Past CDDRL Events
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Events
Syria in Transition: Historical Origins and Prospects
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Leveraging Technology and Deliberation to Revitalize Democracy
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Encina E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Ari Shavit — Existential War: From Catastrophe, to Victory, to Revival
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Andreas B. Wiedemann | How Electoral Realignment Changes Partisan Incentives to Provide Social Housing
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
In-person: Reuben Hills Conference Room (Encina Hall, Second Floor, East Wing, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
Online: Via Zoom
- Andreas B. Wiedemann
- Soledad Artiz Prillaman,
- Alex Mierke-Zantwarnicki
Electoral Dynamics Under Democratic Erosion: Exploring the Turkish Experience from 1990 to 2023
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Encina E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Einat Wilf — Twenty-First Century Zionism: Idea Foundations for Israel After October 7th
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Information Session - Fisher Family CDDRL Honors Program AY25-26
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Ground Floor, East Wing
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Yoshiko Herrera | REDS Seminar — Identities and War: What We Can Learn from Russia’s War on Ukraine
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Hall, Second Floor, Central, C231
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin - Madison
In-person: William J. Perry Conference Room (Encina Hall, 2nd floor, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
Online: Via Zoom
- Federico Fabbrini
Epidemiological Shocks, Governance, and Extraction in Colonial Mexico
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Varieties of Identity Politics: A macro-historical approach
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
A Conversation with Leopoldo López: How to Defend Democracy and Fight Autocracy
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room (Encina Hall, 2nd floor, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
- Leopoldo López
- Isamar Marte, '26
Police, Provocation, Politics: Counterinsurgency in Istanbul | Book Talk with Deniz Yonucu
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
America and the Middle East Warscape
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Marc Lynch
Defying the (Autocratic) Odds: A Conversation with María Corina Machado, Leader of Venezuela’s Democratic Movement
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific)
Hauck Auditorium
David and Joan Traitel Building, Hoover Institution (435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford)
- María Corina Machado
Bryn Rosenfeld | REDS Seminar: Why Risk It? Political Participation Under Autocracy
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
Philippines Conference Room
Encina Hall, Third Floor, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
- Bryn Rosenfeld, Cornell University
Democracy in the US and South Africa: Two Elections in Comparative Context
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom
- Larry Diamond,
- Didi Kuo,
- Thokozani Chilenga-Butao,
- Bob Wekesa
- Jonathan Jansen
America Votes 2024: Part 4
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom: Open to the public
- David Brady,
- Douglas Rivers,
- Daron Shaw,
- Lynn Vavreck
- Brandice Canes-Wrone
Robert G. Wesson Lecture: A Discussion with Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian Opposition Politician
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Hauck Auditorium, 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
- Vladimir Kara-Murza
Home But Not Free: Rule-Breaking and Withdrawal in Reentry
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Trust & Transformation: Karthik Ramanna on Leading in Polarized Times
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
In-person: Stanford Graduate School of Business, Room BC130 (655 Knight Way, Stanford)
Online: Via Zoom
- Karthik Ramanna
- Jack Shumway, MBA '25
The Impact of Regional Conflict in MENA on Authoritarian Stability and Dissent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Levinthal Hall (424 Santa Teresa St., Stanford)
This in-person event is open to Stanford affiliates only.
- Joel Beinin,
- Samia Errazzouki,
- Hesham Sallam
Egor Lazarev | REDS Seminar | Dear Partners: International Actors and Local Connections in the Struggles Over Legal Reforms in the South Caucasus
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to the William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Egor Lazarev
In-person: William J. Perry Conference Room (Encina Hall, 2nd floor, 616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford)
Online: Via Zoom — open to the public
- Hakeem Jefferson,
- Anna Grzymała-Busse,
- Jonathan Rodden,
- Didi Kuo
Virtual to Public. Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
- Klaus Desmet