Fall 2025 WIP Schedule

Posted on September 25, 2025 by yjp9407

Fall 2025 WIP Schedule (Thursdays, 3:30-5PM, Pick Hall 506)

October 2	Felicity Vabulas Pepperdine University	“Out and Down: The Reputational Damage of Exiting International Organizations in the Eyes of Market Analysts”
October 9	Bobby Gulotty University of Chicago	“Mismeasured Cooperation: The Trans-Atlantic Origins of Reciprocity in Market Access”
October 16	IPES	NO MEETING
October 23	Rachel Sweet University of Notre Dame	“Truth and Power”
October 30	Bangchen Ruan University of Chicago	“Strategic Calculus of Preventive War: Which Windows of Opportunity Do States Jump Through?”
November 6	Matthew Conklin and Adam Saxton Dartmouth College and University of Chicago	Matthew Conklin and Adam Saxton, “A Gift, Not a Trade”: Think Tanks, Extra-Governmental Expertise, and the Elite Politics of National Security
November 13	Isabella Bellezza Northwestern University	“Border Agencies and the Networked Politics of Policing Global Trade”
November 20	Ari Weil University Of Chicago	“Explaining Insurgent Ideological Flexibility in Civil Wars”
November 27	THANKSGIVING	NO MEETING
December 4	Steven Boyd University Of Chicago	TBA

Workshop on International Politics Fall 2024 Schedule

Posted on October 17, 2024 by rconway1

Good afternoon IR community,

I am happy to announce the Fall QTR 2024 Workshop on International Politics Fall Schedule.

v/r,

Randall D. Conway Jr.

On behalf of the Workshop on International Politics Coordinating Team

Robert Gulotty email: gulotty@uchicago.edu

Rochelle Terman email: rterman@uchicago.edu

WIP Schedule Fall 2024

Workshop on International Politics: Fall 2024 Schedule

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Workshop on International Politics

FALL 2024 Speaker Series

*Please note: all meetings will be hybrid (in-person and on Zoom) unless specified otherwise*

October 3	Welcome and Social Hour	N/A
October 10	Jenna Gibson University of Chicago	“A Way with Words: Origins of Diplomatic Rhetoric.”
October 17	Madeleine Stevens University of Chicago	“Weaponizing Uncertainty: The Politics of Disappearance in Latin America.”
October 24	Omar Safadi University of Chicago	“Soldiers in the Land of God: Security, Territory, and Homophobic Militancy in Lebanon.”
October 31	Barbara Koremenos University of Michigan	“The Dangers of Ungoverned Solar Geoengineering and the Vast Challenges to Governing It.”
November 7	IPES	NO MEETING
November 14	Amy Pond Washington University	“Asset Mobility and Property Rights.”
November 21	William Spaniel University Of Pittsburgh	TBD
November 28	THANKSGIVING	NO MEETING
December 5	Miles Evers University of Connecticut	“Private Wars: Corporate Intelligence and the Roots of American Interventions.”

WIP seminars are Thursdays from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. in person at Pick 506 and via Zoom (password 126661)

Randall Conway is the WIP Coordinator; e-mail: rconway1@uchicago.edu

The WIP Speakers Series is supported by grants from The Division of Social Science and CAS.

Workshop on International Politics: Spring 2021 Schedule (virtual)

Posted on September 20, 2021 by gibsonj

Dear all,

Please find below the Spring 2021 schedule for the Workshop on International Politics. The workshop will take place virtually on Zoom on Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 pm.

The first meeting will be on Thursday, April 1st.

We look forward to a great quarter!

Workshop on International Politics: Winter 2021 Schedule (virtual)

Posted on January 11, 2021 by gibsonj

Dear all,

Please find below the Winter 2021 schedule for the Workshop on International Politics. The workshop will take place virtually on Zoom on Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 pm.

Please click here to access the Zoom meeting (password: 130885).

The first meeting will be on Thursday, January 14th.

We look forward to a great quarter!

WIP Schedule Winter 2021

Workshop on International Politics: Fall 2020 Schedule (virtual)

Posted on September 30, 2020 by gibsonj

Dear all,

Please find below the Fall 2020 schedule for the Workshop on International Politics. The workshop will take place virtually on Zoom on Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 pm.

Please click here to access the Zoom meeting (password: 838486).

The first meeting will be on Thursday, October 8th.

We look forward to a great quarter!

Summer WIP on July 30

Posted on September 7, 2020 by gibsonj

Summer 2020 WIP Presents:

“Inconspicuousness in International Institutions”

Tomoko Takahashi

University of Chicago

and

“An Authoritarian Advantage?: Regime Type and External Support in Internationalized Intrastate Conflict”

Seth Harrison

University of Chicago

Thursday, July 30th: 3:30pm-5:00pm

via Zoom (password: 014962)

No papers will be circulated during the Summer Quarter Workshop Series

Persons who believe they may need assistance to attend the session should contact Elsy Gonzalez in advance to make arrangements.

The WIP Speakers Series is supported by grants from Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences and The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences.

Summer WIP on July 23

Posted on July 19, 2020 by elsy

Summer 2020 WIP Presents:

“Tactical Learning Centers and Technological Innovation”

Robert Maxwell

University of Chicago

and

“Who stages Coups? A New Comprehensive Dataset on Coup Leaders, 1950-2019”

Bastian Herre

University of Chicago

Thursday, July 23th: 3:30pm-5:00pm

via Zoom (password: 014962)

No papers will be circulated during the Summer Quarter Workshop Series

Persons who believe they may need assistance to attend the session should contact Elsy Gonzalez in advance to make arrangements.

The WIP Speakers Series is supported by grants from Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences and The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences.

Summer WIP on July 16

Posted on July 13, 2020 by elsy

Summer 2020 WIP Presents:

“Empirical study of the effect of WWII on U.S. foreign policy preferences”

Matthew Conklin

University of Chicago

and

“A Solution to Ethnic Rebellion? A Look at Decentralization’s Varying Impact on Group Grievances”

Narrelle Gilchrist

University of Chicago

Thursday, July 16th: 3:30pm-5:00pm

via Zoom (password: 014962)

No papers will be circulated during the Summer Quarter Workshop Series

Persons who believe they may need assistance to attend the session should contact Elsy Gonzalez in advance to make arrangements.

The WIP Speakers Series is supported by grants from Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences and The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences.

Summer WIP on July 9

Posted on July 13, 2020 by elsy

Summer 2020 WIP Presents:

“Hate Has a Home Here: Right-Wing Hate Groups

and Threat Perceptions in the United States“

Maya Van Nuys

University of Chicago

and

“Why do Nonstate Armed Groups Fight One Another?

A Reappraisal of the UCDP Nonstate Conflict and UCDP Georeferenced Event Datasets”

Basil Bastaki

University of Chicago

Thursday, July 9th: 3:30pm-5:00pm

via Zoom (password: 014962)

No papers will be circulated during the Summer Quarter Workshop Series

Persons who believe they may need assistance to attend the session should contact Elsy Gonzalez in advance to make arrangements.

The WIP Speakers Series is supported by grants from Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences and The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences.