Fall 2022 Wednesday Seminar Series
The Seminar Series, now over 35 years old, invites scholars from around the world to share their work in a formal lecture, which is followed by a rigorous question and answer session.
The Fall 2022 seminars will be hosted by Dr. Noel Johnson and coordinated by admin assistants Lisa Hill-Corley and Kashiff A. Thompson. All papers made available will be posted on this site for downloading. For more information, call the Center: (703) 993-2316.
In person seminars will be held from 12 - 1:15pm in Carow Hall, which is on George Mason University's Fairfax campus. A light lunch for seminar participants will be available at 11:45 am.
Virtual seminars will be held from 12 - 1:15pm over Zoom. Each presentation will be followed by an informal discussion (students welcome) from 1:15 - 2pm. The link and password will be distributed by email. If you haven't received the link but would like to participate please contact Kashiff A. Thompson (kthomp7@gmu.edu).
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Fall 2022 Schedule of Speakers:
| 8/31 |
Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh
Presentation: The Other Great Migration: Southern Whites and the New Right
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| 9/7 |
Desiree Desierto, George Mason University
Presentation: Shipwrecked by Rents
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| 9/14 |
No Seminar
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| 9/21 |
Augustin Bergeron, University of Southern California
Presentation: Informal Elites as Local Bureaucrats: How Working as a Tax Collector Improves the Performance of City Chiefs in the D.R. Congo
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9/28
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Mike Makowsky, Clemson University
Presentation: Local Roots Create Monopsony Rents
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10/5
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Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Texas Tech University
Presentation: Bribe-Switching
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| 10/12 |
Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota
Presentation: The Missing Middle Managers: Labor Costs, Firm Structure, and Development
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10/19
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Chris Vickers, Auburn University
Presentation: The Effects of the National War Labor Board on Labor Income Inequality
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10/26
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Paul Dower, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Presentation: Did Industrialization Increase Support for the Radical Left? Evidence from the 1917 Russian Revolution
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11/2
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Paul Winfree, Heritage Foundation
Presentation: The Effect of Propaganda on Elections: Evidence From the Post-Reconstruction South
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11/9
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Maggie Jones, University of Victoria
Presentation: The Determinants and Impacts of Historical Treaty-Making in Canada
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11/16
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Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago
Presentation: On the Origins and Consequences of Communal Property Rights
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11/23
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THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SEMINAR
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11/30
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TBA |