Tania Islas Weinstein, Feb. 4th.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 4th, for:

“‘Un Absurdo Total’: Art, Taxation, and the Politics of National Patrimony in Contemporary Mexico”
Tania Islas Weinstein
University of Chicago

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance. This particular paper is also available by clicking here. To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

Stanislav Markus, Jan. 28th.

Please join us on Wednesday, January 28th, for:

“Who Is Ivan Galt? Postcommunist Oligarchs and the Politics of Wealth Defense”
Stanislav Markus
University of Chicago

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance. To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

Tariq Thachil, Jan. 14th.

Please join us on Wednesday, January 14th, for:

“Do Ethnic Differences Impede Class Solidarities in the City?
An Ethnographic Vignette-Experiment among Urban Migrants in India”

Tariq Thachil
Yale University

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance, and many will also be available at the workshop blog. You can access Professor Thachil’s paper and its supplement here. To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

Winter 2015 Workshop Calendar

The CPW calendar for Winter 2015 is now available. To download a PDF version of the calendar, either click here or see the link “Winter 2015 Workshop Calendar” on the right-hand side of your screen.

We will kick off the new quarter on Wednesday, January 14th, with a paper presented by Tariq Thachil. Professor Thachil’s paper is entitled “Do Ethnic Differences Impede Class Solidarities in the City? An Ethnographic Vignette-Experiment among Urban Migrants in India.

If you would like to be added to the workshop’s email list, please contact Mark Deming (jmdeming@uchicago.edu), the CPW coordinator. The workshop runs from 5:00 to 7:00pm at the Wilder House (5811 S. Kenwood Ave.), and all papers are distributed by email in advance.

We look forward to seeing you at the workshop!

Milena Ang, Nov. 19th.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 19th, for:

“Corrupt Accountability: Political Responses to Grand Corruption”
Milena Ang
University of Chicago

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance, and many will also be available at the workshop blog. To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

Jose Hernandez Company, Nov. 12th.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 12th, for:

“Parallel Authoritarian Powers: An Explanation of
Mexico’s Authoritarian Regime Durability and Breakdown”

Jose Antonio Hernandez Company
University of Chicago

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance, and many will also be available at the workshop blog. To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

James Fearon, Nov. 5th.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 5th, for:

“Does Contemporary Armed Conflict Have
‘Deep Historical Roots’?”

James Fearon
Stanford University

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance, and many will also be available at the workshop blog.To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

Jeremy Wallace, Oct. 29th.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 29th, for:

“Information Politics: China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign in Context”
Jeremy Wallace
The Ohio State University

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance, and many will also be available at the workshop blog. Professor Wallace has distributed two papers. These papers are no longer available at the workshop blog. Please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming, if you would like to receive copies of the workshop papers (jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu).

Rohit Goel, Oct. 22nd.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 22nd, for:

“War and Peace in Lebanon”
Rohit Goel
PhD Candidate
Department of Political Science, University of Chicago

The workshop meets at the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All papers will be distributed to the workshop email list in advance, and many will also be available at the workshop blog. To download Rohit Goel’s paper, please click here.To be added to the email list, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming at: jmdeming [at] uchicago [dot] edu. Please contact Mark should you have questions or require assistance.

Anna Grzymala-Busse, Oct. 15th.

Please join us on October 15th as we host Anna Grzymala-Busse! Anna Grzymala-Busse is the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan. She will be presenting a paper entitled “Weapons of the Meek: How Churches Influence Policy.” Bogdan Popescu will serve as discussant.

The paper is no longer available at the workshop blog. For a brief summary of Anna Gryzmala-Busse’s work, please view her profile at the University of Michigan’s Political Science Department (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~abusse/). If you would like to regularly receive the workshop papers, please contact the workshop coordinator, Mark Deming, in order to be added to the workshop email list. Mark can be reached at jmdeming@uchicago.edu.

The workshop meets on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All workshop meetings are in the seminar room of the Wilder House (5811 South Kenwood Avenue). Please contact Mark Deming (jmdeming@uchicago.edu) if you have any questions or require assistance.