Fall 2019
September 6th, 3:30pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Luis L. Schenoni, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
Title: “War and State Formation in Nineteenth Century Europe and Latin America: A Comparative History.”
September 27th, 3:00pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Debra Javeline, Shana Scogin, Kimberly Peh, and Angela Chesler
Title: “Is Democracy the Answer to Intractable Climate Change?“
October 11th, 3:00pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Michael Hoffman and Hannah Early Bagdanov
Title: “Defensive Minoritarianism: Support for Democracy Among Lebanese Christians”
November 8th, 3:00pm, ***Jenkins Nanovic 2060
Tomas Gold, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Fellow
Title: “Right-Wing Mobilization in Latin America (2012-2016): Shifting Party Linkages and Organizational Repertoires”
November 15th, ***11:30am, location TBD
Camilo Nieto-Matiz and Natan Skigin
Title: “The Unintended Consequences of Democratic Reforms: Electronic Vote and Criminal Violence in Brazil”
December 6th, 3:00pm, Hesburgh Center Conference Room #234
Josephine Lechartre, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
Title: “Unpacking the State in Civil War: Contrasting State Capacity with Government Control”
Spring 2019
February 8th, 3pm
Paul Friesen, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
“The Logic of Group Voting: A Global Examination of Social Identities in Electoral Institutions”
February 15th, 3pm
Luiz Vilaca, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Looking Beyond Capacities: Why Some Anti-Corruption Institutions Succeed and Others Fail”
February 22nd, 3pm
M. Tahir Kilavuz, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“The Limits of Gender Equality in the MENA: Experimental Evidence on Inheritance Laws”
March 1st, 3pm
Shana Scogin, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Women Participation under Conditions of Male Out-Migration: The 2015 Nepali Earthquakes”
March 22nd, 3pm
Jake Turner, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Authoritarians and Guerrillas: Partners in Post-War Polarization”
April 12th, 3pm
Natán Skigin, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
“Explaining Primaries: Intraparty Conflict and Diffusion in Candidate Selection”
Spring 2018
February 23th, 3pm
Tahir Kilavuz, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Authoritarian Durability in the Middle East and North Africa”
Location: Room 2060 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
March 2nd, 3pm
Lucia Manzi, PhD Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Prosecuting Mafia Organizations and Corruption: The Case Study of Palermo”
Location: Jenkins Nanovic Halls Room 2060
April 13th, 3:30pm
Luis Leandro Schenoni, PhD Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Bringing War Back In: Victory and State Formation in Latin America”
Location: Room 2060 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
April 20th, 3:30pm
Tahir Kilavuz, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate & Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
“Evaluations of a Religious but Corrupt Candidate in Muslim Majority Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia”
Location: Room 2060 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
April 27st, 3:30pm
Omar Coronel, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Managing Protest in Weak Democracies”
Location: Room 2060 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
Fall 2017
September 8th, 3pm
Camilo Nieto-Matiz, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Ruling in Violent Democracies: Electoral Politics and State Capacity”
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
September 22nd, 3pm
Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
“Faith and Friendship: Religious Tolerance and Religious Bridging in Muslim-majority Countries”
Location: Room 227 Hesburgh Center
September 29th, 3pm
Maggie Shum, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“The Journey to the Right – The Cross-Party Diffusion of Participatory Budgeting in Brazil”
Location: Room 227 Hesburgh Center
October 6th, 3pm
M. Tahir Kilavuz, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Once Allies, Always Allies: How Opposition Coalitions under Authoritarianism Shaped the Fate of Democratic Transitions in the MENA”
Location: Room B052 Jenkins Nanovic Hall
October 13th, 3pm,
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Virginia
“Who Receives Electoral Gifts? It Depends on Question Wording. Experimental Evidence from Mexico”
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
November 17th, 3pm
Paul Friesen, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg PhD Fellow
“”Ethnic-Based Electoral Manipulation through Strategic Ballot Rejection: The 2016 Zambian Elections”
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
December 1st, 3pm
Omar Coronel, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Doctoral Affiliate
“Governing Violent Protests in Uneven Democracies: Evidence from Peru” Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
Fall 2016
September 23rd (Friday)
Lucía Tiscornia
“Lethal Weapons: Post-Conflict Police Reform and Criminal Violence”
Hesburgh Center C104/105
3:00 pm
October 27th (Thursday)
Javier Osorio, Assistant Professor of Political Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Eventus ID Workshop
Hesburgh Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Room 247
12-3pm
October 28th (Friday)
Javier Osorio, Assistant Professor of Political Science, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“Multi-Actor Conflict and Violence in Colombia“
Hesburgh Center C104/105
3pm
November 18th (Friday)
Camilo Nieto-Matiz & Luis Schenoni
“Backing Despots? Foreign Aid and the Survival of Autocratic Regimes”
Hesburgh Center C104/105
3:00pm
December 2nd (Friday)
Juan Albarracín
Hesburgh Center C104/105
3:00pm
Spring 2016
January 22nd, 9am, Workshop
Michael Coppedge, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
V-Dem Workshop
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
February 5th, 3pm, Regular Meeting
Fernando Bizzarro Neto, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
“When Parties Rule: the origins of Party-based regimes (1900-2015)”
Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
February 20th, Day-long workshop, MPSA Preparation Meeting
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Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C103 Hesburgh Center
March 4th, 3pm, Regular Meeting
Lucia Tiscornia, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
TBA
Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C103 Hesburgh Center
March 18th, 3pm, Regular Meeting
Chonghyun Choi, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Ph.D Fellow
TBA
Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
April 22nd, 3pm, CPW Season Ending Guest Lecture
Evgene Finkel, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University
TBA
Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C103 Hesburgh Center
Fall 2015
October 2nd, 3pm, CPW Season Opening Guest Lecture
Ryan Carlin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
The Other Side of Neoliberalism: Policy Reforms and Economic Accountability in Latin America.
Discussants: Richard Price, Ph.D. Student, and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Ph.D. Candidate.
Location: Room C103 Hesburgh Center
October 3rd, 08:55am, Book Workshop
Scott Mainwaring, Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Party Systems in Latin America: Institutionalization, Decay, and Collapse
Location: Room C103 Hesburgh Center
October 7thth, 4pm, Regular Meeting
Maggie Shum, Ph. D. Student
The Politics of Participatory Policies: Explaining Diffusion and Decline of Participatory Budgeting in the Brazilian Context
Discussants: Fernando Bizzarro Neto, Ph.D. Student, Guillermo Trejo, Associate Professor
Location: Room 305 DeBartollo Hall
October 30th, 3pm, Regular Meeting
Lucia Manzi, Ph. D. Student
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Discussants: TBA
Location: Room 404 Main Building
November 6th, 2:30pm, Regular Meeting
Nathanael Sumaktoyo, Ph.D. Student
Faith and Friendship: The Social Sources of Religious Tolerance
Discussants: Prof. Robert Dows, Political Science, Mike Wood, Graduate Student, Sociology.
Location: Room 404 Main Building
November 13th, 3pm, Regular Meeting
1. Tahir Kilavuz, Ph.D. Student
Why Arabs Rebelled? Grievances and Opportunities in Tunisian and Egyptian Uprisings
Discussants: TBA
Location: Room 117 DeBartollo Hall
November 20th, 3pm, Regular Meeting
Ana Petrova, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Ph.D. Fellow
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Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C104/105 Hesburgh Center
December 4th, 4pm, CPW Guest Lecture (Co-organization with the Mexico Working Group)
Allyson Benton, Research Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
TBA
Discussants: TBA
Location: Room C103 Hesburgh Center
Fall 2014
Hesburgh Center, Room C104/105, 3-5 PM
Friday, September 5
Nara Pavão, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellow
“Hindrances to Accountability for Corruption”
Discussant: Guillermo Trejo, Associate Professor of Political Science and Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Friday, October 10
Juan Albarracín Dierolf, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Institute Ph.D. Fellow
“Hybrid Political Orders and Practices of Citizenship. Insights from Brazilian Urban Slums”
Discussants: Sandra Ley Gutiérrez, Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow and Nara Pavão, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellow
Friday, November 14
Sandra Botero, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Institute Ph.D. Fellow
Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Institute Ph.D. Fellow
Laura Gamboa, Ph.D. Candidate and Kellogg Institute Ph.D. Fellow
Nara Pavão, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellow
David Nickerson, Associate Professor of Political Science
“Under Friendly Fire: Partisan Press, Political Fragmentation and Candidate Evaluations in Argentina.”
Discussants: Geoffrey Layman, Professor of Political Science, and Ana Petrova, Ph. D. Student and Kellogg Institute Ph. D. Fellow
Friday, December 12
Fernando Bizzarro, Ph.D. Student and Kellogg Institute Ph.D. Fellow
“Religious Competition and the Rise of the Workers’ Party in Brazil: Why the Catholic Church Provided the Mass Base for the Democratic World’s Largest Leftist Party”
Discussants: Ana Petrova, Ph. D. Student and Kellogg Institute Ph. D. Fellow
Fall 2013
Hesburgh Center, Room C104/105, 3-5 PM
Friday, September 13
Nara Pavão, PhD Candidate (Department of Political Science) and PhD Fellow (Kellogg Institute)
Cash Transfers Turn Blind Eyes? Conditional Cash Transfers and Political Accountability in Latin America.
Discussants:
Jaimie Bleck, Ford Family Assistant Professor of Political Science and Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow
Juan Albarracín, PhD Student (Department of Political Science) and PhD Fellow (Kellogg Institute)
Friday, October 11
Gary Goertz, Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies, Kroc Institute (University of Notre Dame)
Large-N Qualitative Testing: A New Methodology?
Discussant:
Michael Coppedge, Professor of Political Science and Kellogg Institute Facuty Fellow (University of Notre Dame)
Friday, December 6
Presentation by: Patricia Graf, University of Cottbus (Germany) and Kellogg Institute Guest Scholar
The PRI is dead – long live the PRI. Innovation Policy and Corporatism in Mexico.
Discussant: Rodrigo Castro C, PhD Student and Kellogg Institute PhD Fellow.
Spring 2013
Friday, March 22
Comparative Politics Discussion Seminar and Mexico Working Group
“The Social Foundations of Organized Crime and Violence in Mexico”
Presentation by: Jose Antonio Aguilar (CIDE, Kellogg Visiting Fellow) and Javier Osorio (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Discussants: Guillermo Trejo (University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Faculty Fellow) and Juan Albarracín (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Friday, April 5
“Beyond Voting: Temporal Proximity to Elections, Competitiveness, and Political Participation”
Presentation by: Kristin Michelitch (Kellogg Visiting Fellow)
Discussants: Laura Gamboa (Kellogg PhD Fellow) and Chonghyun Choi (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Friday, April 19
Dissertation proposal
Presentation by: Laura Gamboa (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Discussants: Michael Coppedge (University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Faculty Fellow) and Victor Hernández (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Friday, April 26
Panel: “Ideology and Public Opinion in Latin America”
Presentation by: Sandra Botero (Kellogg PhD Fellow) and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Discussant: Geoffrey Layman (University of Notre Dame)
Friday, May 3
“Says Who? The Impact of Sources of Corruption Accusations: a survey experiment in Colombia”
Presentation by: Laura Gamboa (Kellogg PhD Fellow) and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo (Kellogg PhD Fellow)
Discussants: Gabriela Ippolito-O’Donnell (Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow and Professor of Politics at Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina) and Greg Shufeldt (University of Notre Dame)
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