Day 1 of Two
9-9:15 am—Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Doug Rogers, Department of Anthropology and Russian Studies Initiative, Yale University
Steven Wilkinson, Chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University
Stephen E. Hanson, Vice Provost for International Affairs, William & Mary
9:15-10:45 am—Panel I: Assessing the State of Russian Studies in Political Science Debates
Chair: Kate Baldwin, Yale University
“What Russia Teaches Us about Comparative Politics, and Vice Versa,” Jordan Gans-Morse, Northwestern University
“Is Russia Really a Normal Country? A Numerical Taxonomy of Russia and the Post-Communist World,” Jeffrey Kopstein, University of California, Irvine
“Can Post-Soviet Studies Contribute to Current Political Science Debates?” Andrei Melville, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
“What Happened to Russian Security Studies?” Brian Taylor, Syracuse University
10:45-11 am—Coffee Break
11 am-12:30 pm—Panel II: Lessons of Soviet History
Chair: Sergei Antonov, Yale University
“The Weight of the Soviet Past after 1991,” Andrea Graziosi, University of Naples
“Harassing Deficiencies in Data: What the Soviet and Russian Experience Can Teach Us about Extracting Information from Authoritarian Regimes,” Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin
“Institutions and Authoritarianism: The Role of the Communist Party in Soviet Durability,” Lucan Way, University of Toronto
“Mass Repression and Political Loyalty: A Dual Legacy of Stalin’s Famine in Ukraine,” Yuri Zhukov, University of Michigan
12:30-2 pm—Lunch Break
2-3:15 pm—Panel III: Political Protest and Accommodation
Chair: Jason Lyall, Yale University
“The Good Russian: Constructing the Authoritarian Citizen,” Sam Greene, King’s College London
“Bot of Course Russia is Important for Political Science!” Joshua Tucker, NYU
“Explaining Russian Protest: Individual Mobilization in Contemporary Autocracy,” Regina Smyth, Indiana University
3:15-4 pm—Break
4-5:30 pm—Keynote Panel: U.S-Russian Relations in a Turbulent Era
Celeste Wallander, President, U.S.-Russia Foundation
Moderator: Stephen E. Hanson, Vice Provost for International Affairs, William & Mary
6 pm—Reception