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Josephine Harmon speaks at British Library US Election Conference

12 November 2020

Recorded in the immediate aftermath of the US General Election in early November 2020, the US Politics Today 2020 Conference was put together with advanced UK school students in mind

Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library

We would like to congratulate our PhD candidate Josephine Harmon on her recent appearance at this conference organised by theÌý

The conference coveredÌýcentral 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 wasÌýorganised by the , 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 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Institute of the Americas. HerÌýresearch 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 theÌýEccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library:

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME | November 10 2020
0:00 Video 1 (3 mins): Welcome, Dr Cara Rodway (Eccles Centre, British Library)
Part I
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0:02:20
Video 2 (30 mins): ‘2020 vision: looking to the past, present and future through the elections’, Professor Philip John Davies (Eccles Centre, British Library)
0:38:20
Video 3 (30 mins): ‘Interest groups and US politics’, Josephine Harmon (Institute of the Americas, University College London)
01:07:17
Video 4 (30 mins): ‘The Imperilled or Unconstrained Presidency?’, Dr Andrew Moran (London Metropolitan University)
01:42:39
Video 5 (30 mins): ‘The United States Supreme Court: The Fight for Political Control’, Professor Robert McKeever (Institute of the Americas, University College London)
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Part II
02:15:18
Video 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)
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All content runs to a total of 3 hrs 20 mins approx.

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Links:

Ìýwebsite

Dr Nick WithamÌý- academic profile

Dr Nadia HilliardÌý- academic profileÌý

courtesy of theÌýEccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library

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