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Seminars
Oliver Kaplan — Assessing Labor Market Discrimination Against Ex-combatants
Thursday, February 19, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E-008 Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Seminars
Book Talk with Muna Güvenç — The City Is Ours: Spaces of Political Mobilization and Imaginaries of Nationhood in Turkey
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Encina Commons, 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
- Muna Güvenç
Seminars
Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela: Political Challenges and Pathways Forward
Friday, February 13, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Online via Zoom. Registration required.
Speaker:
- José Ramón Morales-Arilla,
- Larry Diamond,
- Kathryn Stoner
Moderator:
Panel Discussions
Book Launch: Egypt's New Authoritarian Republic
Friday, February 13, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Virtual event only via Zoom.
Speaker:
- Robert Springborg,
- Hossam el-Hamalawy,
- May Darwich
Moderator:
Panel Discussions
Global Trends and Geopolitics in 2026: A Look Ahead
Thursday, February 12, 2026
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
Location available following valid registration
Moderator:
Seminars
Lucan Way | REDS Seminar: Economic Dependence and Authoritarianism: Russia in Comparative Perspective
Thursday, February 12, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Seminars
Dr. Chipo Dendere — When Voters Exit Authoritarianism Survives
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Commons, Room 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
- Dr. Chipo Dendere
Seminars
Israel Insights Webinar with Karnit Flug — The Israeli Economy: Quo Vadis?
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
G101 – Gunn Building, Stanford Graduate School of Business
655 Knight Way, Stanford
Speaker:
- Amit Seru,
- Anat R. Admati
Seminars
Natalie Letsa — The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship
Thursday, February 5, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E-008 Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
- Natalie Letsa
Moderator:
Lectures
Leadership Is Your Choice: Dean Gruenfeld in Conversation with Professor Linda Ginzel
Monday, February 2, 2026
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (Pacific)
C106 - Class of 1968 Building, Stanford Graduate School of Business
655 Knight Way, Stanford
Speaker:
- Linda Ginzel
Moderator:
- Dean Deborah Gruenfeld
Seminars
Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat — Backsliding Democracy in Class and Identity Politics: A Human Rights Theory of Democracy
Thursday, January 29, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E-008 Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
- Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
Moderator:
Seminars
Israel Insights Webinar with Sima Shine & Raz Zimmt — The Israel-Iran Conflict: What's Next?
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Virtual Only Event.
Speaker:
- Sima Shine,
- Raz Zimmt
Moderator:
- Or Rabinowitz
Seminars
Andrew Michta | REDS Seminar: Europe in an Age of Great Power Conflict: Will Deterrence Hold?
Thursday, January 22, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room
Encina Hall, Second Floor, Central, C231
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Encina Hall, Second Floor, Central, C231
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
- Andrew Michta, University of Florida
Moderator:
Information Session — Fisher Family CDDRL Honors Program AY26-27
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Encina Ground Floor Conference Room E008
Encina Hall, Ground Floor, East Wing
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Encina Hall, Ground Floor, East Wing
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Seminars
Riza Yildirim — Neither In Nor Outside the Turkish Nation: The AKP’s Alevi Policies in Historical Perspective
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Encina Commons Room 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
- Riza Yıldırım
Seminars
Emil Kamalov — Reversing Brain Drain from Autocracies: Autocratic Policies, Regime Change, and Return Migration
Thursday, January 15, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to E-008 Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Lectures
Book Talk with Ambassador Dennis Ross — Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Lead in a Multipolar World
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Registration required. Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456.
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Encina Hall C231 (William J. Perry Conference Room) may attend in person.
Speaker:
- Ambassador Michael McFaul,
- Ambassador Dennis Ross
Moderator:
Seminars
Neil Malhotra — Majority Opinions: The Political Consequences of an Out-of-Step Supreme Court
Thursday, January 8, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
- Neil Malhotra
Moderator:
Panel Discussions
Venezuela After Maduro: Democracy, Authoritarian Rebalancing, or Chaos
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
William J. Perry Conference Room, Encina Hall 2nd Floor
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to the William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
- María Ignacia Curiel,
- Héctor Fuentes,
- Dorothy Kronick,
- Harold Trinkunas,
- Diego A. Zambrano
Moderator:
Lectures
Hope and Despair: The Emotional Response to the War in Ukraine
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
Hohbach Hall, Room 122, 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Seminars
Sanjeev Khagram — Innovating an AI-Powered Global Resilience Intelligence Platform and Partnership (GRIPP) for Good Governance, Human Security, and Sustainable Development
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Philippines Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Lectures
Book Talk with Michael McFaul | Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
Monday, December 8, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)
Hauck Auditorium, Traitel Building, 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
Seminars
Nate Persily — Lessons from 2024 for the 2026 Election
Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to the William J. Perry Conference Room in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Seminars
Israel Insights Webinar with Emmanuel Navon — Understanding Israel’s Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Possible Futures
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)