International Relations Colloquium
Welcome to the website of the International Relations Colloquium (IRC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This workshop invites outside speakers, faculty members, and graduate students to present their work and receive feedback. If you’re interested in presenting at IRC in the 2024-2025 academic school year or would like to be added to the IRC email list, please contact one of the graduate student coordinators below.
Our meetings are held on Tuesdays from 12 to 1:15 pm. In person meetings will take place at the Ogg room in North Hall.
2024-2025 SCHEDULE
Faculty Director
Lisa Martin (lisa.martin@wisc.edu)
If you’re interested in presenting at IRC in the 2024-2025 academic school year or would like to be added to the IRC email list, please contact one of the graduate student coordinators below. A list of past speakers can be found here. A guide to serving as a discussant, authored by Jonathan Renshon and Adeline Lo, can be found here.
Graduate Student Coordinators
Hasaan Parker (hwparker@wisc.edu)
Sloane Ward (skward3@wisc.edu)
Fall 2024
September 10th: Welcome Session
September 17th: Don Casler (UIUC)
"Lucid Leaders: Declining Powers and Threat Credibility"
Discussant: Sloane Ward
September 24th: Richard Clark (Notre Dame)
"Risk and Responsibility: Climate Vulnerability and IMF Conditionality"
Discussant: Hasaan Parker
October 1st: Dillon Laaker (LSE/UW-Madison)
Practice Job Talk (Virtual)
October 8th: Roundtable: Foreign Policy Implications of the 2024 Presidential Election
Panelists: Andy Kydd, Jon Pevehouse, Mark Copelovitch
October-15th-December 3rd : Open
November 26th: No IRC (Thanksgiving)
December 10th: No IRC (Last Week of Classes)
Spring 2025
January 21st : No IRC (First week of classes)
January 28th : Cleo O'Brien-Udry (UIUC)
TBD
Discussant: Hasaan Parker
Joint with PEC
February 4th : Danielle Gilbert (Northwestern)
TBD
Discussant: TBD
February 11th : Tyler Pratt (UNC Chapel Hill)
TBD
Discussant: TBD
Joint with MEAD
February 18th : Open
February 25th : Rose McDermott (Brown)
TBD
Discussant: TBD
Joint with EPW
March 4th: No IRC (ISA)
March 11th : Iain Osgood
TBD
Discussant: TBD
March 18th: Open
March 25th: No IRC (Spring Break)
April 1st : No IRC (MPSA)
April 8th : Dan McDowell (Syracuse)
TBD
Discussant TBD
April 15th : Alyssa Prorok (UIUC
TBD
Discussant TBD
April 22nd : Open
April 29th: No IRC (Last week of classes)