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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)
Seminars
Ana Paula Pellegrino — Organizing from Within: Defining and Classifying Police-Led Armed Groups in Rio de Janeiro
Thursday, November 20, 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 Room E-008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Panel Discussions
Who Gets to Decide? McKinsey, Power, and Public Consequences
Thursday, November 20, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
G102- Gunn Building, Stanford Graduate School Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Seminars
Kim Lane Scheppele | REDS Seminar: The EU's New Democracy Deficit
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
Reuben W. Hills Conference Room
Encina Hall, Second Floor, East Wing, E207
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Encina Hall, Second Floor, East Wing, E207
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
- Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University
Moderator:
Seminars
Israel Insights Webinar with Ksenia Svetlova — Israel and the Multipolar World: Lessons from Ukraine, Gaza, and Beyond
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Virtual Only Event.
Speaker:
- Ksenia Svetlova
Moderator:
- Or Rabinowitz
Symposiums
Unfinished Business: A Tribute to Marcel Fafchamps
Friday, November 14, 2025
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Pacific)
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Pacific)
In-person session open to invited guests; registration is required.
William J. Perry Conference Room, Encina Hall, Second floor, Central, S231
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Speaker:
- Marcel Fafchamps,
- Stefano Caria,
- Pascaline Dupas,
- Deivy Houeix,
- Simon Quinn,
- Tom Schwantje
Moderator:
- Kathryn Stoner,
- Melanie Morten,
- Katherine Casey
Seminars
Hanna Folsz — Economic Retaliation and the Decline of Opposition Quality
Thursday, November 13, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM (Pacific)
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM (Pacific)
Virtual to Public. If prompted for a password, use: 123456
Only those with an active Stanford ID with access to Room E-008 in Encina Hall may attend in person.
Speaker:
Moderator:
Panel Discussions
Jews vs. Rome: Barry Strauss & Erich Gruen in Conversation
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM (Pacific)
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM (Pacific)
Building 380, Math Corner
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 380, Stanford, CA 94305
380X
2025 BBC Reith Lecture: “Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine”
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
6:30 PM - 7:50 PM (Pacific)
6:30 PM - 7:50 PM (Pacific)
Oberndorf Event Center, Stanford Graduate School of Business
655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Film Screenings
Film Screening | Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Thursday, November 6, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Pacific)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Pacific)
Encina Commons 123 (615 Crothers Way, Stanford)
Seminars
Killian Clarke — Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed
Thursday, November 6, 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:
- Killian Clarke
Moderator:
Seminars
Israel Insights Webinar with Vivian Bercovici — From Canadian Ambassador to Israeli Podcaster: Life in State of Tel-Aviv and Beyond
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)
Seminars
Democracy Under Threat at Home and Abroad - MOVED TO MEYER GREEN
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Pacific)
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Pacific)
Panel Discussions
What Can Students Do to Save Democracy? Serbia Shows a Way Forward
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Pacific)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Pacific)
Encina Commons, 123 (615 Crothers Way, Stanford)