Department of Politics
Department of Politics

Lansing B. Lee, Jr./Bankard Seminar in Global Politics

The Lansing B. Lee/Bankard Seminar in Global Politics is a year-long speaker series that features leading scholars in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Economy.

Invited scholars present cutting-edge research and engage in lively debate with faculty and graduate students. The seminar is made possible through generous grants from the family of Lansing B. Lee, Jr. and the Bankard Fund for Political Economy at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Dale Copeland and Dr. Christopher Carter co-direct this seminar. 

Seminars are held most Fridays  from 12:15-1:30pm, unless otherwise noted. 

Please contact Dyuti Saunik (ds3gg@virginia.edu) if you would like to speak individually with any of these speakers.

The schedule can be downloaded here.

 

Current Series

2024-2025

Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

Power Shifts, Multiple Audiences, and Cheap Talk Reassurance

Brandon Yoder

Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

Gibson Hall, 296
Professor, Duke University

Two to Tango, More to Mosh: Interstate Entangling Relations and Intrastate Conflict Management

Kyle Beardsley

Professor, Duke University

Gibson Hall, 296
Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Risk Attitudes and Political Participation Under Autocracy

Bryn Rosenfield

Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Gibson Hall, 296
Professor, University of Virginia

National Identity after Conquest

Daniel Gingerich

Professor, University of Virginia

Gibson Hall, 296
Assistant Professor, The George Washington University

Inadvertent Expansion

Nicholas Anderson

Assistant Professor, The George Washington University

Gibson Hall, 296
Assistant Professor, The George Washington University

Contingency Access: The Overlooked Pillar of Military Cooperation

Rachel Metz

Assistant Professor, The George Washington University

Gibson Hall, 296
Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Frontiers in Global Development

Dan Honig

Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Gibson Hall, 296
Crosby Professor of the Human Environment and Professor of Politics, International Studies Area, Yale University

Variation in Wartime Sexual Violence: What We Know, What We Don’t Know

Elisabeth Wood

Crosby Professor of the Human Environment and Professor of Politics, International Studies Area, Yale University

Gibson Hall, 296
Associate Professor, Columbia University

John Marshall

Associate Professor, Columbia University

Gibson Hall, 296
Professor, University of Gothenburg

Ellen Lust

Professor, University of Gothenburg

Gibson Hall, 296
epartment Chair and Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mark Crezensci

epartment Chair and Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCH 236
Associate Professor, Georgia Tech

(When) Can Politicians Influence Citizens’ Uptake of Government Welfare Programs? Evidence from a Field Experiment in North India

Anjali Thomas

Associate Professor, Georgia Tech

Associate Professor, University of VIrginia

Nuclear Weapons and National Prestige

Todd Sechser

Associate Professor, University of VIrginia

Gibson Hall, 296