Seminars

There are several seminar series which meet on a regular basis. Descriptions and links are provided below. The seminar homepages contain information on specific dates, topics of talks, and often links to relevant papers.

Graham Stuart Lounge is Encina West, Room 400.

Political Theory Workshop
Coordinators: Joshua Cohen and Rob Reich
A faculty and graduate student seminar designed to foster an intellectual forum for discussing the work of faculty members, graduate students, and invited guests.

Global Justice Workshop (sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center)
Coordinator: Joshua Cohen
This workshop examines questions of global justice including: poverty, inequality between nations, oppressive regimes, identity, human rights, and our duties to one another. The workshop brings together faculty and graduate students from across the university to investigate the complexities of these questions and to discuss possible answers.

Comparative Politics Workshop
The Workshop in Comparative and Historical Analysis provides an opportunity for graduate students and faculty engaged in comparative and historical research to present work "in progress" to an audience that is neither specialized in area or era. Thus the purpose of the workshop is to draw out themes from papers that are based on specialized historical and comparative research that transcend the period and region covered. Papers will be posted generally by Thursday before the seminar. It will be assumed that all participants have read the paper before the workshop, and little time will therefore be expended in summarizing the paper. All members of the university community are welcome to participate in this workshop. Graduate students in History and Political Science have special arrangements for getting course credit. The seminar meets Mondays, 4:15-6:05pm in Graham Stuart Lounge.

Workshop in Statistical Modeling
The workshop provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical aspects and empirical applications of statistical modeling in the social sciences. The workshop is designed to have both pedagogical sessions and more specialized presentations from invited speakers. This workshop will not be meeting for the academic year of 2006-2007.

Workshop in International Relations
This weekly workshop provides a forum for both students and outside speakers to present current work. It meets 4:15-6:05pm on Tuesdays in Graham Stuart Lounge. See the website for more information.

American Empirical Series (AES)
The American Empirical Series is sponsored by SIQSS. Speakers on topics in American politics are brought in several times each quarter, usually on weeks when the Workshop in Statistical Modeling does not meet. AES is generally on Thursdays at 5:15pm in GSL. Dinner with the speaker often occurs after the seminar. To subscribe to the AES mailing list to receive announcements of upcoming seminars, send an email to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu with the line
subscribe american_empirical_series
in the body of the email.

Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS)
IRiSS and the Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) hosts several speakers throughout the year. Notice of speakers is usually forwarded to political science faculty and graduate students.

GSB Political Economy Seminar
Political Economy Seminar organized by the Graduate School of Business. It meets every other Tuesday between noon and 1:00 pm in Room L107.

Stanford Center for International Development, Lunch Lecture Series
SCID invites guest speakers to address economic issues in developing countries. These lunch lectures are held in the Landau Economics Conference Room A. RSVP is required for lunch. The lecture series meets noon - 1:15 pm on specified Tuesdays.

Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) of Stanford University's Institute for International Studies seeks to promote innovative and practical research to assist developing countries and transitioning societies in the design and implementation of policies to foster democracy, to promote balanced and sustainable growth, and to advance the rule of law. They have a weekly research seminar series at noon on Wednesdays, as well as other sponsored events.

Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
CISAC has a weekly social science seminar series which hosts speakers on topics in international security. It meets on Thursday afternoons at 3:30pm. CISAC also hosts other events that may be of interest.

Institute for International Studies (IIS)
IIS is comprised of several research institutes, including CISAC and CDDRL listed above. In addition to these centers, the Asian-Pacific Research Center (APARC) and the European Forum may have seminars of interest to political scientists. See the IIS site for event details.

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
The CTL provides many resources for teachers (both professors and TAs), including frequent workshops and speakers on teaching and presentation skills, creating teaching portfolios, and improving other academic career skills. A list of upcoming events can be found on their website.