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Constitution Day Lecture

Constitution Day Lecture, Sept. 17: Nick Buccola

September 13, 2019

The political science department will present its annual Constitution Day Lecture on Tuesday, September 17, 5 to 6:30 p.m., in Dundon-Berchtold room 004. Professor Nick Buccola of the Linfield College political science department will give a talk about Frederick Douglass’s constitutional theory. Frederick Douglass, of course, is the 19th century American statesman and political thinker who escaped slavery to become a key abolitionist and proponent of racial justice. Buccola is the author of The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass and of a new book, The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America. He is also the director of the Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights, and Justice at Linfield.

For more information contact Bill Curtis, political science, at curtisw@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-09-2019, 09-16-2019, Academics, Political Science Tagged With: Bill Curtis, Constitution Day Lecture, Nick Buccola, Political Science

Constitution Day Presentation, Sept. 17

September 14, 2018

William Curtis and Gary Malecha, political science, will present the 2018 Constitution Day Lecture, “Supreme Court Nominations in a New Political Order,” on Monday, September 17, at 7 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The lecture is free and open to all.

For more information contact political science at x7274 or mackinno@up.edu.

 

Filed Under: 09-10-2018, 09-17-2018, Academics Tagged With: Bill Curtis, Constitution Day Lecture, Gary Malecha

Constitution Day Lecture with Bill Curtis, Sept. 19

September 15, 2017

The 2017 Constitution Day presentation will take place on Tuesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Bill Curtis, political science, will be speaking about significant constitutional cases that are up for consideration by the Supreme Court. The title will be “Travel Bans, Cell Phone Searches, and Wedding Cakes: The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Cases.” All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. For more information contact political science at x7274 or polisci@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-04-2017, 09-11-2017, 09-18-2017, Academics, Political Science Tagged With: Bill Curtis, Constitution Day Lecture, Political Science

Constitution Day Lecture With Jeffrey Meiser, Sept. 17

September 11, 2015

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The political science department and provost’s office will present “Constitutional Foundation of American Foreign Policy” by Jeffrey Meiser on Thursday, September 17, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. His lecture will celebrate Constitution Day, which honors the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, and is free and open to all.

Meiser is an assistant professor in the political science department. He was previously on the faculty of the College of International Security Affairs and director of the South and Central Asia Program. He also taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, The Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Mannheim. His book, Power and Restraint: The Rise of the United States, 1898-1941, was published this year by Georgetown University Press.

For ADA accommodations or event information contact Gary Malecha, political science, at malecha@up.edu.

Filed Under: 08-31-2015, 09-07-2015, 09-14-2015, Academics, Events, Political Science Tagged With: Constitution Day Lecture, Gary Malecha, Jeffrey Meiser, Political Science

Constitution Day Presentation by Gary Malecha, Sept. 17

September 12, 2014

University of Portland, upThe policical science department will mark Constitution Day with a lecture by UP political science professor Gary Malecha, titled “Congressional Elections in a New Political Environment.” Malecha will discuss the upcoming 2014 congressional elections and how they might impact presidential-congressional relations and policy which will make up the rest of the Obama presidency. His lecture, free and open to all, is set for Wednesday, September 17, at 6 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 101.

For more information contact political science at 7274 or polisci@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-15-2014, Academics, Events, Political Science Tagged With: Constitution Day Lecture, Gary Malecha, Political Science

Constitution Day Lecture

September 13, 2013

1aCurtis150William Curtis, political science, will present “The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Justice Clarence Thomas,” a Constitution Day presentation, on Tuesday, September 17, at 7 p.m., in St. Mary’s Student Center. Curtis will discuss Justice Clarence Thomas’s judicial philosophy, approach to interpreting the Constitution, and several of his noteworthy opinions. For more information contact Gary Malecha, political science, at 7452 or malecha@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-16-2013, Academics, Events, Political Science Tagged With: Bill Curtis, Constitution Day Lecture, Political Science

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