Comparative Politics

Delighted to announce the newest issue of APSA-CP here - comparativepoliticsnewsletter.org/wp-content/upl…

The Comparative Politics Section (Section 20) is extending its travel grant deadline to July 15 by 23:59 EDT. Applicants are chosen by lottery by end of July. Apply here: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/organization…

This year, the Sage Best Paper Prize committee )Marcia Grimes (Chair), Dominika Koter, and Feyaad Allie). The section is pleased to award the Best Paper Prize to Anna Callis (Tulane U) for her paper, “When Economic Elites Support Democratization: Evidence from Argentina.”

The committee, Andy Harris (Chair), Pete Hatemi, and Rose McDermott, received a strong set of nominations, but Peter’s dedication to nurturing, challenging, and encouraging a community of international, interdisciplinary scholars made him an ideal recipient of this award.

The Comparative Politics section is delighted to award the Bingham Powell Graduate Mentoring Award to Peter Hall (Harvard University).

The committee, Scott Straus (Chair), Dawn Teele, and Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, received a strong set of nominations and were particularly impressed with the quality and interdisciplinary resonance of Marko’s work.

The Comparative Politics section is delighted to award the Theda Skocpol Emerging Scholar Award to Marko Klašnja (Georgetown University).

Honorable mention is awarded to Myles Williamson, “Trans Rights Indicator Poject (TRIP).” myleswilliamson.net/trip-data. The committee included Matthew Winters (Chair), Kyle Marquardt, and Gilles Verniers.

The Comparative Politics section is pleased to announce Marc Debus, Zeynep Somer-Topcu, and Margit Tavits are this year’s recipients of the Lijphart Przeworski Verba Best Dataset Prize for their dataset, “Comparative Campaign Dynamics Dataset.”

The Comparative Politics section will award 12 $500 grants to support members’ travel to the APSA conference this year. Awards are determined by lottery. We especially encourage members at less well-endowed institutions to apply here: apsa.secure-platform.com/a/solicitation… by July 10th.

This year, the Comparative Politics section is pleased to award the Best Article Prize to Anna Grzymala-Busse (Stanford University) for, “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation,” American Political Science Review, 118(1), 88-107.

This year, the Comparative Politics section is pleased to award the Best Book Prize to Sarah Zukerman Daly @sarahzdaly (Columbia University) for her book, Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections (Princeton University Press, 2022).

The CP section's Skocpol prize for emerging scholars and Powell Mentoring Award nomination deadlines are extended to April 1. Nominate Skocpol prize scholars here: form.jotform.com/233233881185357 and Powell award scholars here: form.jotform.com/233234391516352

We at the @comppolsection & @apsa_cp are delighted to announce the fall 2023 issue! In this issue a symposium on civil-military relations, interviews with CP section prize winners, and a dissertation spotlight on @lotemhalevy 's exciting research! comparativepoliticsnewsletter.org/wp-content/upl…