Upcoming Events

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • IGS Majors Reception

    The IGS program welcomes majors, prospective majors, and faculty to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. The reception is also meant as a way for students returning from abroad to reconnect with friends and professors.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Closed to the Public

  • International Politics & Economics

    The IP&E program welcomes majors, prospective majors and faculty to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. The reception is also meant as a way for students returning from abroad to reconnect with friends and professors.

    Chateau Grand Salon

    Closed 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

News and Accomplishments

 

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

 

Assistant Professor Margaret Hanson and Gaukhar 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 Book Award for Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective.