Description:

The Jackson School Student Academic Workshop Series will feature a presentation by Will Leggat, a senior history major in Yale College originally from Brooklyn, New York.

His research interests primarily revolve around questions of how post-conflict states establish national identity. Past projects of his have examined the militant democratic approach of Germany’s post-war constitution and traced the evolution of the Soviet political project as reflected in the three iterations of the USSR Constitution between 1918 and 1936. His senior thesis, advised by Professors Bonnie Weir and Stuart Semmel, focuses on the propaganda battle surrounding the 1981 hunger strike at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland and how the strike internationalized the conflict.

The series is a biweekly forum in which advanced undergraduate and graduate students can present their research projects and receive constructive feedback from their peers. This is an opportunity for students to get feedback on independent research projects or their theses, even at a preliminary stage. They can present fieldwork or other research from the summer and bring together a group of interested fellows to shape their analyses and advise on next steps. Advisors and faculty are also welcome to attend and/or participate.

The workshop series is a forum for students with a range of interests, including global health, history, political science, and economics.