Seminars and Workshops

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

Workshop in International Relations
Coordinators: Jim Fearon, Judy Goldstein, and Ken Schultz
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.

Comparative Politics Workshop
Coordinators: Karen Jusko and Jonathan Rodden
This workshop 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. The seminar meets Mondays from 4:15-6:05pm in Graham Stuart Lounge.

American Politics Workshop
Coordinators: Simon Jackman and Gary Segura
The American Politics workshop provides a forum for graduate students and faculty in American politics to discuss the main themes of research in the field today.  The meetings are broken down by substantive topic areas and include:  discussion of published work, working papers, faculty and student presentations, and guest speakers.  The aim of this workshop is for participants to gain a better understanding of the key questions in a variety of substantive areas of American politics and to see where students can contribute with their own work.  This workshop meets on Wednesdays from 12:15 to 2:05 p.m. in the Graham Stuart Lounge.

Global Justice Workshop
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.

Workshop in Statistical Methods
Coordinator: Jonathan Wand
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 resume meeting in the Winter Quarter of 2009-2010.

Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS)
Coordinators: Simon Jackman and James Holland Jones
IThis colloquium series hosted by the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) explores the creation and application of new methodological techniques for social science research.

GSB Political Economy Seminar
Coordinators: Saumitra Jha, Claire Lim, and Neil Malhotra
Political Economy Seminar organized by the Graduate School of Business. It meets every other Tuesday between noon and 1:00 pm in Littlefield 103.

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 Freeman Spogli 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. The Center has a weekly research seminar series as well as a number of sponsored events.

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

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