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Lansing B. Lee, Jr./Bankard Seminar in Global Politics

Two to Tango, More to Mosh: Interstate Entangling Relations and Intrastate Conflict Management

Kyle Beardsley

Professor, Duke University
| Gibson Hall, 296
Political Theory Colloquium

Down with Grand Narratives! Humor, Sense, and Nonsense at the Gezi Protests

Nazli Konya

Assistant Professor, Colby College
Lansing B. Lee, Jr./Bankard Seminar in Global Politics

Kelebogile Zvobgo

Assistant Professor, College of William & Mary

Kelebogile Zvobgo presented a working paper co-authored with Alan J. Simmons which investigates whether Americans support war crimes investigations and prosecutions. Their hypotheses suggest that public exposure to human rights frames will increase support for war crimes investigations and prosecutions heralded by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Meanwhile, exposure to human national interest frames will reduce support for war crimes investigations and prosecutions and opinion will favor US courts to lead investigations and prosecutions as opposed to the ICC. A survey experiment including 1000 American adults was carried out with groups being exposed to national interest, human rights, and common frames. The authors found that Americans are generally insensitive to arguments for and against accountability for U.S. personnel at a range of venues, including the ICC and U.S. domestic courts. Their paper emphasizes the factors that drive support or opposition for accountability for atrocity crimes, which is vital for both the outcomes of conflicts and seeking justice.

Political Theory Colloquium

The Specter of Statelessness

Lucia Rafanelli

Assistant Professor, The George Washington University
Lansing B. Lee, Jr./Bankard Seminar in Global Politics

Power Shifts, Multiple Audiences, and Cheap Talk Reassurance

Brandon Yoder

Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
| Gibson Hall, 296
American Politics Seminar

The Electoral Effects of Incumbent Wealth Revisited

Darrian Stacy

Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy
Lansing B. Lee, Jr./Bankard Seminar in Global Politics

Brandon Yoder

Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
Political Theory Colloquium

Aziz Rana

Professor and Provost’s Distinguished Fellow at Boston College Law School
| Gibson Hall, 296
American Politics Seminar

Kenneth Lowande

Associate Professor, University of Michigan
American Politics Seminar

Neil Malhotra

The Edith M. Cornell Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University
| Monroe Hall