Josephine Harmon speaks at British Library US Election Conference

We would like to congratulate our PhD candidate Josephine Harmon on her recent appearance at this conference organised by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library

The conference covered central issues and questions encountered on A-level US Politics syllabi, with contributions from experts covering the elections, interest groups, the Presidency and the Supreme Court, as well as a special conversation with two former members of Congress, George Holding (R-NC, 2013-21) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA, 1997-2017). The conference was organised by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library, one of the major research centres for the study and analysis of US politics in the UK.

Josephine is currently pursuing her PhD studies at UCL Institute of the Americas. Her research is supervised by Dr Nick Witham and Dr Nadia Hilliard.

You can watch the video of the proceedings in their entirety here below, courtesy of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library:

 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME | November 10 20200:00 Video 1 (3 mins): Welcome, Dr Cara Rodway (Eccles Centre, British Library)Part I 0:02:20Video 2 (30 mins): ‘2020 vision: looking to the past, present and future through the elections’, Professor Philip John Davies (Eccles Centre, British Library)0:38:20Video 3 (30 mins): ‘Interest groups and US politics’, Josephine Harmon (Institute of the Americas, University College London)01:07:17Video 4 (30 mins): ‘The Imperilled or Unconstrained Presidency?’, Dr Andrew Moran (London Metropolitan University)01:42:39Video 5 (30 mins): ‘The United States Supreme Court: The Fight for Political Control’, Professor Robert McKeever (Institute of the Americas, University College London) Part II02:15:18Video 6 (75 mins): ‘Reflections on the 2020 General Election and What’s Next for America’, Former Members of Congress George Holding (R-NC, 2013-21) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA, 1997-2017), in conversation with Dr Cara Rodway (Eccles Centre, British Library) All content runs to a total of 3 hrs 20 mins approx.

 

Links:

Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library website

Dr Nick Witham - academic profile

Dr Nadia Hilliard - academic profile 

Video of the US Politics Today 2020 Conference proceedings courtesy of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library

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