News and Events

Upcoming Events

  • Sanctions-Busting & Sanctions-Proofing: Russia After the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

    Join Assistant Professors Margaret Hanson and Caileigh Glenn as they discuss how their research sheds light on the Russian government’s efforts to sanctions-bust and sanctions-proof in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. They will contrast how the Russian government has engaged in these tactics and outline the debate over their utility in defying international pressure.

    This event is designed for political science and IPE students to get to know our new professors and their work. Light refreshments will be available.

    Munroe 317

  • Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

    In this talk, Greenhalgh (Professor of Chinese Society Emerita at Harvard University) tells the story of how, during 1995-2015, industry leader Coca-Cola mobilized allies in academia to create a soda-defense science that would protect profits by advocating exercise, not dietary restraint, as the priority solution to obesity, a view few experts accept.

    Munroe 311

    Open to the Public

  • Weekly Politics Luncheon

    Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

  • Alumni Career Conversation: Toby Fenwick ‘95

    Join Toby for this informal talk about post-Middlebury career options and his own career. Toby is a UK civil servant with a background in international relations, development and trade. He was a RAF reserve intelligence officer, ran defense and foreign policy for the CentreForum think tank, and teaches at the Cambridge University’s Institute for Continuing Education. Bring your questions. All students welcome.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

  • Protest and Policy

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents David Cortright and “Protest and Policy.”

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • Weekly Politics Luncheon

    Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

  • Restorative Justice and Lived Religion: Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago

    This lecture by Jason Springs (Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame) introduces a novel understanding of what restorative justice is and how it should be implemented. It explores the ways in which restorative justice ethics and practices exhibit moral and spiritual dynamics, and what difference such “lived religious” dynamics can make in transforming structural violence.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

News and Accomplishments

Assistant Professor Caileigh Glenn and Jon Pevehousehave published “International Dimensions of Democratization” in World Politics.

Assistant Professor Margaret Hanson andGaukhar Baltabayeva have published “Exit as voice, for the economically mobile: Explaining first‑wave Russian migration to Central Asia & the Caucasus” in the Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies.

Assistant Professor Margaret Hanson and colleagues won the Heinz I. Eulau Award for “Under the Veil of Democracy: What Do People Mean When They Say They Support Democracy,” published in Perspectives on Politics.

Associate Professor Gary Winslett has published “Digital Trade in Services: Globalization’s Exciting New Frontier” in the edited volume Defending Globalization: Facts and Myths About The Global Economy and Its Fundamental Humanity.

Associate Professor Ajay Verghese has won a three-year Fulbright Flex Grant to support his research in India.

Associate Professor Sebnem Gumuscu has published “How to Fight Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn” in the Journal of Democracy.

Associate Professor Sebnem Gumuscu and colleagues have published “Competitive yet unfair: 2023 elections and authoritarian resilience in Turkey” in South European Society and Politics.

Professor Kemi Fuentes-George has published “‘Music Gonna Teach’: Decolonizing IR Through a Musical Exploration of Knowledge” in the Review of International Studies.

Professor Kemi Fuentes-George and colleagues Guntram Herb and Sujata Moorti have published the Middlebury Atlas of Globalization: A Concise, Visual Guide to Our Globalized World.

Professor Kemi Fuentes-George has received a five-year NSF/UVM Study of Online Corpora, Knowledge, and Stories (SOCKS) Grant.

Professor Jessica Teets has been awarded the Guang Biao Distinguished Chair Professor, Zhejiang University, a position she will hold for three years.

Professor Jessica Teets and her colleague Xiang Gao have published “China ushers in a new era governance framework” in East Asia Forum Quarterly.

Professor Jessica Teets and colleagues have published “The Civic Participation in China Survey: Key Trends in Philanthropic and Voluntary Activities” in the Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies.

Professor Jessica Teets and colleagues have published the dataset “Civic Participation in China Surveys – 3 waves of surveys from China available with questions focused on volunteering, donating, and perspectives on citizenship.”

Professor Sarah Stroup has published “Humanitarian Organizations” in the Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality.

Professor Sarah Stroup has been named Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs during her leave year, and has support from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation and the Jeffrey R. Cason Memorial Field Work Fund.

Charles A. Dana Professor Erik Bleich and colleague A. Maurits van der Veen have published “The Advantages of Lexicon-based Sentiment Analysis in an Age of Machine Learning” in PLOS ONE.

Charles A. Dana Professor Erik Bleich and colleague A. Maurits van der Veen have been awarded the International Studies Association International Communications Section Best BookAward for Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective.

Jennifer Nuceder, Interim Coordinator

(802) 443-2579

jmnucede@middlebury.edu

Erik Bleich, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science and Department Chair

Munroe Hall 301

(802) 443-3254

ebleich@middlebury.edu

By appointment