Welcome! The East European Politics Graduate Workshop (EEPGW) is a once a month, online workshop for political science graduate students. We aim to create an environment for those working on East European politics (broadly understood) to seek feedback and build community amongst other graduate students working on similar topics.

We welcome graduate students at any stage in their career. Feel free to reach out to us at eepg.workshop@gmail.com with further questions.

Spring/Summer 2024 Workshop

Friday May 17th 11-12 AM EST

“The Electoral Effects of State-Sponsored Homophobia” Konstantin Bogatyrev (Bocconi University), co-authored with Violeta Haas, Tarik Abou-Chadi, Heike Klüver and Lukas Stoetzer

Discussant: Krisztina Szabó (CEU, Royal Holloway)

Friday July 12 11-12 AM EST

“Civic Pluralism and Backsliding Incumbents,” Frances Cayton (Cornell University)

Discussant: Felix Beilin (Princeton)

Friday August 2 11 11-12 AM EST

“From Repression to Participation: When Historical Political Repression Shape Long-term Electoral Participation,” Zeth Isaksson (Stockholm University)

Discussant: Georgy Tarasenko (Cornell)

Friday August 16 11-12 AM EST

“The Political Connections of Mid-level Bureaucrats in Russia: Impacts on Organizational Performance,” Daria Gerashchenko (European University at St Petersburg)

Discussant: Isabelle DeSisto (Princeton University)

Friday September 13 11-12 AM EST

“Selectively Responsive State: Bureaucratic Control over Information in Autocracies,” Evgeniya Mitrokhina (University of Wisconsin- Madison)

Discussant: Daniel Shapiro (University of Pennsylvania)

Statement on Russia’s War Against Ukraine

The EEPGW wholeheartedly condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s sovereignty over the last ten years and its recent full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We stand in support of Ukraine and its people as they fight in support of their country and freedom. For more information on the war, and how to support the Ukrainian war effort, refugees, and media, we include resources compiled by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and Razom for Ukraine.

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