David Coates holds the Worrell Chair in Anglo-American Studies. Born in the United Kingdom and educated at the universities of York and Oxford, he came to Wake Forest University in 1999, having previously held personal chairs at the universities of … Read more

This event has been cancelled. Pauline Jones' scholarly work contributes broadly to the study of institutional origin, change, and impact in a wide variety of settings: newly emergent states with multiple competing subnational identities, states transitioning from planned to market … Read more

Silvia von Steinsdorff holds the Chair of Comparative Political Science and the Political Systems of Eastern Europe at Humboldt University since 2009. Since 2009 she is also Academic Director of the International Masters Programs and since 2015 Director of the … Read more

Duncan McDonnell is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University, Brisbane. He was previously a Marie Curie Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. His main research interests are populist parties, Euroscepticism and … Read more

Transnational terrorism has become one of the major global threats of the 21st century. The countries of North America and Europe feel particularly vulnerable and exposed. Attempts to agree on a sober transatlantic policy to deal with transnational terrorism have … Read more

Stephanie Hutchison served as the Deputy Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Rabat until August 2017. In summer 2018, she will take up her duties at the Economic Unit Chief at Embassy Lisbon in Portugal. Prior to these assignments, … Read more

Justin J.W. Powell is Professor of Sociology of Education in the Institute of Education & Society at the University of Luxembourg. His comparative institutional analyses of educational systems chart persistence and change in special and inclusive education, in vocational training … Read more

Dr. Rachel Epstein is Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and Academic Co-Director of the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence. Her research and teaching focus on the relationship between the economy and security outcomes, international organizations … Read more

Herman Mark Schwartz is a geographically oriented economic historian who finds it congenial to work in a politics department because he studies the constitution of and interaction of state and market power. He has worked on foreign debt financed, agricultural … Read more

Susan Dabney Pennybacker’s research centers upon the political culture of modern Britain and the former British empire. Her book-in-progress, entitled Fire By Night, Cloud by Day: refuge and exile in postwar London, concerns the movement of individuals between metropolitan London … Read more