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Stathis N. Kalyvas, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993, is Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence. He is the author of The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Cambridge University Press, 2006) which received the Woodrow Wilson Award for best book on government, politics, or international affairs, the Luebbert Award for best book in comparative politics, and the European Academy of Sociology Book Award. Kalyvas is also the author of The Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe (Cornell University Press, 1996) which received the J. David Greenstone Award for best book in the field of politics and history. He is a recipient of the Gregory Luebbert Award for the best article in comparative politics, and has been awarded a Jean Monnet Fellowship, as well as fellowships by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the United States Peace Institute, and the Folke Bernadotte Academy. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a past fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His current research focuses on the dynamics of civil war. Recent articles include “Ethnic Defection in Civil War” (Comparative Political Studies, 2008) and “How Free is “Free-Riding” in Civil Wars? Violence, Insurgency, and the Collective Action Problem” (with Matt Kocher; World Politics, 2007). In the Fall Term 08 he will teach Violence and Civil Strife and the Field Seminar in Comparative Politics. In the Spring Term 09 he will offer Politics and Film and Global Politics. He also directs the Comparative Politics Workshop and the OCV seminar series. Campus address: 8 Prospect Place, Room 101 Phone: 203.432.5386 Email: stathis.kalyvas@yale.edu close window