Past Episodes

hyde

November 4, 2009
Guest: Susan Hyde, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Subject: International election monitoring

Dunning

October 28, 2009
Guest: Thad Dunning, Associate Professor of Political Science
Subject: Cross-cutting cleavages and ethnic voting in Mali

clarke

October 21, 2009
Guest: Kamari Clarke, Professor of Anthropology
Subject: International Criminal Court and Legal Pluralism in Africa

Robert_Harms

October 14, 2009
Guest: Robert Harms, Henry J. Heinz Professor of History & African Studies
Subject: Slave traders and colonialism in equatorial Africa

Wood

October 7, 2009
Guest: Elisabeth Wood, Professor of Political Science
Subject: Sexual violence during war

rosenbluth

September 30, 2009
Guest: Frances Rosenbluth, Deputy Provost for the Social Sciences and Faculty Development
Subject: The political economy of gender inequality

sharma

September 23, 2009
Guest: Vivek Sharma, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Subject: A social theory of war

szelenyi

May 27, 2009
Guest: Iván Szelényi, William Graham Sumner Professor of Sociology and Professor of Political Science
Subject: How the social conditions of the Roma, or Gypsies, have changed over time and across countries

sabin

May 20, 2009
Guest: Paul Sabin, Assistant Professor of History
Subject: How history can prepare us for the climate crisis and energy transition

Roemer

May 13, 2009
Guest:
John Roemer, Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics
Subject: The future of capitalism

Amanat

May 6, 2009
Guest:  Abbas Amanat, Professor of History and International and Area Studies, and Director, Iranian Studies Initiative
Subject: Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism

harms

April 29, 2009
Guest: Erik Harms, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Subject: Saigon's Edge

lorimer

April 22, 2009
Guest: Linda Lorimer, Vice President and Secretary of Yale
Subject: Internationalizing Yale University

Cameron

April 15, 2009
Guest:
 David Cameron, Professor of Political Science, and Director , Program in European Union Studies
Subject: The EU and the European economics crisis

cohrs

April 8, 2009
Guest: Patrick Cohrs, Assistant Professor of History
Subject: The Unfinished Peace after World War I

trivellato

April 1, 2009
Guest: Francesca Trivellato, Professor of History
Subject: The Familiarity of Strangers

ranis

March 25, 2009
Guest: Gustav Ranis, Frank Altschul Professor Emeritus of International Economics
Subject: The priority of human development

rai

March 18, 2009
Guest: Mridu Rai, Associate Professor of History
Subject: Caste system in India

Pincus

March 11, 2009
Guest: Steven Pincus, Professor of History, and Chair, European Studies Council
Subject: The First Modern Revolution in England

Stokes

March 4, 2009
Guest: Susan Stokes, John S. Saden Professor of Political Science, and Director, Yale Program on Democracy
Subject: Globalization and the Left in Latin America

Skelly

February 11, 2009
Guest: David Skelly, Professor of Ecology, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science
Subject: Rapid evolution - the idea that evolution can keep pace with environmental change

Tsyvinski

February 4, 2009
Guest: Aleh Tsyvinski, Professor of Economics, and Co-Director, Macroeconomic Research Program, Cowles Foundation
Subject: Russian values and attitudes toward the West

Ruger

January 28, 2009
Guest: Jennifer Ruger, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Subject: The IOM report on Global Health

blight

December 10, 2008
Guest: David Blight, Director, Gilder Lehrman Center, and Class of 1954 Professor of American History
Subject: A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

Kiernan

December 3, 2008
Guest: Ben Kiernan, Whitney Griswold Professor of History, and Director, Genocide Studies Program
Subject: Genocide

Gorshki

November 26, 2008
Guest: Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics and President and Founder, Innovations for Poverty Action
Subject: Innovations for Poverty Action and commitment contracts.

Gorski

November 19, 2008
Guest: Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology, and Co-Director, Center for Comparative Research
Subject: Civil Religion

Sivaramakrishnan

November 12, 2008
Guest: Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Chair, South Asian Studies; Professor, Anthropology, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Subject: Environmental conflicts in India

Stone Sweet

November 05, 2008
Guest: Alec Stone Sweet, Leitner Professor of Law, Politics, and International Studies
Subject: The Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on National Legal Systems

Inhorn

October 29, 2008
Guest: Marcia Inhorn, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, and Chair, Council on Middle East Studies
Subject: Social impact of infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in the Middle East

Pogge

October 22, 2008
Guest: Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosopy and International Affairs at Yale
Subject: Global Health and the Health Impact Fund