Workshop in International Theory and History • Spring 2025

The goal of this workshop is to put BU’s historians, political theorists, and theory-oriented comparativists into closer conversation – please join us!

Thursday, March 27 • 12:30 to 2 PM

A Conversation about Finance and Anti-Democratic Politics

Michael McCarthy •  Associate Professor of Sociology & Director of Community Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz and author of The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (and a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)

Quinn Slobodian • Professor of International History at the Pardee School of Global Studies

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, 147 Bay State Road, Room 107


Friday, April 4 • 2:30 to 4 PM

The Eternal Promise of Missile Defense

Sanne Verschuren • Assistant Professor of International Security, Pardee School of Global Studies

Pardee School of Global Studies, 152 Bay State Road, Conference Room


Friday, April 25 • 12:30 to 2 PM

Chasing After Strange Gods: Anna Louise Strong in Stalin’s USSR

David Mayers • Professor of Political Science, Boston University

Pardee School of Global Studies, 152 Bay State Road, Conference Room


Lunch will be provided on April 25. 

Papers will be circulated a week in advance of each session. Please register using the form below.

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs: CURA, the Department of Political Science, and the Center for the Study of Europe.

Workshop in International Theory & History • Spring 2025

The goal of this workshop is to put BU's historians, political theorists, and theory-oriented social scientists into closer conversation - please join us!

    Thursday, March 27, 2025 • 12:30 to 2 PM | Michael McCarthy • A Conversation with Quinn Slobodian about Finance and Anti-Democratic Politics | Jewish Studies Center, 147 Bay State Road, Room 107

    Friday, April 4, 2025 • 2:30 to 4 PM | Sanne Verschuren • “The Eternal Promise of Missile Defense” | Pardee School of Global Studies, 152 Bay State Road, Bay State Room

    Friday, April 25, 2025 • 12 to 1:30 PM | David Mayers • “Chasing After Strange Gods: Anna Louise Strong in Stalin's USSR” | Pardee School of Global Studies, 152 Bay State Road, Conference Room

 

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