The meeting details are shared with the members of the CES Historical Study of States and Regimes (HSSR) Research Network. If you would like to receive the Zoom information, please contact the HSSR Research Network chair Amal Ahmed at aahmed@umass.edu.
September 22, 2023
Presenter: Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University, Political Science
• “How the Popes Aided the Protestant Reformation”
Discussant: Harris Mylonas, George Washington University, Political Science
Presenter: Magnus Bergli Rasmussen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Political Science
• “To Nip it in the Bud: Democratization and Institutional Safeguards against Redistribution”
Discussant: Ivan Ermakoff, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Sociology
October 20, 2023
Presenter: Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University, Political Science
• “Education for all? Authors, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark (Chapter 2)”
Discussant: Victoria Hattam, New School University, Politics
Presenter: Haris Dajc, University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, History
• “Distortion of historical narratives in Contemporary Serbia: myth of Serbian-Russian friendship and its consequences”
Discussant: Erika Harris, University of Liverpool, Politics
November 17, 2023
Presenter: Carl Strikwerda, Elizabethtown College, History
• “Shifting Mosaic: The Rise and Flaws of a Global World”
Discussant: Steve Hanson, The College of William and Mary, Government
Presenter: Matej Jungwirth, Northwestern University, Political Science
• “Mourning Lost Territory: Moving On, Staying in Place or Reversing the Status Quo?”
Discussant: Volha Charnysh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Political Science
December 15, 2023
Presenter: Robert Lipinski, University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations
• “Shifting History. The Long-term Impact of Border Changes on Political and Economic
Development in Europe”
Discussant: Agustin Goenaga, Lund University, Political Science
Presenter: Angie Torres-Beltran, Cornell University, Government
• “The Historical Origins of the Gendered State and its Contemporary Implications: Theory and Evidence from Mexico”
Discussant: Ryan Saylor, University of Tulsa, Political Science
January 19, 2024
Presenter: Erik Bengtsson, Lund University, Department of Economic History
• “The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison”
Discussant: Sheri Berman, Barnard College, Columbia University, Political Science
Presenter: Andreina Thoma, University of St. Gallen, Political Science
• “Female Suffrage and Ideology”
Discussant: Jan Rovny, Sciences Po, Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics
February 16, 2024
Presenter: Yusuf Magiya, New York University Abu Dhabi, Social Science Division
• “Taxation and State Building Under Diversity”
Discussant: David Andersen, Aarhus University, Political Science
Presenter: Corina Snitar, University of Glasgow, Central and East European Studies
• “The Romanian Section of the Comintern”
Discussant: Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania, Political Science
March 15, 2024
Presenter: Anna Grutza, Central European University, History
• “Imperial Laboratories of Governance in Disguise: Seeing Through the Grid of Cold War Information Analysis”
Discussant: Marla Stone, Occidental College, History
Presenter: Jason Wittenberg, UC Berkeley, Political Science
• “Logics of Historical Persistence”
Discussant: Marcus Kreuzer, Villanova University, Political Science
April 19, 2024
Presenter: Margarida Rodrigues, Northeastern University, Political Science
• “Democratic Gatekeeping”
Discussant: Jeff Kopstein, University of California-Irvine, Political Science
Presenter: Ryan Saylor, University of Tulsa, Political Science
• “Creditor Coalitions and State Formation in Europe”
Discussant: Ali Cirone, Cornell University, Government
May 17, 2024
Presenter: Sebastian Cortesi, Johns Hopkins, Political Science
• “The Violent Road to Proportional Representation: Evidence from late nineteenth century Buenos Aires”
Discussant: Matthias Dilling, Swansea University, Political Science
Presenter: Keonhi Son, SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy
• “Left parties’ preference on social policies for women in the western countries, 1900-1960”
Discussant: Mala Htun, University of New Mexico, Political Science