Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University

Welcome to the Center for American Political Studies (CAPS). Led by an interdisciplinary group of political scientists, sociologists, economists, and historians at Harvard University, CAPS fosters discussion, research, public outreach, and pedagogy about all aspects of modern U.S. politics. CAPS offers funding opportunities for affiliated faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. In addition, CAPS sponsors conferences and workshops, and holds a seminar series during the academic year.

Thanks for your attendance at the CAPS Spring 2008 Seminar Series. Check back in September for CAPS Seminars for Fall 2008. Enjoy the rest of the semester and have a great summer!

CONFERENCE on
RELIGION and DEMOCRACY in the UNITED STATES
Friday, May 2, 2008
11am-6:30pm
Tsai Auditorium (S-010)
CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge Street

As part of the NEH-funded "American Republic Initiative at Harvard University," CAPS will award two new and additional dissertation fellowships this Spring for "topics with a direct engagement with the history, principles, and politics of the American Republic." More Info and How to Apply....

Application deadline for
Dissertation Fellowships
and Summer Research Grants for Graduate Students is
Friday, February 29, 2008, 5pm. HAS BEEN EXTENDED to Wednesday, March 12, 2008.

Application deadline for Undergraduate Thesis Research Grants is Monday, March 10, 2008, 5pm.

CAPS Director, Dan Carpenter was awarded a "We the People" Special Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for $875,000 for his proposal titled "The American Republic Initiative at Harvard University." The program, to be developed over the next four to five years, will include the creation of new courses, invitations to visiting faculty conversant with the subject of American political thought, and programs that will engage the larger community, including a summer program for Boston high school teachers. Harvard Gazette article.

SPRING 2008 EVENTS:

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SEMINAR - FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
Voting May Not Be Addictive, But It Is Habit Forming
John Aldrich, Duke University
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.

SEMINAR - FRIDAY, FEB. 22, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
Dividers, Not Uniters: Presidential Leadership and Legislative Partisanship
Frances Lee, University of Maryland
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
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SORRY, THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SEMINAR - FRIDAY, FEB. 29, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
The Effect of Voter Identification Laws on Turnout
Jonathan Katz, California Institute of Technology
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
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SEMINAR - FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
The Suburban Voter
Eric Oliver, University of Chicago
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
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SEMINAR - FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
American Attitudes Toward Trade Liberalization: Economic Models and Beyond
Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.

SEMINAR - FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
Private Power and American Bureaucracy: The E.E.O.C. and Civil Rights Enforcement
Robert Lieberman, Columbia University
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.
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SEMINAR - FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008, 2:00-4:00PM
Racial and Ethnic Change in Urban America
Kim Williams, Harvard University
Room N262, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Reception follows talk.