Speaker Series

The Browne Center sponsors an annual speaker series in which leading scholars present recent research on international relations. Unless otherwise stated, all presentations begin at 12 pm in the Forum, Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 S. 36th Street, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Upcoming Speaker Series



James Vreeland

Princeton University
Jan 16, 2025 at



Leonardo Baccini

McGill University
Mar 6, 2025 at



William Nomikos

University of California, Santa Barbara
Apr 3, 2025 at



Rachel Myrick

Duke University
Apr 10, 2025 at

Past Speaker Series



Theory and Method in Global Complexity Studies

Orfeo Fioretos
Temple University
Oct 31, 2024 - at



Beyond Conditionality: The IMF's Balance Sheet & Central Bank Design

Carolina Garriga
University of Essex
Oct 10, 2024 - at



North Korea Since the 1990s & US-North Korea Relations: Problems & Prospects

Haksoon Paik
Academy of Kim Dae-jung Studies
Oct 7, 2024 - at



Beyond Territorial Control: How Online Information Operations Can Influence Civilians During War

Tamar Mitts
Columbia University
Sep 19, 2024 - at



Ideology and Regime Security in Chinese Foreign Policy

Jessica Chen Weiss
Cornell University
May 2, 2024 - at



International Peacebuilding, Community Leadership and Local Peace: Evidence from Liberia

Priscilla Torres
Wellesley College
Apr 11, 2024 - at



Globalization and Political Ambiguity

Christina J. Schneider
University of California San Diego
Mar 14, 2024 - at



Effectiveness-Escalation Trade Off: Difficulties in the Use of Economic Statecraft

Mariya Grinberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dec 7, 2023 - at



Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: The Domestic Legitimacy of the US Federal Reserve as a Global Governor

Aditi Sahasrabuddhe, Brown University
Nov 16, 2023 - at



Managing the Contradictions of the Liberal International Order

Jack Snyder, Columbia University
Oct 26, 2023 - at

Liberals were once accustomed to viewing their social order as a set of mutually reinforcing rules and practices in which all good things go together.  In the past…