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Please join us for our Election Panel on Oct. 9th, when professors in the Department of Government will offer expert insights on where things stand four weeks out from the election. @LiberalArtsUT
Today @UTGovernment, graduate student Allison Verrilli presented her research, “New Faces Changing Spaces: How Gentrification Shapes Demand for Policing,” as part of the American Politics Speaker Series.
I had this piece published today!
Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history theconversation.com/trumps-s… via @ConversationUS
This week, I attended the @ICON__S Annual Conference in Madrid, where I presented my work on constitutional legitimacy. It was inspiring to discuss the future directions of the Public Law field, and to meet old and new colleagues from around the globe. @UTGovernment@UTAustin
The #HamiltonBookAwards celebrate @UTaustin authors, including @EricLMcDaniel from @UTGovernment. His book, "The Everyday Crusade" offers a touchstone for understanding American national identity and the exclusionary ideologies that have plagued the nation since inception.
ALT Image is of Hamilton Book Award Nominee Eric McDaniel’s book, The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics
The #HamiltonBookAwards celebrate UT authors, including Benjamin Gregg from @UTGovernment. Gregg's book, “Creating Human Nature,” offers a broad perspective on how to deal with the socially and morally challenging potential for human genetic engineering.
ALT Image is of Hamilton Book Award Nominee Benjamin Gregg’s book, Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering
The #HamiltonBookAwards celebrate UT authors, including John Gerring from @UTGovernment. His book, “The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy,” explores modern democracy by focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion.
ALT Image is of Hamilton Book Award Nominee John Gerring’s book, The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy: Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions.
We began our Emerging Scholars Conference in Public Law with panels on American Constitutional Development and Human Rights and International Law. Thanks to the presenters, discussants, and attendees! @UTAustin@UTGovernment
When language and culture meets economic calculus meets pollution. This was one of the funnest — but also one of the most difficult — papers I’ve ever written. Many thanks to @MaleskyEdmund for being a partner in crime. @UTGovernment
From the latest issue of the QJPS, “Cultural Constraints and Policy Implementation: Effects of the Beijing License Plate Lottery on the Environment" by @dramyhliu and @MaleskyEdmund. A thread.
Join us for an interdisciplinary conference on nuclear disarmament, environmental justice, and peace, including a keynote address by Nobel Peace Prize winner Beatrice Fihn and a performance by movement artist Eiko Otake. For more info and to register: bit.ly/48gDrgs
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ALT The US-Poland Special Friendship, Virtual event featuring former US ambassador to Poland and Lithuania Stephen Mull
Friday, February 126
10-11AM CT
utx.global/Mull
An image of Stephen Mull smiling in front of a U.S. flag
📝 This semester, I will co-teach a writing seminar with @ZedTex here @UTexasLaw@UTGovernment. Our goal is to help students produce their own publishable work in comparative constitutional law & politics. 🎉
“Do judges have the authority and capacity to engage in natural-law reasoning?” @UTGovernment PhD Candidate and @UT_Civitas dissertation fellow Candace Terman turns to forgotten founder James Wilson to sketch an answer
Forthcoming in Review of Politics -> tinyurl.com/2bh6fs6r