Schedule

Upcoming sessions for the Fall 2026 semester. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month, 1:00–2:30 PM EST.

Fall 2026 (8 sessions)
September 4, 2026

Practice Job Talk

Zhejun Qiu

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pittsburgh

"Shared Suffering, Shared Peace? Refugee Return, Violent Displacement, and Communal Violence"
September 18, 2026

Paper Presentation

Sally Sharif

Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross

"Why do Civil Wars Recur Unevenly? Landed Elites and Counterinsurgency in Colombia"
October 2, 2026

Paper Presentation

Jimmy Somboonkittichai

Ph.D. Student, University College Dublin

"Spreading Inclusivity: Network Channels and Inclusive Peace Negotiations in Civil Wars"
October 16, 2026

Practice Job Talk

Nivedita Jhunjhunwala

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at Austin

"Convenient Morality: Public Opinion on Violations of International Law during War"
October 30, 2026

Practice Job Talk

Hilal Sert

Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia State University

"Rebels or Rockets? Retaliation Strategies to External Rebel Sponsorship"
November 20, 2026

Paper Presentation

Badradin Mohammed

Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland

"Resource Crowding and Pastoral Tensions at Waterpoints"
December 4, 2026

Paper Presentation

Bruno Pantaleão

Postdoctoral Fellow, FGV-Analytics

"Concrete Interests: Paramilitary City-Building in Rio de Janeiro"
December 11, 2026

Lightning Round

Happy Hour Lightning Round