{"id":8476,"date":"2020-09-25T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/?page_id=8476"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:19:38","slug":"rcp-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/research\/rcp-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in Comparative Politics (RCP) Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Research in Comparative Politics<\/strong> (<strong>RCP<\/strong>) workshop serves as a forum for the presentation of research by faculty and graduate students in comparative politics. All talks will be held\u00a0in the <strong>Eilts Room, 2nd Floor, 154 Bay State Road<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/profile\/steven-rosenzweig\/\">Steve Rosenzweig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/profile\/marcus-walton\/\">Marcus Walton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/profile\/farah-adeed\/\">Farah Adeed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Spring 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"576\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><strong>Date <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"235\"><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Lauren M. MacLean (Northeastern)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Wednesday, Feb 25<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">1 to 2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">Beyond the Social Contract: Rising Spatial Inequality in the Global South and Citizenship as Reciprocity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Alisha Holland (Harvard)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Wednesday, March 25th<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">1 to 2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">Creative Construction: How Infrastructure Failed to Develop Latin America<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Adam Auerbach (Yale)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Wednesday, April 15<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">1 to 2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">The Political Economy of Local Journalism in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"235\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>Fall 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"576\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><strong>Date <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"108\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"235\"><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Si Wu (BU)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Wednesday, September 24<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">1 to 2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">From Control to Choice: Women, Work, and Power in China\u2019s New Birth Planning Regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Feyaad Allie (Harvard)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Friday, October 10<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">12-1:30 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">The Perils of Power: How Minority Representation Shapes Identity and Politics in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Lauren Honig (BC)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Wednesday, October 22<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">1 to 2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">Community Capacity or State Weakness? Customary Institutions and Nonstate Security Provision in Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro (Brown)<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Wednesday, November 5<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">1 to 2:15 pm<\/td>\n<td width=\"235\">Persistent Citizens: Pursuing Social Welfare Benefits in Brazil and Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Archives from previous years can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/polisci\/research\/rcp-workshop\/rcp-archive\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Research in Comparative Politics (RCP) workshop serves as a forum for the presentation of research by faculty and graduate students in comparative politics. All talks will be held\u00a0in the Eilts Room, 2nd Floor, 154 Bay State Road. Organizers: Steve Rosenzweig, Marcus Walton, Farah Adeed Spring 2026 Speaker Date Time Topic Lauren M. 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