Philadelphia American Politics Research Seminar

Director: Nancy Hirschmann

The Forum, Stiteler Hall (first floor), 208 S. 37th Street
(between Locust Walk and Walnut Street)

The Philadelphia American Politics Research Seminar is an ongoing inter-disciplinary seminar devoted to the discussion of work in progress by scholars from the Philadelphia Area and throughout the country.  A wide range of topics, approaches, and viewpoints will be represented. If you are interested in presenting, now or in the future, please let us know.

2005-2006 Academic Year
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Alice Hearst
Smith College
December 9, 2005, 12pm
Topic: TBA

Don Green
Yale University
February 10, 2006, 12pm
Topic: TBA

Dan Tichenor
Rutgers University
March 17, 2006, 12pm
Abiding Interests: Representation and the Evolution of the
Washington Lobbying Community

2004-2005 Academic Year
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James Kuklinski
Univesity of Illinois
Friday, October 8, 2004
"Changing Facts but Unchanging Attitudes: How Citizens Use
Expectations and Interpretations to Justify Their Positions on the Iraq Conflict"

John Lapinski
Yale Univesity
Friday, November 19, 2004
"Direct Election and the Emergence of the Modern Senate"
"Measuring Signicant Legislation, 1877-1948"

Richard Johnston
University of British Columbia
Monday, February 14, 2005
"The End of Southern Exceptionalism: Class, Race and
the Rise of Southern Republicans"
Related Papers: BJPS & APSA

2003-2004 Academic Year
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Marie Gottschalk
University of Pennsylvania
"The New Hard Line in Penal Policy; the Development of
Victims Movements in the United States and Europe"

Comparative Politics Workshops
Political Theory Workshops

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