Spring 2026 Schedule

All talks are scheduled for Wednesdays at 2:20 - 3:50 pm in the Lippincott Room (SocSci 1314), unless otherwise noted.

We are sharing a time slot with the American Politics Colloquium (APC), so their events are also included below. We happily welcome folks from across subfields to all events!

Feb 4th MPMC: ICPSR Information Session with Nick Campos

Feb 11th APC: Graduate Student Social Hour / Informal Peer Advising (We will meet in 1450)

Feb 18th APC: Dr. Nathan Kalmoe, UW Madison

• Presenting from an upcoming book project on US Democratization

Feb 25th MPMC: Daniel Duchaine, UMN

March 4th MPMC: Adeline Lo, UW Madison (Time change: 12:45 - 2:15pm)

March 11th: Spring Break, no APC/MPMC

March 18th APC: Dan Myers, UMN 

• "From Common Ground to Combat: How Local News Decline Reframes Congress and Democracy"

March 25th MPMC: Methods prelim information session

• This event will be held every other year, current 1st and 2nd year students should plan to attend

April 2nd MPMC: Andrew Little, UC Berkeley (Time/date change: THURSDAY 4/2 at 2:20pm)

April 8th APC/MPMC: Graduate Student Practice MPSA Talks Day 1 (Please contact us if you'd like to sign up!)

April 15th APC/MPMC: Graduate Student Practice MPSA Talks Day 2 (Please contact us if you'd like to sign up!)

April 22nd: MPSA, no APC/MPMC

April 29th APC: American Politics prelim information session

• This event will be held every other year, current 1st and 2nd year students should plan to attend