Comparative-Historical Social Science (CHSS)

WORKSHOP

Unless otherwise noted, all CHSS workshop meetings are held on Friday from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies. Snacks and beverages are provided.

Faculty coordinators for 2009/10: Bruce Carruthers and Monica Prasad
Graduate student coordinators: Josh Kaiser and Christoph Nguyen

This fall we offer our usual exciting mixture of distinguished speakers and graduate student presentations, and all are welcome to join us.

Fall 2009

October 2
Theda Skocpol, Departments of Government and Sociology, Harvard University
"Obama's New Deal in Historical Perspective"
(Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St., Evanston)

October 16
Charlie Kim
"Formation, development, and identity of collaborators under occupation: A case study of Japanese-occupied Koreans from 1910 to 1945"
Andrew Kelly
"Entering the New Frontier: Science and the State in Great Britain and the United States"
Rim Naguib
"Middle class ideologies in mid-twentieth century Egypt and Iran"

October 30
Isaac Martin, Department of Sociology, UC-San Diego
"Bankers into Populists: The Texas Tax Clubs and the Mellon Plan"

November 20
Dan Galvin, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University
Parties as Political Institutions: Explaining Asymmetrical Organizational Change in the Democratic and Republican Parties

Spring 2009

April 3
Kimberly Morgan, George Washington University
"The Delegated Welfare State: The Marketizing of American Social Provision in Comparative and Historical Perspective"

April 10 at 3:30pm
Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University
"Precluding Nonviolence, Propelling Violence: The Effect of Internal Fragmentation on Movement Behavior"

April 24
Deborah Yashar, Princeton University
"Violence and the Illicit in Post-Authoritarian Latin America"

May 15
Marina Zaloznaya
“Transformation of the Informal Economy: A Comparative Study of Corruption in Ukrainian and Belarusian Universities”
James Mahoney
“Comparative-Historical Analysis: Generalizing Past the Past”

May 22
Field Trip to University of Chicago Workshop on Colonialism

June 5
Julia Lynch, University of Pennsylvania
“The Age of Welfare: Citizens, Clients and Generations in the Making of the Modern Welfare State”
Followed by Party at Jim Mahoney’s House

Winter 2009

January 9
Benoît Rihoux, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
"Latest Developments in Configurational Comparative Methods”

January 30
Andreas Wimmer, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
“Explaining Nationalism and the Nation-State: A Quantitative Exploration, 1789-2001”

February 27
CANCELLED Isaac Martin, University of California, San Diego
"Taxpayers Into Populists: Bankers, Tax Clubs and the Mellon Plan"

March 6
Armando Lara-Millán
“The Political Logics from Below of Disconnection and Connection”
Jennifer Rosen
“Women’s Political Power 1992-2004: Revisiting the Effects of Electoral Systems and Gender Quotas across Development Thresholds”

Fall 2008

October 3
Charles Ragin, University of Arizona
“Counterfactual Cases and Comparative Analysis.”

October 24
Marissa Brookes
“Toward Transnationalism: Comparative Insights on Unions’ Responses to Services Offshoring.”
Jennifer Cyr
“From Collapse to Comeback?: Understanding the Potential for Political Party Revival in the Andean Region.”

November 14
Christopher R. Day
“The Fates of Rebels: Uganda’s Insurgency Movements Since 1968”
Elizabeth Onasch
"Statistiques Ethniques: Contests over French National Identity"

December 5
Mark Blyth, Johns Hopkins University
"When Liberalisms Change: Comparing the Politics of Deflations and Inflations"