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UWISC: International Security Colloquium
The University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC) is the only academic colloquium devoted to international security in the Pacific Northwest. The Colloquium is interdisciplinary and open to the public and sponsors seven to nine domestic and international speakers, as well as speakers from UW faculty and students. All lectures are held Fridays in the Olson Room, Gowen Hall room 1A, unless otherwise noted.
UWISC is sponsored by the Severyns-Ravenholt Endowment, the Richard B. Wesley Graduate Student Fund for International Relations, the UW Political Science Department, and the Center for Global Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies. Visit the UWISC website.
Upcoming Events
October 18, 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Smith Hall - SMI 40A
January 24, 2025 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
February 21, 2025 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
March 7, 2025 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
April 4, 2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Smith Hall - SMI 40A
May 9, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A
May 30, 2025 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Smith Hall - SMI 40A
Past Events
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Dark Visions for Society: The Spread of Extremist Ideas” - May 24, 2024
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Does it Matter if Peacekeepers Follow their Mandates?” - April 26, 2024
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Internal Security and Chinese Grand Strategy” - April 5, 2024
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Auditing Localized Google Search Results for Human Rights” - March 8, 2024
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Better than the Truth: Extra-factual Sources of Threat Conception and Proliferation” - February 16, 2024
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Commitments and Follow-Through: Implementing Justice Provisions in Peace Agreements” - January 26, 2024
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “In the Chief’s Confidence: Leaders, Advisors and the Making of (in)Accurate Judgments in War” - December 1, 2023
- University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Bringing Information Back in: Russia and the Pursuit of Limited Aims” - November 3, 2023
- Morgan Wack: UWISC Talk: Examining how Election Observation Statements impact Perceptions of Misinformation, Fraud, and Violence: Evidence from Kenya's 2022 General Election - May 26, 2023
- Meredith Loken: UWISC Talk: Women, Gender, and Rebel Governance in Civil Wars - May 5, 2023
- Eduardo Moncada: UWISC Talk: Citizens, Democracy and Violence Under Criminal Rule: Evidence from Latin America - April 21, 2023
- Ana Arjona: UWISC Talk: The Violent Bias in the Study of Civil War - March 3, 2023
- Jessica Sciarone: UWISC Talk: Why Women Are (Not Always) Right: Radicalization Pathways of Women in Far-Right Extremist Organizations - February 17, 2023
- Naima Green-Riley: UWISC Talk: Winning Hearts Without Changing Minds: The Limits of Broadcast Diplomacy - January 27, 2023
- Jihyeon Bae: UWISC Talk: Motives behind the Legalization of Authoritarian Intergovernmental Organizations (AIGOs) - December 2, 2022
- Megan Erickson: UWISC Talk: Organized Crime Dynamics and Violence Against Politicians in Mexico - November 18, 2022
- Yang-Yang Zhou: UWISC Talk: Prolonged Contact Does Not Reshape Locals’ Attitudes toward Migrants in Wartime Settings: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan - October 28, 2022
- Romain Malejacq, Assistant Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen: UWISC Talk: Romain Malejacq, Radboud University Nijmegen - May 27, 2022
- Nela Mrchkovska, PhD Student, Political Science: UWISC Talk: Religion in Insecure Time: Evidence from Eastern Europe - May 6, 2022
- Sidney Tarrow, Maxwell Upson Emeritus Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School: UWISC Talk, "From Movements and Parties to Movement-Parties: Comparative Perspectives on Contentious Politics" - April 22, 2022
- Ketian Zhang, Assistant Professor, George Mason University: UWISC Talk: Just Do it: Explaining the Characteristics and Rationale of Chinese Economic Sanctions - March 4, 2022
- Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY: UWISC Talk: Reflections on Social Movements and the Global Order - February 18, 2022
- Ian Callison, PhD Student, Political Science: UWISC Talk: Delegation Against Deterrence: The Impact of PGMs on Human Rights Compliance Under the ICC - January 28, 2022
- Megan Erickson, PhD Student, Political Science: UWISC Talk: Strategies of Consolidation in the Afghan Civil War (1989-2001) - December 3, 2021
- Sarah Zuckerman Daly, Assistant Professor, Columbia University: UWISC Talk: Securing the Future: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections - November 19, 2021
- Sabrina Karim, Assistant Professor, Cornell University: UWISC Talk: How Gender and Socialization Shapes Security Sector Restraint: Survey Evidence from Four Countries - October 22, 2021
- Elena Shih, Assistant Professor, Brown University: UWISC Talk June 4th: "The Humanitarian Development Nexus: Anti-Trafficking in the Asia Pacific" - June 4, 2021
- Jennifer Spindel, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire: UW International Security Colloquium :: Jennifer Spindel: "In the Shadow of Sex: Gender Signaling and the Conventional Weapons Trade" - May 14, 2021
- Beth Simmons, Professor, University of Pennsylvania: UW International Security Colloquium :: Beth Simmons: "Globalization and Border Anxiety in International Discourse" - May 7, 2021
- Bree Bang-Jensen, Political Science Ph.D Candidate: UW International Security Colloquium: "The Good News About Treaty Exit: Denunciation of Regressive Treaties" - April 23, 2021
- Kelebogile Zvobgo, Assistant Professor, William and Mary: UW International Security Colloquium: "Complementarity and Public Views on Overlapping Domestic and International Courts" - March 5, 2021
- Sherry Zaks, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California: UW International Security Colloquium: Sherry Zaks, "Resilience Beyond Rebellion: How Today’s Rebels Become Tomorrow’s Parties" - January 22, 2021
- Ozgur Ozkan, Jackson School Ph.D Candidate: UW International Security Colloquium - November 6, 2020
- Sarah Dreier, NSF Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: UW International Security Colloquium: “Emergency Law, Ordinary Violence: How Britain Justified Internment without Trial in Northern Ireland” - October 16, 2020
- Megan Erickson: UWISC: Variation in Pro-Government Militia Devolution - May 29, 2020
- Morgan Wack: UWISC: ICT, Crime, and Perceptions of Crime in Africa - May 15, 2020
- Francis Abugbilla: UWISC: The Effect of Post-Conflict Peace-Building Mechanisms on Reconciliation in Africa: The Case of Côte d'Ivoire - April 24, 2020
- Shihao Han: UWISC: Deterioration from Inside: Facing a Revisionist Hegemon Within the International Order - February 28, 2020
- Ozgur Ozkan: UWISC: Turkey's Enduring Diversity Dilemma: Military Reform and Army-Regime Relations Under Erdogan After the 2016 Botched Coup - January 10, 2020
- Christopher Colligan: UWISC: Identity and Innovation: The Influence of Emotion on Receptivity to New Information - December 6, 2019
- Aimée Fox from King's College London: University of Washington International Security Colloquium - "A Race Against the Clock. Innovation, Learning, and the Politics of Command in the British Army: Then and Now" - May 31, 2019
- Christopher Colligan, UW PhD student from Department of Political Science : University of Washington International Security Colloquium - "Identity and Innovation" - May 3, 2019
- Sarah Parkinson from Johns Hopkins University: University of Washington International Security Colloquium - Talk Title TBD - April 19, 2019
- Bree Bang-Jensen, UW PhD student from Department of Political Science : University of Washington International Security Colloquium - Talk Title TBD - March 8, 2019
- Aila Matanock from UC Berkeley: University of Washington International Security Colloquium - "Inviting Intervention: Statebuilding by Delegating Security" - February 15, 2019
- Craig Parsons from University of Oregon: University of Washington International Security Colloquium - "Polanyian Muscles in Hayekian Brussels: The European Union's Economic Authority in Comparative Perspective" - January 25, 2019
- Michael Horowitz from University of Pennsylvania: University of Washington International Security Colloquium - Talk Title TBD - November 16, 2018
- Dominic Tierney from Swarthmore College : University of Washington International Security Colloquium - "The Negativity Bias in International Politics" - October 26, 2018
- Anna Zelenz, UW PhD student from Department of Political Science : University of Washington International Security Colloquium - Talk Title TBD - October 12, 2018
- Jonathan Caverley, United States Naval War College: Arms for Influence: The Global Arms Trade and the Future of U.S. Power - May 11, 2018
- Milli Lake, London School of Economics: The Insecurity Trap: State Security and the Monopoly on Violence in Low Intensity Armed Conflicts - April 20, 2018
- Ellen Ahlness, UW Ph.D Student, Political Science: Arctic Motivations: Security v. Environmentalism in State Circumpolar Strategies - April 13, 2018
- Zoltán Búzás, Drexel University: Is the Good News About Law Compliance Good News About Norm Compliance? The Case of Racial Equality - March 2, 2018
- Jack Levy, Rutgers University: Economic Interdependence and the First World War - February 16, 2018
- Kathy Powers, University of New Mexico: Making Amends: The New Politics of Global Reparations - January 19, 2018
- Jonathan Beck, UW Ph.D Student, Political Science: European Integration Detour: The Contentious Politics of EU Migrant Benefits - December 8, 2017
- Michael Barnett, George Washington University: Human Rights and Humanitarianism: Distinctions with or Without a Difference? - October 27, 2017
- Meredith Loken, UW Ph.D Student, Political Science: Women Militants and Rebel Trajectory in Asymmetric Conflict - September 29, 2017
- Tarak Barkawi (London School of Economics & Political Science): The Idea of Battle in World Politics - May 26, 2017
- Jeffrey Kucik (City College of New York): How do previous dispute rulings affect future outcomes? - April 28, 2017
- Jakana Thomas (Michigan State University): The Impact of FDI Inflow on Political Instability in Authoritarian Regimes - April 21, 2017
- Travis Nelson: Market Pressure and Ideological Desire: The Politics of Post-Crisis Policy Reform - March 31, 2017
- Christopher Colligan, University of Washington: Military Outsourcing: Battlefield Effectiveness and Foreign Proxies - February 17, 2017
- Michael Barnett, George Washington University : Humanitarianism and Human Rights: Distinctions With or Without a Difference? - February 10, 2017
- Erica Chenoweth, University of Denver : UWISC: How Risky is Popular Dissent? - January 20, 2017
- Severine Autesserre, Barnard College, Columbia University: University of Washington International Security Colloquium: International Peacebuilding and Local Success: Assumptions, Myths and Reality - December 9, 2016
- Stefano Recchia, Cambridge: University of Washington International Security Colloquium: Status-enhancing Multilateralism: France in Africa Since 1994 - October 21, 2016
- Paige Sechrest, PhD student, University of Washington Department of Political Science : Violence by the People, for the People: Torture and Police Brutality in Democracies - September 30, 2016
- Robert Vitalis, Professor, Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania: A Mongrel-American Social Science: International Relations - June 3, 2016
- Wendy Pearlman, Associate Professor, Political Science at Northwestern University : Narratives of Protest in Syria - May 27, 2016
- Fotini Christia, Associate Professor, Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Networks of Sectarianism: Experimental Evidence on Access to Services in Baghdad - April 22, 2016
- Anna Zelenz, PhD student, University of Washington, Department of Political Science : Dynamics of Insurgency: Historical Process and Alliance Formation - April 1, 2016
- Vanessa Quince, PhD Student, University of Washington, Political Science Department: In & Out of Bounds: Black State Membership in Regional Organizations - February 12, 2016
- Frank Foley, Lecturer, King's College London: Keeping the Gloves On? Anti-Torture Norms and British Counterterrorism from the IRA to Al Qaeda - February 5, 2016
- Jonathan Kirshner (Cornell University): UWISC: Classical Realism in World Politics - November 20, 2015
- Alexandra Scacco, New York University: UWISC: An Experimental Test of Social Contact Theory in Nigeria - October 2, 2015
- Jonathan Kirshner, Cornell College: Classical Realism in World Politics - May 29, 2015
- Kimberly Marten, Barnard College: UWISC Talk: What if NATO Hadn't Expanded ? A Counterfactual Analysis of Russia and the West - May 1, 2015
- Taylor Fravel, MIT: Active Defense: Explaining the Evolution of China's Military Strategy - April 17, 2015
- Kristin Bakke, University College London: From War-Making to State-Making in the post-Soviet de facto States - February 13, 2015
- John Buchanan, UW Political Science: The Resource-Conflict Nexus: Opium and Insurgency in the Shan State of Burma - January 30, 2015
- Meredith Loken, Political Science Ph.D. Student, University of Washington: Gender and Political Violence - January 16, 2015
- Brian Rathbun, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California: Variation in Rationality in Foreign Policy Decision-Making - November 21, 2014
- Emily Gade, Political Science Ph.D. Student, University of Washington: Civilian Side Choosing in Insurgency - October 31, 2014
- Mia Bloom, Lecturer, Professor of Security Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell: ISLL and gender based violence in the caliphate: is there a sexul jihad? - October 10, 2014
- Jennifer Lind, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College: Geography, Maritime Power, and the Pacific Rivalry - May 23, 2014
- Todd Hall, Lecturer, St. Anne's College, Department of Politics and International Relations: Affected Actors: Theorizing Affective Politics after 9/11 - April 11, 2014
- John Owen, Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia: Springs and Their Offspring: The International Consequences of Domestic Uprisings - March 7, 2014
- Matthew Nelson, Reader, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of African and Oriental Studies (London, UK): Islamic States and the Securitization of the Muslim Self - February 14, 2014
- Saadia Pekkanen, Job & Gertrud Tamaki Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington: Asian Designs: Risen Powers and the Struggle for International Governance - January 17, 2014
- Crystal Pryor, UW Ph.D. student, Political Science Department: Strategic Export Controls: Explaining Divergence among Similar Countries on Similar Strategic Goods - November 15, 2013
- Stephan Hamberg, UW Ph.D. student, Political Science Department: Electoral Violence in New Democracies: Institutionalizing Peaceful Transitions - November 1, 2013
- Tanisha Fazal, Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame: Secessionism and Civilian Targeting - October 18, 2013
- William d’Ambruoso (UW Ph.D. student, Political Science Department): Norms and Torture - May 3, 2013
- Emily Gade, UW Ph.D. student, Political Science Department: Why and Under What Conditions Do Civilians Oppose Groups Who Brutalize Them? - March 8, 2013
- Kristan Seibel (UW Ph.D. student, Political Science Department): Verification Mechanisms in International Agreements - February 8, 2013
- Friends Under Fire: Blame Attributions in the Fog of War - January 18, 2013
- Steven Zech (UW Ph.D. student, Political Science Department): Evangelicals and Insurgents: Narratives and Violence in the Peruvian Civil War - November 30, 2012
- Christopher Jones (UW Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies): The Collapse of Soviet Deterrence Theory, 1979-1989 - November 2, 2012
- Matthew E. Goldman (UW Ph.D. student, Near and Middle East Studies): Development of Democracy in the Middle East - October 12, 2012
- Patrick Johnston, Associate Political Scientist, RAND Coorporation: Aid Under Fire: How Development Projects Impact Civil Conflict - May 11, 2012
- Yuen Foong Khong (Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford): International Politics: The Rules of the Game - April 27, 2012
- Barry Buzan (Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science): Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics/UWISC Lecture on Regional Security in Asia - April 6, 2012
- Joshua Eastin, UW Political Science Ph.D student: Natural disasters and civil conflict - March 9, 2012
- Stephan Hamberg, UW Political Science Ph.D student: Electoral Violence in New Democracies: Institutionalizing Peaceful Transitions - February 3, 2012
- David Kang (Professor of International Relations & Business, University of Southern California): Power & Authority in International Relations: Evidence from a Non-Western Case - January 13, 2012
- Charli Carpenter, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst: Explaining the Transnational Advocacy Agenda: Insights from Human Security Practitioners - November 18, 2011
- Charles Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University: Reframing Energy Security: How Oil Dependence Influences U.S. National Security - October 28, 2011
- Stacie Goddard, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College: The Rhetoric of Power Politics: Hitler’s Legitimation Strategies, British Policies, & World War II - May 20, 2011
- 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 - May 13, 2011
- Halvard Buhaug, Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo: Climate Wars? Security Implications of Climate Change - April 29, 2011
- Jason Lyall, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale: Dynamic Deterrence in Civil War: Evidence from (Simulated) Airstrikes in Afghanistan - April 15, 2011
- 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”) - March 4, 2011
- Alan Kuperman, Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas, Austin: The Puzzle of Rwanda's Genocide - February 11, 2011
- Peacekeeping and the Security Dilemma - December 3, 2010
- Keren Yarhi-Milo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Princeton: Assessing Intentions in International Politics - November 12, 2010
- Ron Hassner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley: War and the Religious Calendar - October 15, 2010
- Nicolas Jabko, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po: The Social Construction of Strategy - April 30, 2010
- Scott Sagan, Co‐director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, and Professor, Department of Political Science, Stanford University: Nuclear Power without Nuclear Proliferation? - April 16, 2010
- Stephan Hamberg, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington: Democratic Transitions and Violence - March 5, 2010
- David Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo: UWISC Talk - February 5, 2010
- Jessica Weeks, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University: Authoritarian Regimes, Domestic Politics, and Conflict Outcomes - January 22, 2010