Please join us for the CAPS Seminar with James Campbell, who will be speaking about his latest book, Polarized: Making Sense of a Divided America.
James E. Campbell is a UB Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. He is the author of four university press books and more than 80 journal articles and book chapters. His most recent book is Polarized: Making Sense of a Divided America (Princeton University Press). The second edition of his book
Please join us for a talk with artist Oscar Palacio and Robin Kelsey, in conjunction with Palacio's exhibition, American History, Re-Visited, currently on view at the Center for American Political Studies. This talk will be followed by a reception at 5:30 on the 4th floor of CGIS Knafel, where Palacio's work is on exhibit.
Political Analytics 2017 is a one-day conference at Harvard University featuring top minds from media, politics, and academics. We are starting an exciting conversation about the growing role of data and analytics in determining the winners and losers in politics. This unique event will highlight and showcase how emerging
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.
Please join CAPS and the Program on Constitutional Government for a Post-Election Roundup discussion with Bill Kristol and William Galston, commentator Susan Shell, moderated by Harvey Mansfield.
Bill Kristol and William Galston will be meeting on this occasion for the thirteenth time in their much anticipated biennial debate, offering the perspectives of two political philosophers who are participants and shrewd observers, both of
Civil Evasions: Slavery, the Founders, and Rules of Religious Tolerance
Join us for the CAPS Seminar with Christopher Beneke as he presents his talk, "Civil Evasions: Slavery, the Founders, and Rules of Religious Tolerance."
This talk is free and open to the public.
Chris Beneke is associate professor of History at Bentley University. He is the author of Beyond Toleration: The Religious Origins of American Pluralism (Oxford, 2006), and co-editor of The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Religious Intolerance in Early
Please join CAPS for a Pre-Election Panel discussion with Jill Lepore and Morris Fiorina led by CAPS Faculty Director Stephen Ansolabehere on the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. A prize-winning professor, she teaches classes in evidence, historical methods, humanistic inquiry, and American history. Much of her scholarship explores absences and asymmetries in the historical record, with a
Belfer Case Study Room, S020, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.
The Program on Constitutional Government presents a talk with Jeb Bush on "Conservative Policy Solutions for 21st Century Problems." Jeb Bush was a Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 election, and the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999-2007.
Room K450, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Please join us for the CAPS Seminar with Shep Melnick as he presents a chapter from his upcoming book, "Sexual Harassment and the Evolving Civil Rights State." The chapter is available for download here.
Shep Melnickis the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Professor of American
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street*
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The 21st century has seen a rapid influx of big data, computation, and analytical reasoning transform almost every walk of life. 2016 promises to be the year when data analysis reaches new
