Paper Workshop
The EEPGW online workshop will be held one Friday a month between 5:00-6:00 PM Central European Time (8:00-9:00 AM PST, 11:00-12:00 AM EST). The format is a paper presentation. After a brief presentation of the paper by the author(s), a discussant will provide comments and suggestions. We then open the floor for further questions and comments from the audience. Participants will be expected to read the paper ahead of the meeting. Please register for our listserv to recieve the Zoom link and paper for each workshop.
Friday December 13th 11-12 AM EST
“ Legacies of Repression in Times of Crisis: Evidence From Museum Visitor Books,” Isabelle DeSisto (Princeton University)
Discussant: Frances Cayton (Cornell University)
Friday January 3rd 11-12 AM EST
“Goodbye Comrades! Origins of Illiberal Political Preferences,” Ludwig Schulze (European University Institute)
Discussant: Isabelle DeSisto (Princeton University)
Friday January 17th 11-12 AM EST
“When Do Voters Punish Corrupt Candidates? Evidence from Hungary,” Krisztina Szabó (CEU, Royal Holloway, presenter), co-authored with Ádám Reiff (CEU), Joost van Spanje (RHUL) Discussant: Hanna Folsz (Stanford University)
Friday February 7th 11-12 AM EST
“The End of Eastern Exceptionalism? Othering And Polarization in Eastern Europe,” Tadeas Cely (Masaryk University Brno), co-authored with Lenka Hrbkova (Masaryk University Brno), Matej Jungwirth (Northwestern University)
Discussant: Konstantin Bogatyrev (Bocconi University)
Friday March 7th 11-12 AM EST
“Democratic Restoration and Perceptions of Democracy,” Frances Cayton (Cornell University) and Hanna Folsz (Stanford University)
Discussant: Marc Jacob (University of Notre Dame)
Previous Series: 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
“Conspiracy Theory Communication Strategies and Support for Anti-Democratic Behavior,” Frances Cayton (Cornell University) and Courtney Blackington (University of Pittsburgh)
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)
Previous Series: Fall/Winter 2023-24 Workshop
Friday October 27 11-12 AM EST
“The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis and the Politics of Public Opinion: Evidence from Hungary” Krisztina Szabó (CEU, Royal Holloway) (presenter), joint work with Ádám Reiff (CEU), and Tom Pepinsky (Cornell)
Discussant: Nela Mrchkovska (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Friday November 17 11-12 AM EST
“Religious Roots of Political Preferences: The Case of Old Believers in Imperial Rus” Georgy Tarasenko (Cornell) (presenter), joint work with Timur Natkhov (HSE)
Discussant: Igor Kolesnikov (University of California-Berkeley)
Friday December 15 11-11:30 AM EST
Co-Authorship Speed Dating
Friday February 2 11 11-12 AM EST
“Losing my Religion: How Partisan Polarization Drives Secularization,” Hanna Folsz (Stanford) (presenter), joint with Sebastian Lucek (Stanford)
Discussant: Marc Jacob (Stanford, ETH Zurich)
Friday February 23 11-12 AM EST
“Family Repression and Political Mobilization: Evidence from Eastern Europe,” Isabelle DeSisto (Princeton University)
Discussant: Silviya Nitsova (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Previous Series: Summer 2023 Workshop
Friday May 19 11-12 AM EST
“The Sacred Image of Russia as a Determinant in the Support of Russia-Ukraine War,” Nela Mrchkovska (University of Washington)
Discussant: Marika Olijar (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Friday June 16 11-12 AM EST
“Armenian-American and Armenian-Russian Communities and their Effects on Armenia’s Foreign Policy Hedging Strategies” Daniel Shapiro (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussant: Kristina Kutateli (Columbia University)
Friday July 21 11-12 AM EST
“Constrained Designers: Censorship in Authoritarian Regimes,” Antoine Zerbini (London School of Economics) and Kun Heo (New York University)
Discussant: Hanna Folsz (Stanford University)
Friday August 11 11-12 AM EST
“The Long-term Legacies of Soviet Repression in Moldova,” Isabelle DeSisto (Princeton University)
Discussant: Frances Cayton (Cornell University)
Friday September 15 11-12 AM EST
“Illiberal Incumbents and the Shifting Electorate: Evidence from Polish Elections,” Marc Jacob (ETH Zurich)
Discussant: Courtney Blackington (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
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.