Agenda
CAPERS VI
Columbia-NYU Contemporary African Political Economy Research Seminar
Friday, November 18, 2011
Location: Columbia Political Science Department, 707 International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street
Agenda
9:45 – 10:00
Kimuli Kasara, Grant Gordon, and Lauren Young
Opening Welcome
10:00 – 11:00
Leonard Wantchekon
Deliberative Electoral Campaigns and Transitions from Clientelism: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin
Discussant: Peter van der Windt
11:00 – 11:15
Break
11:15 – 12:15
Kristin Michelitch
Good Morning Timbuktu! The Impact of Radio in Rural Islamic Africa
Discussant: Kimuli Kasara
12:15 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 2:15
Gwyneth McClendon
Co-ethnicity and Democratic Governance: An Experiment with South African Politicians
Discussant: Devra Moehler
2:15 – 3:15
Elizabeth Sperber
Credible Conversions: Religion and Crosscutting Cleavages in Africa
Discussant: David Stasavage
3:15 – 3:30
Break
3:30 – 4:30
Adam Harris
Differential Determinants of Inter-Ethnic and Immigrant Prejudice: Evidence from South Africa
Discussant: Alex Scacco
4:30 – 5:30
Kanchan Chandra
Chapter from Manuscript, Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics
Discussant: Guy Grossman
5:30 – 5:45
Wrap Up
6:30
Dinner, Africa Kine 256 W 116th St New York, NY 10026