Wednesday, April 22, 202612:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Virtual
The UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies invites you to a virtual talk with Kim Lane Scheppele, moderated by Daniel Treisman. This talk, entitled "Hungary’s Revolution by Election", will feature a discussion of the Hungarian election. This event will take place online on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 12PM PST. Registration is required.
About the Speaker
Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is also a faculty fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Her primary field is the sociology of law and she specializes in ethnographic and archival research on courts and public institutions. She also works in sociological theory, comparative/historical sociology, political sociology, sociology of knowledge and human rights.
About the Discussant
Daniel Treisman is a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is currently also the Co-Director of UCLA’s Center for European and Russian Studies. A graduate of Oxford University (B.A. Hons.) and Harvard University (Ph.D.), he has published six books and many articles in leading political science and economics journals including The American Political Science Review and The American Economic Review, as well as in public affairs journals such as Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. His research focuses on Russian politics and economics as well as comparative political economy, including in particular the analysis of democratization, the politics of authoritarian states, political decentralization, and corruption.