SPS Seminars Academic Year 2012-2013

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. Please check the departmental calendar for the exact dates.

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 either fill in the Seminar Registration Form and/or send an email to the organising administrative assistant, indicating the following details: Seminar Title, Professor, Researcher Status (e.g. 1st year SPS, Visiting Student, etc.) and Department.

 

INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS: 26 and 27 SEPTEMBER ROOM 2

First Term Seminars

03 September-14 December 2012

Second/Third Term Seminars

Second Term: 07 January-27 March 2013 ; Third Term: 02 April-28 June 2013

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.  

17-21 September 2012, 13:30-16:00

Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana

Organiser: F. Bernardi in collaboration with Michael Grätz and Davide Vampa

Programme

Please register with Monika Rzemieniecka

Departmental Seminars 2012-2013

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holds a special seminar in which Fernand Braudel, Max Weber, Jean Monnet, and Visiting Fellows present their fresh unpublished work.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 Wednesdays from 13:00 - 14:30  normally in the Sala del Capitolo 

Please note the following dates in your calendar: 

Forthcoming Sessions:

17 October 2012:  Hans-Peter Blossfeld: "The German National Educational Panel Study - Idea, Theoretical Frame, Design and Research Potential"

21 November 2012: Hanspeter Kriesi: "Political Conflict in Western Europe"

12 December 2012: no session

16 January 2013: no session 

20 February 2013: Brooke Harrington (Copenhagen Business School and Law Visiting Fellow): "Professions & Plutocracy: The Case of Wealth Management" 

20 March 2013: Ulrike Liebert (Univ. Bremen, and SPS Visiting Fellow Sep 2012 - March 2013): "Rescuing the Democratic State from Euro-Crisis?Dilemmas of Trust and Institutional Choice"

24 April 2013: no session

15 May 2013: Taeku Lee (Univ. California Berkeley, and SPS Fernand Braudel Fellow May-July 2013) "Diversity and Post-Racialism: Survey Measurement and the Study of Racial Change and Constancy in the United States"

19 June 2013:  no session

Organiser: Ulrich Krotz

Please register with maureen.lechleitner@eui.eu

Page last updated on 10 May 2013