Congrats to TEC director @annagbusse.bsky.social, whose “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation" received the 2025 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review #APSAawards, @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social goto.stanford.edu/AGB/APSA

How are transnational conservative networks targeting sexual and gender minorities? 🏳️‍🌈 Join us tomorrow, May 15 at 12pm Pacific for a talk with @Phillip_Ayoub, @UCL, about his new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/Ayoub

What is everyday life under autocracy like?  Thursday, May 8 at 4pm PT, Stanford experts Anna Grzymała-Busse, Jovana Lazic, Haiyan Lee, Hesham Sallam, Ali Yaycioglu share their research and lived experiences. 📅 Global Perspectives on Life Under Authoritarianism tec.stanford.edu/authoritaria...

How are transnational conservative networks targeting sexual and gender minorities? 🏳️‍🌈 Join us May 15 at 12pm Pacific for a talk with @Phillip_Ayoub, @UCL, about his new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" 🔗 tec.stanford.edu/Ayoub

🇺🇦 📅 Join us TODAY at 12pm Pacific time as Grigore Pop-Eleches (@grigopop) presents our #REDS Seminar: Overcoming War Fatigue and Propaganda: Drivers of Popular Support for Ukraine in the War against Russian Aggression @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst #CREEES 🔗 tec.fsi.stanford.edu/GrigorePop-E...

Why was France 🇫🇷 among the last countries in Europe to extend voting rights to women? Join us Thursday (March 6) at noon PT as Charlotte Cavaille (@ccavaille.bsky.social @fordschool) presents "Women’s Suffrage: Explaining the French Exception" 🔗 goto.stanford.edu/Cavaille

🚨 What are the long-term effects of imperialism & authoritarianism on voting behavior? 🚨 I recently gave a presentation that speaks to this question at Stanford University's @theeuropecenter.bsky.social. It’s based on a paper with D Gingerich. Here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Np...

FSI Director @mcfaulmike.bsky.social and @stanfordcisac.bsky.social @theeuropecenter.bsky.social affiliate Steven Pifer share analysis of where international security seems to be headed, and what it might mean for the U.S., Ukraine, and their partners.

When do imperialism and authoritarianism have long-term political effects? Join us Thursday (Jan 30) as Jan Vogler (Aarhus University) presents a theoretical framework to understand the legacy of imperialism. goto.stanford.edu/Vogler

Join us tomorrow (Jan 23) at 12pm PT: Thomas Olechowski (@univienna) considers the legacy of pro-democracy legal scholar Hans Kelsen🇦🇹, who lost his professorship in 1933 Germany and emigrated to the US. goto.stanford.edu/Olechowski

Join us tomorrow, Jan 16, 12pm PT: Yoshiko Herrera (UW-Madison @uwpolisci) considers the relationship between national or imperial identities and conflict using the case of Russia’s war on Ukraine 🇺🇦. @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social #REDS @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst #CREEES goto.stanford.edu/Herrera

Join us tomorrow (Nov 14) at 12pm PT as @brynrosenfeld discusses how citizens approach political risks in repressive environments like Putin’s Russia. @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst #REDS #CREEES RSVP: goto.stanford.edu/Rosenfeld

Join us tomorrow, Democracy Day, for a talk with Christophe Crombez @crombez on the rise of the far right in Europe. November 5, 3 pm PT, in person and online tec.fsi.stanford.edu/events/chris...

Will the 🇬🇪Georgian Parliament override Pres. Zourabichvili's veto of the anti-foreign agent law? What does it mean for Georgia's democratic aspirations?  Join us Tuesday, May 28, 3pm Pacific Time, as Kathryn Stoner (Stanford) discusses Georgia's future. In person/online: goto.stanford.edu/Stoner

Are the 🇪🇺 Parliament elections in June going to be another victory for the populist right or more of the same? Thursday May 9 at noon (PT), Christophe Crombez unpacks the policy implications and balance of power in the EU. RSVP in-person or online: goto.stanford.edu/Crombez

🗓️Today | April 25, noon PT in person/online Why are far-right movements on the rise virtually everywhere in Europe? Michele Groppi unpacks the implications for US interests overseas. @KingsCollegeLon @ItssVerona 🔗https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/events/michele-groppi-dark-souls-rise-far-right-europe

What drives Russia's violence against Ukraine🇺🇦? Join us Thursday, April 18 for a talk with Eugene Finkel @eugene_finkel (@johnshopkinssais) on Russia's 200-year quest to dominate Ukraine. #REDS #CREEES @StanfordCDDRL @HooverInst 🔗goto.stanford.edu/Ukraine in person/online

Stanford graduate students, The Europe Center's Grant Competition (for research travel to Europe) is open for applications: goto.stanford.edu/TEC-GRANT Deadline Monday, April 15! @FSIStanford @StanfordGlobal @StanfordVPGE

Join us tomorrow (Thursday, March 7) at noon PT for a talk with @rdassonneville.bsky.social on how perception shapes partisanship on an individual level. tec.fsi.stanford.edu/events/ruth-...

Visit London this summer for an exciting three-week course on technology and international security, taught by CISAC affiliate @Lauren_Sukin and @DrKMillar! From AI to zero-day exploits, learn how technologies shape the evolving politics of the future. Applications open now!

How did chewing gum become a wartime supply and inspire the distribution of gum and candy to civilian populations as a gesture of friendship? Join us tomorrow (in person or online) at 12pm Pacific with Martina Kaller (@univienna, @StanfordCLAS) goto.stanford.edu/ChewingGum

What does it means to try to bring Jewish culture back to life in a country where 3 million Jews were murdered and where only 10,000 Jews now live? Join us tomorrow (Feb 15) at noon PT for a talk on Poland's Jewish turn with Geneviève Zubrzycki (@umichWCEE) 🔗goto.stanford.edu/zubrzycki