PAST ACTIVITIES

22
May
Voting Behavior under Doubts of Ballot Secrecy/ May 22,107
10:30am
31
May
Capacity and Strategic Spending: Boosts and Breaks on Clientelism / May 31, 2017
10:30am
28
Sep
Unions, Skills, and Industrial Conflict: Historical Evidence from Germany / Sept. 28, 2017
2:30pm
09
Oct
Historical Political Economy and Gender Politics Workshop / Oct. 9-10, 2017
9:00am
02
Nov
The Political Influence of Shia and Sunni Imams in Afghanistan / Nov. 2, 2017
2:30pm
16
Nov
The Reach of Radio: Defection Messaging and Armed Group Behaviour / Nov. 16, 2017
2:30pm
30
Nov
Universal vs Targeted Redistribution. The Case of Currency Policy / Nov. 30, 2017
2:30pm
14
Dec
Building Cooperation Among Groups in Conflict: An Experiment on Intersectarian Cooperation in Lebanon / Dec. 14, 2017
2:30pm
11
Jan
Reverse order? Identity, priorities and heterogeneity in vote choice models for regional elections / Jan. 11, 2018
2:30pm
25
Jan
The Origins of Common Identity: Division, Homogenization Policies and Identity Formation in Alsace Lorraine / Jan. 25, 2018
2:30pm
14
Feb
Circumstantial Liberals: Czech Germans in Interwar Czechoslovakia / Feb. 14, 2018
2:30pm
22
Feb
Why Do Pogroms Occur in Some Localities and not Others? Evidence from Poland / Feb. 22, 2018
2:30pm
08
Mar
Sascha Becker (University of Warwick): The Political Economy of the Prussian Three-class Franchise / March 8, 2018
2:30pm
22
Mar
Luz Marina Arias (CIDE): How do Rulers Rule? Coordination, Coercion and Political Order / March 22, 2018
2:30pm
05
Apr
Daniela Campello (Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration): Rewarding Merit or Luck? Economic Voting and Representation in Comparative Perspective / April 5, 2018
2:30pm
12
Apr
Orit Kedar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): The Changing Gender Gap(s) in Voting: An Occupational Realignment / April 12, 2018
2:30pm
19
Apr
Lucas Leeman (University of Essex): Direct Democracy and Political Conflict – Evidence from the 19th Century / April 19, 2018
2:30pm
03
May
Johannes Lindvall (Lund University): Governing the Beginning of Life: Midwives and the Modern State / May 3, 2018
2:30pm
15
May
Ana Tur-Prats (UPF): Trust Unraveled: The Long Shadow of the Spanish Civil War / May 15, 2018
12:00pm
17
May
Jan Teorell (Lund University): Bureaucracy and Growth: A Long-Run Panel Analysis / May 17, 2018
2:30pm
22
May
Dawn Teele (U. of Pennsylvania): The Gender Gap in the Past / May 22, 2018
12:00pm
24
May
David Carter (Washington U. in St. Louis): Systemic Crises and the Emergence of Border Disputes / May 24, 2018
12:00pm
29
May
Deniz Aksoy (Washington U. in St. Louis): Partisanship and Local Security Outcomes / May 29, 2018
2:30pm
31
May
Royce Carroll (Essex University): Ideology, Traits and Attitudes toward Immigration in the UK / May 31, 2018
2:30pm
11
Jun
5th Annual Politics and History Conference / June 11, 2018
9:00am
25
Jun
Anne-Laure Delatte (CEPII – Paris): Moral Suasion on Private Lending : Evidence from France / June 25, 2018
2:30pm
26
Jun
Dídac Queralt (Yale University): Preference for Secession: The Divide over Catalan Independence / June 26, 2018
12:00pm
30
Oct
Aina Gallego (IBEI): From Job Polarization to Political Discontent?: The Political Implications of Digitalization / Oct. 30, 2018
12:30pm
22
Nov
Andreu Arenas (IPEG-UPF): Party bans: deterrence or backlash? Evidence from the Basque Country / Nov. 22, 2018
2:30pm
20
Dec
Laia Balcells (Georgetown U.): Do Museums Promote Reconciliation? Field Experiments on Transitional Justice / Dec. 20, 2018
2:30pm
17
Jan
Michael Becher (Toulouse): Labor Unions and Unequal Representation / Jan. 17, 2019
2:30pm
31
Jan
David Rueda (Oxford U.): Income, Insurance and Support for Redistribution: An Experimental Approach / Jan. 31, 2019
2:30pm
14
Feb
CANCELLED Jordi Domènech’s seminar / Feb. 14, 2019
2:30pm
28
Feb
Cancelled Cameron Ballard-Rosa’s seminar / Feb. 28, 2019
2:30pm
14
Mar
Shanker Satyanath (NYU): Social networks and repression / March 14, 2019
2:30pm
21
Mar
Christina Zuber (Konstanz U.): Nation, Class, and Parties: The Electoral Mobilization of Social Identities in Imperial Austria / March 21, 2019
2:30pm
26
Mar
Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca (UC3M): The Historical Roots of Political Violence / March 26, 2019
2:30pm
28
Mar
Nolan McCarty (Princeton): Party Polarization and the Changing American Constitutional System: The Case of Federalism / March 28, 2019
2:30pm
04
Apr
Stefanie Walter (Zurich U.): To accommodate or not accommodate? Shaping post-disintegration relations with a leaving state / April 4, 2019
2:30pm
11
Apr
Gabriel Leon (King’s College, London): The Social Dynamics of Collective Action: Evidence from the Captain Swing Riots, 1830-31 / April 11, 2019
2:30pm
25
Apr
Jordi Domènech (UC3M): Land reform as counterrrevolutionary policy: evidence from 1930s Spain / April 25, 2019
2:30pm
07
May
Pablo Beramendi (Duke): Economic Geography, Industrialization, and Redistribution: Malapportionment as Compensation / May 7, 2019
2:30pm
09
May
Jane Gingrich (Oxford U.): Did Third Way Social Democracy Work? / May 9, 2019
2:30pm
23
May
SEMINAR CANCELLED!! Adriane Fresh (Vanderbilt University) / May 23, 2019
2:30pm
24
May
Dídac Queralt (Yale): Expected Return for Taxation: Do Elites Differ from Nonelites? / May 24, 2019
12:30pm
30
May
Sergi Pardos-Prado (Oxford U.): Labour-market deregulation, immigrant exposure, and radical right voting / May 30, 2019
2:30pm
13
Jun
Henry R. Thomson (Arizon State U.): Repression and Opposition Under Electoral Authoritarianism: Expulsions and The Growth of German Social Democracy / June 13, 2019
2:30pm
09
Oct
Branko Milanovic (CUNY- Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality): “Capitalism, Alone” (book discussion) / Oct. 9, 2019
12:00pm
10
Oct
Elias Dinas (EUI): Issue Salience, Norm Change, and the Normalisation of Authoritarian Symbols / Oct. 10, 2019
2:30pm
24
Oct
Hanna Schwander (Humboldt, Berlin): The rise of green parties in Europe: The distributive policies of a culturally progressive force / Oct. 24, 2019
2:30pm
31
Oct
Adriane Fresh (Duke): Political Representation in the Era of Britain’s Expanding Overseas Trade / Oct. 31, 2019
2:30pm
07
Nov
Lasse Aaskoven (Essex): The Inequality Roots of Weak Partisan Attachment: Evidence from Denmark / Nov. 7, 2019
2:30pm
21
Nov
Henning Finseraas (ISR Oslo): Globalization and Demand for Social Insurance / Nov. 21, 2019
2:30pm
12
Dec
Pablo Beramendi (Duke): Progressive Taxation and Redistribution / Dec. 12, 2019
2:30pm
19
Dec
Catherine de Vries (VU Amsterdam): Political Entrepreneurs: the Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe / Dec. 19, 2019
2:15pm
23
Jan
Vicky Fouka (Stanford): Changing In-Group Boundaries: The Effects of Immigration on Race Relations in the US / Jan. 23, 2020
2:30pm
06
Feb
Jon Fiva (Norwegian Business School): Moral Hazard in Electoral Teams / Feb. 6, 2020
2:30pm
05
Mar
Massimo Morelli (Bocconi): SEMINAR CANCELLED / March 5, 2020
2:30pm
12
Mar
Olle Folke (Uppsala University): The socioeconomic foundations of political party formation – SEMINAR CANCELLED / March 12, 2020
2:30pm
19
Mar
Mark Kayser (Hertie School): SEMINAR CANCELLED / March 19, 2020
2:30pm
02
Apr
Dídac Queralt (Yale): When the State and Church Clash: Political Legacies of Religious Repression in Nazi Germany – SEMINAR CANCELLED / April 2, 2020
2:30pm
14
May
Mona Morgan Collins (Durham): SEMINAR CANCELLED / May 14, 2020
2:30pm
01
Oct
Joan Ricart-Huguet (Loyola University Maryland): Strategic Inefficient Decentralization: Local and Regional Devolution As Substitutes / Oct. 1, 2020
2:30pm
08
Oct
Asli Cansunar (Nuffield College, Oxford): Distributional Consequences of Philanthropic Provisioning of Public goods: Self-Serving Elite in Ottoman Istanbul / Oct. 8, 2020
2:30pm
03
Dec
Nick Vivyan (Durham University): Party Development and Election Violence: Evidence from Nineteenth Century England and Wales / Dec. 3, 2020
3:00pm
10
Dec
Krysztof Krakowski (Collegio Carlo Alberto/Turin University): Does State Repression Spark Protest? Evidence from Secret Police Surveillance in Communist Poland / Dec. 10, 2020
3:00pm
04
Mar
Tom O’Grady (UCL): NIMBYism as Place-Protective Action: The Politics of Housebuilding / March 4, 2021
3:00pm
11
Mar
Katerina Tertychnaya (UCL): Nonviolent repression and dissent in electoral autocracies / March 11, 2021
3:00pm
25
Mar
Florian Hollenbach (Texas A&M University): State-Building and the Origin of Universities in Europe, 800-1800 / March 25, 2021
3:00pm
08
Apr
Brenda Van Coppenolle (Essex): The Deliberative Constitution: Lotteries in Denmark’s 1848 Constituent Assembly / April 8, 2021
3:00pm
22
Apr
Milan Svolik (Yale): Voting Against Autocracy / April 22, 2021
3:00pm
29
Apr
Joan Timoneda (Purdue): CANCELLED / April 29, 2021
3:00pm
06
May
Manuel Vogt (UCL): Elite Networks and Political Conflict in Post-colonial States / May 6, 2021
3:00pm
13
May
Victoria Paniagua (LSE): Insuring Against Democracy: The Political Economy of Premodern Elites’ Asset Portfolio Diversification / May 13, 2021
3:00pm
20
May
Elissa Berwick (McGill): Bounding Social Solidarity: Preferences for the Scope of Redistribution in Spain and Scotland / May 20, 2021
3:00pm
27
May
Mona Morgan-Collins (Durham): Bringing in the New Votes: Turnout of Women after Enfranchisement / May 27, 2021
3:00pm
28
Oct
Tore Wig (Oslo): Harbors and the deep history of democracy / Oct. 28, 2021
2:30pm
04
Nov
Eva Anduiza (UAB): Backlash or normalization? The gender dynamics of far-right voting / Nov. 4, 2021
2:30pm
02
Dec
Florian Foos (LSE): SEMINAR CANCELLED / Dec. 2, 2021
2:30pm
09
Dec
Markus Wagner (Vienna U.): Social Democratic Voting in a Pluralised Issue Space: Identifying Strategic Trade-Offs across 6 European Countries / Dec. 9, 2021
2:30pm
20
Jan
Dídac Queralt (Yale): Historical origins of gender gaps in political representation: And how cultural entrepreneurs can help close it / Jan. 20, 2022
2:30pm
10
Mar
Gunes Gokmen (Lund U.): Cultural Origins of Investment Behavior / March 10, 2022
2:30pm
23
Mar
Yotam Margalit (Tel Aviv U.): The Political Consequences of Green Policies: Evidence from Italy / March 23, 2022
2:30pm
07
Apr
Eugene Finkel (John Hopkins U.): Flying with the Stars: Performance, Loyalty, and Awards in the Soviet Air Force during WWII / April 7, 2022
2:30pm
28
Apr
Ali Cirone (Cornell): Dynasties in the European Parliament / April 28, 2022
2:30pm
04
May
Jean Lacroix (U. Paris-Saclay): The Church as Arbiter: Two Rights in Interwar France / May 4, 2022
12:00pm
11
May
Nick Haas (Aarhus School of Political and Social Sciences): My History or Our History? Historical Revisionism and Entitlement to Lead / May 11, 2022
12:00pm
25
May
Riccardo Di Leo (Warwick): Berlinguer, I Love You (Still): Expressive Voting and the Formation of Enduring Political Identities / May 25, 2022
12:00pm
26
May
Stathis Kalyvas (Oxford): With a Whimper or With a Bang? Dynamic Intensity in Civil Wars / May 26, 2022
2:30pm
30
May
NATIONAL IDENTITY WORKSHOP / May 30, 2022
8:30am
02
Jun
Robert Braun (Berkeley): National Border Crossings and Antisemitism in Weimar Germany / June 2, 2022
2:30pm
08
Jun
Carmine Guerriero (Bologna): The Origins of Culture / June 8, 2022
2:30pm
15
Jun
Martí Mestieri (BSE and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago): Structural Change in Innovation / June 15, 2022
2:30pm
16
Jun
Dan Treisman (UCLA): How Democracy Won in the West / June 16, 2022
4:00pm
29
Sep
Anja Neundorf (Glasgow): Regional Inequality and Political Resentment / Sept. 29, 2022
2:30pm
24
Nov
Delia Zollinger (Zurich): Perceptions of Changing Status Hierarchies: An Analysis of Open-ended Survey Responses / Nov. 24, 2022
2:30pm
25
Nov
Pandemic Crisis and Democratic Preferences Workshop / Nov. 25, 2022
9:10am
15
Dec
Pavi Suryanarayan (LSE): Indentured migration, caste and electoral competition in colonial India / Dec. 15, 2022
2:30pm
12
Jan
Marc Sanjaume (UPF): Ethnic conflict, polarization, and foot voting / Jan. 12, 2023
2:30pm
26
Jan
Sofia Breitenstein (UB): Don’t look up! Selective information exposure and the electoral punishment of corruption / Jan. 26, 2023
2:30pm
09
Feb
Anselm Hager (Humboldt): On the Causes of Feudalism: An Economic Hypothesis / Feb. 9, 2023
2:30pm
23
Feb
Carl Müller-Crepon (LSE): Packing or Cracking Ethnic Groups? The Ethnic Roots of Administrative Geographies in Sub-Sahara Africa / Feb. 23, 2023
2:30pm
09
Mar
Massimo Morelli (Bocconi): Does Position Taking Crowd Out Policy Making? Congressional Capacity and the Quality of Laws / March 9, 2023
2:30pm
16
Mar
Verena Fetscher (Hamburg): Income, Perceptions of Inequality and Support for Redistribution: An Information Provision Experiment in the UK / March 16, 2023
2:30pm
23
Mar
Vera Troeger (Hamburg) : Motherhood, Leave Generosity and Academic Productivity / March 23, 2023
2:30pm
13
Apr
Livia Schubiger (Oxford): Training Local Leaders to Prevent and Reduce Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Peru / April 13, 2023
2:30pm
27
Apr
David Rueda (Oxford) : Crime or Redistribution: Fairness, Effort and Preferences / April 27, 2023
2:30pm
25
May
Jorge Mangonnet (Nuffield College): Family Ties and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites in Paraguay, 1954-2007 / May 25, 2023
2:30pm
19
Jun
Annual Workshop on Identity – June 19-20, 2023
9:00am
26
Jun
YALE-UB HISTORICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY WORKSHOP / June 26, 2023
8:45am
29
Jun
Monika Nalepa (Chicago): Political Economy of Post-authoritarian purges and lustrations: from a global to subnational perspective – Public Lecture / June 29, 2023
10:00am
05
Jul
Alejandro Lopez Peceño (NYU): Suffrage Expansion and Political Development: Insights from 19th-Century France (with Anne Degrave and Arturas Rozenas) / July 5, 2023
4:00pm
19
Oct
Miriam Venturini (ZURICH): The Imperfect Union: Labor Racketeering, Corruption Exposure, and Its Consequences
2:30pm
02
Nov
Miriam A. Golden (EUI): Effects on Reelection Rates of the Introduction of Merit Civil Service Appointments in U.S. States
2:30pm
16
Nov
Daniel Kselman (IE, Madrid): Political Geography, Party Unity, and Polarization
2:30pm
18
Jan
Asya Magazinnik (Hertie School in Berlin): Constructing Constituencies: A Simulation-Based Approach for Evaluating How Electoral Maps Can Promote Minority Representation
2:30pm
25
Jan
Margit Tavits (Washington University in St.Louis): Women and Men Politicians’ Response to War: Evidence from Ukraine
2:30pm
01
Feb
Macarena Ares (UB): A life course approach to political preference formation across social classes
2:30pm
15
Feb
Carl Henrik Knutsen (Oslo): Synthesizing Research through Total Model Space: The Case of Democracy and Growth
2:30pm
29
Feb
Vicente Valentim (Oxford): The Normalisation of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand
2:30pm
07
Mar
Marie Beigelman (UB): Impact of Enslavement Conditions on Families: Evidence from the French Carribbean
2:30pm
14
Mar
Valeria Rueda (Nottingham): Becoming Political: How Marching Suffragists Facilitated Women’s Electoral Participation in England
2:30pm