SPS Seminars Academic Year 2011-2012
The Department's year is divided into three terms, running from October to Christmas, from January to Easter, and from after Easter until the end of June. Seminars in the Department take several forms.
In the first and second term, there are normally ten weekly meetings of two hours each. In the third term, there are (mainly, but not exclusively) intensive workshops/small conferences, usually of ten hours duration and often with visitors.
Please consult the Workshops and Conferences pages for details of workshops and conferences taking place during the academic year. See also the section on Special Intensive Courses.
To register for a seminar listed below, please fill in the Seminar Registration Form and send it to the secretary responsible, as indicated below or in the outline/syllabus. Alternatively, send an email to the organising secretary of the Seminar indicating: Seminar Title, Professor, Researcher Status (e.g. 1st year SPS, Visiting Student, etc.) and Department.
First Term Seminars
05 September-16 December 2011
Second Term Seminars
09 January-04 April 2012 (deadline for registration 16 December, 2011)
Departmental Fellows Seminars 2011-2012
Once a month, the SPS department holds a special seminar in which Fernand Braudel, Max Weber, Jean Monnet, and Visiting Fellows present their fresh unpublished work. The seminar is open to the whole EUI academic community.
All sessions are planned to take place once a month, on Thursdays from 17:00 - 18:30 in Seminar Room 2
Please note the following dates in your calendar:
20 Oct 2011 Kenneth Mori McElwain (Visiting Fellow) will present on "Party Selectorates and Fiscal Redistribution: A Cross-National Analysis" (Paper )
24 Nov 2011 Inés Levin (Max Weber Fellow) will present "Political Participation is More than Just Resources: A New Approach to the Study of Civic Engagement" (Abstract )
15 Dec 2011 Tina Freyburg (Max Weber Fellow) will present "Transnational Influences and Democratic Socialization in Authoritarian Regimes" (Abstract )
26 Jan 2012 Andrew Geddes (Fernand Braudel Fellow) will present "Why European Immigration Policies Are Converging" (Paper )
Further dates: 23 Feb 2012, 22 Mar 2012 (Emeroteca), 12 Apr 2012, 17 May 2012, 14 Jun 2012
Organiser: Rainer Bauböck
Please register with Monika.Rzemieniecka@eui.eu
Programme (printable version)
Introductory Meetings/
Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences
Organisers: Donatella Della Porta and Sven Steinmo
Time: 27-28 September , 5 and 7 October 2011, Seminar Room 2 (Badia)
(10 credits)
Schedule
To register contact Maureen Lechleitner
These sessions are designed for all 1st-year researchers to illustrate the teaching programme of the Department.
Please note that there will be three introductory sessions in which the Director of Studies (F. Bernardi) as well as two of his colleagues, M. Kohli and O. Roy, will present their research and teaching plans. These sessions will take place on 27 September from 9:30 to 11:00 in seminar room 2.
Introduction to Data Analysis and STATA for Beginners
Researchers with no prior knowledge of quantitative analysis and STATA are strongly advised to follow this Catch-up preparatory course to the Introduction to Quantitative Methods Seminar, although no extra credits will be awarded.
Wednesday 21 September, 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-16:30
Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana
Organiser: F. Bernardi, Lecturers: Nina Liljeqvist & Carolina Zuccotti
Programme
To register contact Monika Rzemieniecka
Second-Year Researchers' Presentations
Presentations take place 4-8 June 2012
Detailed schedule
Past Seminars