American Democracy as Political History:
Challenges across the Past, Present, and Future
A strong understanding of the past is critical to strengthening American democracy and to navigating the seismic shifts happening in our nation today. This conference will explore the social, economic, and cultural pathways that created this current political moment and provide essential insights on how to address pressing issues of polarization, injustice, inequality and democratic erosion.
This event will bring political historians and other historically minded scholars into conversation with one another and the broader public to grapple with the democratic challenges facing the vast “American project” at the nation’s semiquincentennial. It will challenge the traditional categories of political history — liberal and conservative, elite and populist, rural and urban — as well as subfield divisions that have produced disciplinary silos. It will create opportunities to build networks, share new research, debate ideas, think about the contemporary implications of this research, and discuss strategies for public engagement.
Registration Details
Registration:
$90 for Tenure-track/Tenured Faculty
$50 for Graduate Students, Contingent Faculty, & Independent Scholars
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Kathryn Cramer Brownell, Purdue University (co-chair)
Nicole Hemmer, Vanderbilt University (co-chair)
Leah Wright Rigueur, Johns Hopkins University (co-chair)
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Please contact Purdue Conferences at confreg@purdue.edu
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Purdue University is an equal access/equal opportunity university.
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