Hello!

The Comparative Politics Workshop cordially invites you to the discussion of Tianna Paschel’s paper“Beyond Radicals and Sellouts: The Uneven Institutionalization of Black Social Movements in Colombia and Brazil.” The discussant for this paper will be 4th year student Jaira Harrington.  Please join us!

The Comparative Politics Workshop meets every Wednesday  on the Seminar Room at the Wilder house (5811 S. Kenwood). A map to the Wilder house can be found by clicking here. Please contact the workshop coordinators, Milena Ang (milenaang@uchicago.edu) and Tania Islas (tislasweinstein@uchicago.edu) for a copy of the paper, or if you need assistance.

Hello all,
The Comparative Politics Workshop cordially invites you to Noam Lupu’s  presentation of the paper “Brand Dilution and the Breakout of Political Parties in Latin America”, next Wednesday, October 12th. The discussant will be Jose Antonio Hernandez. Please join!

The Comparative Politics Workshop meets every Wednesday  on the Seminar Room at the Wilder house (5811 S. Kenwood). A map to the Wilder house can be found by clicking here. Please contact the workshop coordinators, Milena Ang (milenaang@uchicago.edu) and Tania Islas (tislasweinstein@uchicago.edu) for a copy of the paper, or if you need assistance.

We have updated the schedule for the Fall quarter 2011 (click here) to include titles.

Please join us every Wednesday (6:00 to 8:00 pm) at the Seminar Room in the Wilder House.

The Comparative Politics Workshop cordially invites you to the discussion of the paper

A PIECE OF THE PIE:
Profit, Wages, and the Political Economy of International Trade

by

Adam Dean
University of Chicago

Discussant: Jacob Blecher

Wednesday, October 5th
6:00-8:00 pm
Wilder House Conference Room

Please contact Milena Ang (milenaang@uchicago.edu) or Tania Islas (tislasweinstein@uchicago.edu) for a copy of the paper, and feel free to ask any questions  you might have.

We welcome you to the Comparative Politics Workshop of the University of Chicago, academic year 2011-2012. We are happy to announce the schedule for the Fall quarter. As you will see, we have been able to put together a very stimulating mix of scholars from the University, as well as from other leading institutions. Titles of the discussions will be posted as soon as they are available. The Fall 2011 poster can be seen by clicking here. We also remind you that you are invited to the welcome session that will be held on Wednesday September 28th, on the Seminar Room at the Wilder house (5811 S. Kenwood).  Pizzas and refreshments will be provided. A map to the Wilder house can be found by clicking here.

We hope to see you there!

Milena Ang and Tania Islas, Workshop Coordinators

PS. Do not hesitate to contact us for comments or questions: milenaang@uchicago.edu, and tislasweinstein@uchicago.edu.

Thanks to all who attended the workshop this year, and especially those who came out and shared their thoughts at our end-of-year party. Our new coordinators, Milena and Tania, will take over in August with a new schedule for the fall quarter.

Please join us this week to welcome former CPW coordinator Nick Smith as he presents his paper, “Governing Evil: Lynch Violence and the Rule of Law.” Daragh Grant will be our discussant.

Please email me if you’d like a copy of the paper!

Please join us for our last U of C-Northwestern joint workshop of the year, this Friday, April 29, at 6 pm (light refreshments will be served beginning at 5 pm). Our presenter will be Yale University’s Julia Adams, whose paper is entitled “Why No ‘Sovereignty’ in Sociology? Disciplinary History and Imperial Crisis.” Diana Kim, former workshop coordinator, has kindly agreed to be our discussant.

The workshop will be held in Lounge 420 (that’s one floor up from the usual room). Directions to Gleacher can be found at www.gleachercenter.com. The 6 bus is the easiest route from campus.

Hope to see you there!

Join us this Wednesday to welcome UCSD professor Edmund Malesky to the Workshop. He’ll be presenting a paper entitled, “The Adverse Effects of Sunshine: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Legislative Transparency in an Authoritarian Assembly.” Barnard Choi will be our discussant.

Join us this Wednesday, April 6, to kick off the Spring Quarter with our own Jonathan Obert, who’ll be presenting his paper, “The Illusion of a Violent Monopoly: Explaining Trajectories of Security Institutionalization.” Hope to see you there!