Upcoming Events

Join us for a joint GMS – Comparative Politics colloquium with Professor Tariq Thachil (University of Pennsylvania) on Thursday, October 8th, 12:30-2:00pm (SSB 202). Thachil will present “Idle Capital: The Politics of Unspent Funds in India’s Municipal Governments.” No RSVP required

We invite existing GMS DE students and faculty affiliates, as well as those who are interested in joining, to our fall open house! It will take place on Friday Oct. 16th 2pm-3:30 in the Social Science Matrix. Come meet new GMS Co-Director Yan Long and learn about the summer research conducted by DE students last year. Please RSVP.

On Tuesday Oct. 20th (12:30-1:30pm), Kimberly Johnson from NYU (Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis) will speak on her new award-winning book, “Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis.” The workshop will tkae place in the Harris Room in Philosophy Hall, and is co-organized with the Identity and Politics Workshop. No RSVP required.

Mona Farwaz, Professor of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut, will present on “Planning Amid Division: The Politics of the “Public” in Beirut (Lebanon)” for a GMS and DCRP lecture on Thursday Oct. 29th, 3:30pm – 5:00pm at Wurster 106. This presentation interrogates the normative foundations of progressive planning, particularly its assumption that participatory and co-productive practices can provide an adequate pathway toward inclusive planning responses. It does so against the backdrop of a global context in which the rise of right-wing populist politics has profoundly unsettled assumptions about a functional public. Once grounded in the…

On November 4th, 3:30-5:00pm, Nicole Wilson (Northwestern, Political Science) will offer a workshop for GMS Designated Emphasis students on strategies for conducting research with hard-to-reach populations, drawing in her own work in Subsaharan Africa. The workshop will take place in the Social Science Matrix. RSVP here.

On November 5th, 2026. 12:30-2pm, Nicole Wilson (Northwestern, Political Science) will present “Seeing like an Estate: The Paradox of Private Service Provision” at a joint GMS-Comparative Politics Colloquium. The colloquium will be in SSB 202. We are co-sponsoring talk within the comparative Politics Colloquium. No RSVP required.