Schedule Fall 2026
Fall 2026 meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 11:00am (ET), beginning October 14. The full schedule will be announced in early October. The Zoom link will be shared via the listserv on the day of each meeting.
Past Presentations
Spring 2026
Feb. 11 (Wednesday, 10am) - Giovanny Alvarez (Short Talk)
- Title: Pacifying Elites, Endangering Communities: A Dual-Arena Theory of Post-Conflict Violence
- Discussant: Geoff Dancy
Feb. 26 - Sky Kunkel (Professionalization Workshop)
- Topics:
- Distinction between fellowship-based vs. project-based postdocs
- Cover letters and interviews
- Managing research pipeline during postdoc (individual projects vs. team project)
- Fieldwork experience
Mar. 12 - Myung Jung Kim (Short Talk)
- Title: The Double Bind of International Justice: Shorter Wars or Fewer Casualties?
- Discussant: Jessica Stanton
Apr. 2 - Myung Jung Kim and Do Young Gong (Professionalization Workshop)
Apr. 16 - Richard Yifan Zhou (Short Talk)
- Title: The Digital Reconstruction of U.S. Financial Dominance: Challenge and Governance of Non-Sovereign Digital Assets
- Discussant: Nicola Nones
Apr. 30 - Uzair Khan (Short Talk)
Fall 2025
Sep. 24 — Shing Hon Lam (Job Talk)
- Title: Backtracking Under Scrutiny: Evidence and Regulation in the WTO
- Discussant: Lauren Peritz
Oct. 8 — Stephen Chaudoin & Taegyun Lim (Short Talk)
- Title: Persuasion and Backlash from International Law in Global Swing States
- Discussant: Jonathan Chu
Oct. 22 — Akshita Aggarwal (Short Talk)
- Title: Between Delegation and Evasion: Coercive Inaction in Regional Organizations
- Discussant: Sabrina Arias
Nov. 5 — Dagmar Heintze (Short Talk)
- Title: (Semi)independent Human Rights Advocates: National Prevention Mechanisms and Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting
- Discussant: Rachel Schoner
Nov. 19 — Amaan Charaniya (Job Talk)
- Title: War and Peace: Territorial Disputes and Public Opinion in India
- Discussant: Omer Solodoch