Spring 2026 Wednesday Seminar Series

The Seminar Series, now over 40 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 Spring 2026 seminars will be hosted by Dr. Natalya Naumenko and Dr. Jonathan Schulz, and coordinated by Lisa Hill-Corley and Kashiff A. Thompson. All papers made available will be posted on this site for downloading. For more information, email the Center: kthomp7@gmu.edu

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 11:30 am. 

If you would like to be included on our mailing list for Seminar announcements please email the Center at: kthomp7@gmu.edu

1/28

Hilton L. Root, George Mason University

Presentation: The Architecture of Cooperation: Moral Order, Institutions, and Networks

2/4

Kihwan Bae, West Virginia University

Presentation: Public Health Meets Protectionism: Refugee Physicians and Licensing Restrictions during the Nazi Exodus

2/11

Oliver W. Kim, Coefficient Giving

Presentation: TBA

2/18

Noel Maurer, George Washington University

Presentation: TBA

2/25

Dominic Parker, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Presentation: TBA

3/4

Jonathan Dingel, Columbia University

Presentation: TBA

3/11

Spring Break - No Seminar! 

3/18

No Seminar! 

3/25

Marcel Boyer, Université de Montréal

Presentation: TBA

4/1

Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Presentation: TBA

4/8

Michael Sacks, Clarkson University

Presentation: TBA

4/22

Chiara Zanardello, IAST/TSE

Presentation: TBA