Comparative Politics Workshop Schedule Announced: Spring 2022

Comparative Politics Workshop Schedule Announced: Spring 2022

The Spring 2022 Comparative Politics Workshop will be hybrid, with a mixture of online sessions (at 11:45am on select Wednesdays) and in-person sessions (at 2pm on select Wednesdays). Papers will be circulated approximately one week ahead of each meeting via the CUNY CP Google Group. If you are not a member of the Google Group, you may email gccomparative@gmail.com for each week’s paper. In-person sessions are in the Political Science Thesis Room, 5200.07. You must be masked and provide proof of vaccination to enter the Graduate Center building. Schedule is subject to change. Additional information and the most up-to-date schedule can be found at gccomparative.wordpress.com/spring-2022.
Full Workshop Schedule:
02/09 – ONLINE, 11:45am – Malay Firoz (Arizona State University)
The Resilience Paradox: Ethical Quandaries of Humanitarian Aid in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
02/23 – IN-PERSON, 2pm – Sandra Davidovic (CUNY Graduate Center)
Political economy of state-building in Kosovo: the case of post-conflict privatization of socially-owned enterprises
03/09 – ONLINE, 11:45am – Justine Davis (University of Michigan)
Citizen and Civil Society Relations in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire
03/23 – ONLINE, 11:45am – Sergi Martínez (European University Institute)
Authoritarian Indoctrination through Selective Repression
04/06 – ONLINE, 11:45am – Yunchen Tian (Johns Hopkins University)
Shifting Strategies and Public-NGO Partnerships in Migrant Rights Activism in Japan, 1990-2021
04/13 – IN-PERSON, 2pm – Mehda Majumdar (Australian National University/Yale University)
Democratic Backsliding in South Asia
05/04 – IN-PERSON, 2pm – Yanilda González (Harvard University)
From Victims to Resilient Citizens: The Policy Feedback Effects of State Violence
05/11 – IN-PERSON, 2pm – Juan Albarracín (Joining remotely, University of Notre Dame) and Juan Corredor Garcia (CUNY Graduate Center)
The political and criminal logics of violence: The Assassination of Social Leaders in Colombia