Professor at Temple University, PhD UC-Berkeley,
2005)
Monday, November 23, 3:30-5pm, GWN 1A.
Talk Title: TBA

December 4: UWISC Seminar
Nina Tannenwald (Brown University)
“Targeted Killings: The Decline of the Norm Against Assassination?”
Discussant: William d’Ambruoso, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
12:00-1:30pm in Gowen 1A

Spring Quarter 2009

April 17: UWISC seminar
Ian Hurd (Northwestern University)
"States and Rules: Strategic Behavior in International Society"
Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Department of Political Science
Discussant: TBA, Ph.D. student, UW

April 17-18: University Conference co-sponsored by the Department of
Political Science
"Global Justice in the 21st Century"

May 1: UWISC seminar
Will Reno (Northwestern University)
“Why does armed opposition fail in Africa?”
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Discussant: Andrew Cockrell, Ph.D. student, UW

May 21: 2009 Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture
Jingjing Zhang (Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims in China)
"Law and the Environmental Movement in China" (click for PDF)
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 7:00pm in 110 Kane Hall

Fall Quarter 2008

October 1: CSSS Seminar
Matt Barreto (UW-Political Science), "Do Campaigns Ads
Really Work? The Effectiveness of Targeted Ads in the 2008 Presidential
Election: A Controlled Experiment,12:30-1:20,Denny 401.

October 1: CCCE and CAPPP Election 2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series
Lance Bennett UW-Political Science/Communication) and Valerie Manusov
UW-Communication), "Digital Media, Viral Video, and Coverage of the
Personal Behavior of Candidates," 12:00-1:30, Communications 126.

October 6: CCCE and CAPPP Election 2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series:
Regina Lawrence (Louisiana State University, and the holder of a 1997 Ph.D. from UW) and Melody Rose (Portland State University, "No One Knew How to Run a Woman as Leader of the Free World: Hillary Clinton's Gender Strategy in Campaign 2008," 3:30-5:00, Communication 126.

October 10: CAPP and Department of Political Science
Frank Baumgartner (Penn State University), "Lobbying and Policy Change in Washington, DC," 1:30-3:00, Gowen 1A.

October 14: WISER Distinguished Lecture
Lawrie Balfour (University of Virginia), "Democracy's Reconstruction: W.E.B. DuBois and the Politics of Memory," 12 noon, Petersen Room, Allen Library.

October 16:  CCCE and CAPPP Election 2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series
John Gastil (UW), "The Debates and the Dynamics of Campaign 2008,"Gowen 1A,  12:00-1:30.

October 17: CLASS and the Political Theory Colloquium
Thomas Dumm (AmherstCollege), "Who is an Executable Subject?: Human Animality and the Problem of Injustice," 12pm, Gowen 1A.