Fall 2009 IRC Schedule:
The IRC schedules include guest speakers, discussion of important or interesting recent work in the field of international relations from assorted books and journals, and dissertation brainstorming for graduate students.
September 15th
Jon Pevehouse (website)
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Wisconsin
"Democratization and Human Rights Institutions"
Discussant: Dave Ohls
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
September 22nd
Book Discussion
North, Wallis, and Weingast (2009)
Violence and Social Orders (Ch. 1-3)
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
September 29th
Katja Favretto (website)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Wisconsin
"Should Peacemakers Take Sides? Major Power Mediation, Coercion, and Bias"
APSR 103(2). Empirical findings and plans for future research.
Discussant: Jennifer Petersen
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
October 6th
Article Discussion
Hafner-Burton, Kahler, and Montgomery (2009)
"Network Analysis for International Relations"
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
October 13th
Courtney Hillebrecht (website)
University of Wisconsin
"A la Carte Compliance: International Human Rights Tribunals, Domestic Politics, and the Microfoundations of Credible Commitments"
Discussant: Jason Ardanowski
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
October 20th
Mark Copelovitch and Dave Ohls
University of Wisconsin
"Timing is Everything: Post-Colonial States and WTO Accession"
Discussant: Jon Pevehouse
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
October 27th
Jess Clayton
University of Wisconsin
"Persuasion Versus Coercion: Human rights Compliance Within the Context of the Lome and Cotonou Agreements"
Discussant: Brandon Lamson
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
November 3rd
Article Discussion
Hollyer and Rosendorff (2009)
"Domestic Politics and the Accession of Authoritarian Regimes to Human Rights Treaties"
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
November 10th
(no meeting)
November 17th
Bear Braumoeller (website)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
The Ohio State University
"System, State, and Citizen: Nested Political Authority and the Dynamics of International Security"
(bibliography)
Discussant: Lisa Martin
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
November 24th
Tana Johnson (website)
University of Wisconsin
"The Role and Effect of Intergovernmental Organizations in Institutional Design"
Discussant: Jess Clayton
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
December 1st
Kristin Vekasi
University of Wisconsin
"Red Tape, Green Money: Political Conflict and Economic Logic in Sino-Japanese Relations"
Discussant: Kathleen Klaus
12:15pm, 422 North Hall
December 8th
Lisa Martin (website)
Professor of Political Science
University of Wisconsin
"Against Compliance: Conceptualizing and Measuring Institutional Effects"
Discussant: Emily Sellars
12:15pm, 422 North Hall