The Political Violence and Civil War workshop brings together scholars from the Harvard and Cambridge communities working on issues related to political violence, including revolutions, coups, civil wars, ethnic conflict, terrorism, and failed states. One objective is to develop a cohesive set of scholars focusing on related research. A second objective is to provide direct training to advanced graduate students working in the field. The workshop culminates each spring with a graduate student conference that brings together students and faculty from Harvard, MIT, and Yale. The fourth annual conference will take place in spring 2010. Robert Bates, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and professor of African and African American Studies, and Monica Duffy Toft, associate professor of public policy and director, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, co-chair the workshop.

Current Academic Year

• 2009–2010 Seminar Schedule