Research Seminars – Academic Year 2005-06

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2005-06 Academic Year

13 October 2007
Politics in Really Hard Times: Ethnicity, Public Goods, and Government Responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa
Evan Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University. Discussant, Katrina Neubauer, Ph.D. Student in Political Science, GW

27 October 2007
Diasporas and Identity: A Framework for Understanding Potential Threats and Contributions
Jennifer Brinkerhoff, Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, The George Washington University. Discussant, Deborah Trent, Ph.D. Student in Public Administration, GW

10 November 2007
Objective Evaluation of the Economic Effect of Globalization
Steve Suranovic, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, The George Washington University. Discussant, Kara Heitz, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, GW

8 December 2007
The Politics of Antitrust and Merger Review in the EU
Tim Buthe, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke University, Discussant, Jennie Schulze, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, GW. Co-sponsored by the GW Center for the Study of Globalization

2 February 2006
Judicial Behavior on International Courts: The European Court of Human Rights
Erik Voeten, Assistant Professor of Political Science, The George Washington Universit. Discussant, Jennifer Davis, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, GW

16 February 2006
Time to Kill? Israel's Targeted Killings Policy and Lessons for the US
Daniel Byman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University. Discussant, James Mikulec, Ph.D. Student in Political Science, GW

2 March 2006
The Political Economy of Presumed Consent
Kieran Healy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona, Discussant, Miles Townes, Ph.D. Student in Political Science, GW

30 March 2006
Global Commodities and Global Identities: The Case of West African Cotton Before the First World War
Andrew Zimmerman, Assistant Professor of History, The George Washington University. Discussant, Andrea O'Brien, Ph.D. Student in History, GW

6 April 2006
While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers
Jon C. Pevehouse, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Discussant, David Malett, Ph.D. Student in Political Science, GW

13 April 2006
A Problem of Principals: Common Agency and Social Lending at the Multilateral Development Banks
Michael Tierney, Assistant Professor of Government, College of William and Mary. Discussant, Logan Wright, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, GW

4 May 2006
Moral Psychology and Genocide: A Study in Ethical Contrasts During the Holocaust
Kristen R. Monroe, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine.

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