Research Colloquium

The Research Colloquium provides a forum for faculty members and PhD students to present and discuss their current research. The aim of the colloquium is not a presentation of finished work, but rather work in progress that would benefit from the criticism and commentary of colleagues.  The format includes a 15-20 minute presentation on a precirculated draft of recent research (usually an article or chapter), a 10-15 minute comment by a discussant, followed by 40-45 minutes of open discussion with all those present.   Please note that this semester (unless otherwise indicated) the Research Colloquium will start promptly at 16:00 and end at 17:15 in Lossi 36-305. We are starting the colloquium a bit earlier and ending a bit earlier as well in hopes that colleagues with families and other evening commitments will find it easier to attend.   

Colloquia for the 2024/2025 Academic Year

Autumn Semester

  • 18 September: Rein Taagepera (and Miroslav Nemčok), book presentation and discussion: More People, Fewer States
  • 2 October: Christopher Brucker (visiting scholar from Jena), "Advocating for Rebellion - Rebel Diplomacy and International Advocacy in the Bougainville Crisis."
  • 16 October: Urmas Hõbepappel, “Cynics don’t build empires: towards countering the rationality argument in the literature of Chinese nationalism.
  • 30 October: Leonore Riitsalu, “Development and Testing of a Three-Dimensional Financial Well-Being Scale”
  • 13 November: Maria Grigoryeva (visiting scholar from Helsinki in Finno-Ugric Studies),  "Russian-Finnish film co-production as a reflection of the Russian-Finnish relations"
  • 27 November: Elena Pavlova, "A New Method for New Situation: Gadamer's legacy for Russian Studies"
  • 11 December: Art Alishani, “To Use or Not to Use Government Chatbots: A Survey Vignette Experiment in Estonia.
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