Research Seminars

The IGIS Research Seminar Series is designed to facilitate discussion of research in the social sciences. The series brings distinguished faculty members from GW and other universities to present a working paper and discuss their current research with both GW faculty and GW Ph.D. students, who also serve as discussants for the series. The speakers' working papers are available on our website for attendees to read prior to each seminar.

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars begin at 12 noon and take place in the Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501, 1957 E Street, NW. Please RSVP to igis@gwu.edu.

Previous Years' Seminars

2009-10| 2008-09 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05

2009-10 Academic Year

Lee Ann Fujii

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, September 24
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Lee Ann Fujii, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
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Elliott Green

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, October 8
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Elliott Green, Tutorial Fellow, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science; Research Associate, Oxford University

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Jennifer Brinkerhoff

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, October 15
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Jennifer Brinkerhoff , Professor of Public Administration, International Business, and International Affairs, George Washington University
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Susan Aaronson

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, October 22
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Susan Aaronson, Associate Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Keith Darden

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, October 29
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Keith Darden , Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University
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Jeffrey Stacey

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, November 5
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Jeffrey Stacey , Assistanct Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
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Rafaela Dancygier

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, November 12
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Rafaela Dancygier, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Princeton University
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John Horgan

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, November 19
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

John Horgan, Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
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James Vreeland

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, December 3
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

James Vreeland, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University
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Ian Hurd

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, January 21
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Ian Hurd, Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University
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Matthew Kroenig

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, January 28
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Matthew Kroenig, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University
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Mark Haas

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, February 11
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Mark Haas, Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University
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Dvora Yanow

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, February 18
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Dvor Yanow, Professor of Public Policy and Social Science, California State University - East Bay
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Matthew Fuhrmann

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, March 4
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Matthew Fuhrmann, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Jennifer Mitzen

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, March 11
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Jennifer Mitzen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Kimberly Theidon

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, March 25
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Kimberly Theidon, Associate Professor of Athropology, Harvard University
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Stephen Walt

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, April 1
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Stephen Walt, Professor of Political Science, Harvard University
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Chris Blattman

IGIS Research Seminar Series
Thursday, April 22
Dean Maurice A. East Conference Room, Suite 501
1957 E Street, NW

Chris Blattman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics, Yale University
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2008-2009 Academic Year

30 April 2009
The Meaning of Multilateralism: Alliances, Coalitions, and the Multinational Prosecution of Wars
Patricia Weitsman, Professor of Political Science, Ohio University
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9 April 2009
The Lifespan of Written Constitutions
Zachary Elkins, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois
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2 April 2009
The Architecture of Empire: Globalization and the Politics of U.S. Overseas Basing
Daniel Nexon, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University
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26 March 2009
The Logic of Security Markets: Governance by violent groups in Areas of Limited Statehood
Zeljko Branovic, IGIS Visiting Scholar

 

12 March 2009
Migrant Remittances and Exchange Rate Regimes in the Developing World
David Singer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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5 March 2009
Civilizations in World Politics: A Requiem for Samuel P. Huntington
Patrick Jackson, Associate Professor of International Politics, School of International Service, American University
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27 February 2009
Bending the Rules: Institutional Analysis, Political Change, and Labor-Market Reform in Advanced Industrial Societies
Mark Vail, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Tulane University
Please note that this event is on a Friday
Contact igis@gwu.edu for a copy of the paper to be discussed.

19 February 2009
For the People, but not always by the people: The extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), NGOs and Signaling of "Democratic Rights"
Susan Ariel Aaronson, Research Associate Professor, George Washington University; Institute for Corporate Responsibility and Institute for International Economic Policy; GWU Policy Research Fellow
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12 February 2009
Compiling Your Own Dataset: A Survival Guide
Holger Schmidt, Instructor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

5 February 2009
'Liberation' or 'Terrorism'? Towards a distinction through a case study of the armed struggle of the liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam
Muttukrishna Sarvananthan, IGIS Visiting Scholar

29 January 2009
What Price for AIDS Drugs? Rethinking International Diffusion.
Nitsan Chorev, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brown University

22 January 2009
Pluralist Advocacy for International Organizations through Congressional Channels
Kathryn Lavell, Associate Professor of World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University
Please Contact igis@gwu.edu for a copy of the paper.

4 December 2008
Civil War Intervention and the Problem of Iraq
Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; Jeffrey Friedman, Doctoral Studient, Harvard University; and
Stephen Long, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
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20 November 2008
Power and the effectiveness of Compellent Threats
Todd Sechser, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
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13 November 2008
Legitimacy and Alliance Maintenance: The Kosovo Case
Andy Loomis, IGIS Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor of International Relations, George Washington University
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16 October 2008
What is Ethnic War?
Nicholas Sambanis, Professor of Political Science, Yale University
CANCELED

10 October 2008
Deliberative Institutions and Democracy in Divided Societies: Lessons from Indigenous Peoples in the Andes
Donna Lee Van Cott, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut; Please note that this event will be held on a Friday
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2 October 2008
Winning Funding for Dissertation Field Research: How to Boost your Chances
Emmanuel Teitelbaum, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
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25 September 2008
A Portrait of America in Turbulent Times: Public Perceptions and the Political Salience of Terrorism and other Traumatic Events
George Shambaugh, IGIS Visiting Scholar; Associate Professor of International Affairs and Government, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government, Georgetown University
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