Faculty Leader: Rory Truex
Meeting Day/Time: Tuesdays 11:50 AM -1:10 PM
Location: 127 Corwin Hall
Student papers are posted the Friday afternoon before each presentation. Members of the department may download them by clicking the presentation title in the table below.
Co-Sponsored by Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Princeton School of International Affairs, and Ogden Fund for Development of Global Civil Society and Democracy
2026-2027 Schedule of Presentations
FALL 2026
| Date | Presenter | Title/Paper | Discussant(s) | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8 | Isabelle DeSisto | Past Repression, Present Solidarity: Mnemonic Opportunities in Wartime | Practice Job Talk | |
| September 15 | Hannah Kazis-Taylor | War or Peace: Civilian Attitudes Toward Conflict Resolution | Practice Job Talk | |
| September 22 | Yingjie Fan | From Political Expression to Market Change: Nationalism and Consumer Learning in China | Practice Job Talk | |
| September 29 | Narrelle Gilchrist | Repeating the Mistakes of the Past: The Limits of “Facing History” in Polarized Classrooms | Practice Job Talk | |
| October 6 | Vincent Heddesheimer | Electoral Risk and Housing Supply | Practice Job Talk | |
| October 13 | Viivi Jarvi | Autocratic Ancestry, Democratic Dilemmas: Tracing Anti-Democratic Behavior in Authoritarian Successor Parties | Practice Job Talk | |
| October 20 | FALL BREAK—NO MEETING | |||
| October 27 | Tariq Thachil | Idle Capital: The Politics of Unspent Funds in India's Municipal Governments | Colloquium | |
| November 3 | Phillip Rehm | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Philipp Rehm (Johns Hopkins University) | Colloquium | |
| November 10 | Felix Beilin | Structural Transformation and Local Politics | Jiayi Chang | Research |
| November 17 | Isabela Mares | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Isabela Mares (Yale University) | Colloquium | |
| November 24 | Angela Odermatt | Deservingness Framed: Public Discourse and the Politics of Welfare Take Up | Ivan Tubio | Prospectus |
| December 1 | Alan Jacobs | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Alan Jacobs (University of British Columbia) | Colloquium | |
| December 8 | Lingyun Zhang | TBD | Winston Wee | Research |
| December 15 | NO MEETING |
SPRING 2027
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title/Paper | Discussant(s) | TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Reda Tamtam Emily Sallenback | TBD TBD | Fasih Zulfiqar Marco Castradori | Prospectus |
| February 2 | Etienne Gagnon | The Political Consequences of Trade: Price Shocks, Peasant Revolts and the Opening of Japan | Chris Gresh | Research |
| February 9 | Holly Harris | National Identity Transmitted Through Civic Education in France | Konrat Pekkip | Prospectus |
| February 23 | Ivan Tubio | Organized Interests in European Local Politics | David Breukel | Prospectus |
| March 2 | Aliz Toth | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Aliz Toth (London School of Economics and Political Science) | Colloquium | |
| March 9 | SPRING RECESS—NO MEETING | |||
| March 16 | Felix Wortmann Callejón Martin Pimentel | TBD Legislative Politics and Environmentalism in Morocco (tentative) | Florian Sichart Viivi Jarvi | 591 |
| March 23 | Agustina Paglayan | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Agustina Paglayan (University of California, San Diego) | Colloquium | |
| March 30 | Lily Tsai | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Lily Tsai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | Colloquium | |
| April 6 | Fatima Al-Sammak Cheryl Cosslett | TBD TBD | Emily Sallenback Ha (Joey) Do | 591 |
| April 13 | Ashakrat Elshehawy | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Ashakrat Elshehawy (University College London, University of London) | Colloquium | |
| April 20 | Winston Wee Yuchen Cao | TBD TBD | Mo Gasmi Yingjie Fan | Prospectus |
| April 27 | Carl Muller-Crepon | Comparative Politics Speaker Series: Carl Muller-Crepon (London School of Economics and Political Science) | Colloquium | |
| May 4 | Leonardo Feitosa Dantas | Affective Entrepreneurs: Production, Curation, and Sharing of Politically Polarizing Content on Social Media | Cecilia Suescun | Prospectus |
| May 11 | Laura Howells Florian Sichart | Dissertation Chapter Daytime Cities, Nighttime Voters: The Separation of Home and Work and the Politics of Growth | Isabelle DeSisto Gianfranco Miranda Romero | Research |