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Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

On September 8 we will start the season with Pin Lu (Rutgers) presenting "Surviving Repression: Politicization, Popularization, and the Adaptive Resilience of China's #MeToo Movement in 2018-2020". Ruby YS Lai (Lingnan) and Meera Choi (Lafayette College) will discuss

On September 22, Kirill Chmel (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) will present "Waves of Resistance: Media and Identity Preservation in the Making of Republican Turkey" and Seyhun Sakalli (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and Güneş Murat Tezcür (ASU) will discuss.

On October 6, we will have @vladsurdea.bsky.social (@bokuvienna.bsky.social) presenting "Building Fascism: How Consensual Mobilization Creates Persistent Far-Right Legacies" followed by comments from @eliasdinas.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and Ethan vanderWilden (Utah)

On October 20, @immyungheelee.bsky.social (James Madison), Wooseok Kim (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Wonjun Song (Hanyang) will present "Leaders and Competence-Loyalty Tradeoff in Government Agencies". Christian Gläßel (@tcddublin.bsky.social) and Emily Ritter (Vanderbilt) will discuss

On November 3, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) will present "From Peasants to Communists: How Ordinary Citizens Invest in Authoritarian Parties" followed by comments by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Milan Svolik (Yale)

On December 1, @fcastrog.bsky.social (@uc3m.es) will present "Do Memory Sites Influence Far-right Vote? Evidence from Chile" followed by comments by Giancarlo Visconti (Maryland, College Park) and Toni Rodon (@upf.edu)