Upcoming Presentations
For more information or to join the seminar’s listserv, please email soc237@soc.ucla.edu. Seminars take place in Haines Hall 279 at 5pm.
Fall 2026
October 1, 2026
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University; Associate Professor of Sociology, UCLA
“Who Overreports? Regime Support and Preference Falsification in Iran” (with Gary Fong and Amir Farmanesh)”
October 8, 2026
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California
“Civil Society Organizations as Functional Equivalents of Political Parties: The Chilean Right and Colombian Left in Comparative Perspective” (with Nicolás Torres-Echeverry)
October 29, 2026
Associate Professor of Human Rights and Middle Eastern Studies
“Palestinian Politics and State Formation in Lebanon, 1948-1955”
November 12, 2026
Associate Professor of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara
“Performance Anxiety: Sex, Work, and Risky Boundaries in America’s Porn Industry”
Carlo Medici
December 3, 2026
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UCLA