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 2026-2027 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.
Faculty Director
Genevieve Bates (genevieve.bates@wisc.edu)
If you’re interested in presenting at IRC in the 2026-2027 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
Monica Ochoa (mochoa4@wisc.edu)
Ellen Tuttle (etuttle2@wisc.edu)
Fall 2026
September 8th: Welcome Session + Andy Kydd (UW-Madison)
September 15th: Paul Staniland (University of Chicago)
Discussant: Sloane Ward
Co-sponsored with Comparative Politics Colloquium
September 22nd: Open
Discussant: TBD
September 30th: Yehzee Ryoo (UW-Madison)
Practice Job Talk
October 6th: Courtney Hillebrecht (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Discussant: Toni Kirby
October 14th: Open
October 20th: Yena Kim (UW-Madison)
Practice Job Talk
October 27th: Junda Li (UW-Madison)
Practice Job Talk
November 3rd: Open
November 10th: Yusaku Horiuchi (Florida State University)
Discussant: Amy Lee
November 17th: Reserved for Department Function
November 24th: No IRC (Thanksgiving)
December 1st: Caleb Lucas (Indiana University)
Discussant: TBD
Co-sponsored with PEC
December 8th: No IRC (Last Week of Classes)
Spring 2027
January 19th: No IRC (First week of classes)
January 26th : Open
February 2nd: Open
February 9th : Open
February 16th: Open
February 18th : Chris Blair (Princeton University)
Discussant: TBD
Co-sponsored with CPC (Thursday Session)
February 23rd: Open
March 2nd: No IRC (ISA)
March 4th: Sabrina Karim (Cornell University)
Discussant: TBD
Co-sponsored with CPC (Thursday Session)
March 9th: Open
March 16th: Open
March 23rd: No IRC (Spring Break)
March 30th: Libby Wood (Yale University)
Discussant: TBD
Co-sponsored with CPC
April 6th : Open
April 13th: Jim Fearon (Stanford University)
Discussant: TBD
April 16th: Chris Fariss (University of Michigan)
Discussant: TBD
Co-sponsored with MEAD (Friday Session)
April 20th: Open
April 27th: No IRC (Last week of classes)