The APSA Interpretive Methodologies and Methods related group provides a forum for the discussion of methodologies and methods related to empirical interpretive research, as well as issues arising from their location within contemporary political science.

Master Events Calendar
Schwartz-Shea and Yanow Dissertation Fellowship for Interpretive Research
Dec 31
Schwartz-Shea and Yanow Dissertation Fellowship for Interpretive Research

Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, Professor Emerita, University of Utah has endowed the “Schwartz-Shea and Yanow Dissertation Fellowship for Interpretive Research in the Department of Political Science.” The Fellowship honors her decades-long collaboration with Professor Dvora Yanow (Emerita, California State University, Hayward [East Bay]) and provides funds to support dissertation projects that employ interpretive methodologies and their associated methods in the conduct of empirical research. To learn more about the fellowship, visit https://poli-sci.utah.edu/giving/schwartz-shea-yanow-fellowship.php.

Diana Kim does Archival Research
Jan 10
Diana Kim does Archival Research

Interpretivists do Interpretive Methods Series

Diana S. Kim (Georgetown) will speak about archival research and interpretive methods drawing from her work on Southeast Asia's colonial histories and her book, Empires of Vice (Princeton University Press).


This talk will take place from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (Eastern Time), via Zoom.

The talk is open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please click here.

Fred Schaffer (and others) do Interpretivist Interviewing
Feb 21
Fred Schaffer (and others) do Interpretivist Interviewing

Interpretivists do Interpretive Methods Series

Fred Schaffer (UMass Amherst) will speak about interpretive interviewing drawing both from his own research on ordinary language interviewing and from other interpretive scholars’ use of interviewing as a research tool.


This talk will take place from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (Eastern Time), via Zoom.

The talk is open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please click here.

News & Upcoming Events

Spotlight Scholars Program

The Spotlight Scholars program highlights outstanding early-career scholars whose work showcases or advances interpretive approaches to the study of politics. Our 2024-2025 Spotlight Scholars are Ronay Bakan, Lauren Baker, and Be Stone. Read more about their work by clicking here.

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