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Monday, 18 November 2019
Welcome to the LSE US Centre's November newsletter! Highlights include: 
  • Meet our new Undergraduate Research Assistants for 2019-20 
  • US Centre's upcoming events
  • Hand-picked selection of LSE/US-related opportunities 

Please feel free to forward this newsletter on to any colleagues and friends who may be interested in the US Centre and our events and activities.
US Centre at the LSE Research Showcase
Come see and experience our award winning digital project, The State of the States at the LSE's Research Showcase tomorrow 19th of November
 
Are you an LSE student or member of staff? Then come along to the LSE's Research Showcase on Tuesday 19 November 2019 fro 3:30-7pm in the LSE LIFE Workspace 4. LSE’s annual research showcase is a free  drop-in event featuring film and photography, hands-on activities and games, and complimentary food and drink. US Centre Managing Editor, Chris Gilson, will be presenting and explaining The State of the States, our award-winning digital resource covering US state politics and policy. We're taking part alongside colleagues from the South Asia Centre and the Centre for Women, Peace and Security as part of a stand on the LSE's use of digital technology to illustrate social science data.
 

Upcoming Events

Is Progressive Capitalism an Answer to America's Problems?


Speaker: Professor Joseph Stiglitz
Date: Wednesday 04 December 2019
Time:  6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building


We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big business, but a few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. Professor Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University) will argue that we need to exploit the benefits of markets while taming their excesses, making sure that markets work for people and not the other way around. 
 
For a free ticket please register here.

Events are oversubscribed in order to allow for no shows, a ticket is not a guarantee of entry. Admission is on a first come first serve basis so please arrive early.
Russian hackers, trolls and #DemocracyRIP

Speaker: Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Date: Thursday 27 February 2020
Time:  6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building


The 2016 presidential election that saw Donald Trump elected to the White House was marked by Russian intervention including pro-Trump social media activity and cyberattacks against Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson (University of Pennsylvania) brings together what is known about the impact of the Russian interventions in the 2016 US presidential election, outlines the contours of the #DemocracyRIP Russian plans to undercut the presidency of Hillary Clinton, and ask what’s next and what can we do about it.
 
More information here.

Policing as a Public Good


Speaker: Professor Tracey Meares 
Date: Thursday 12 March 2020
Time:  6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building


In the wake of public criticism of contemporary criminal justice processes in general and of policing specifically, especially in the United States, some critics of these institutions and processes have called for abolition. In this lecture, Professor Tracey Meares (Yale University) will discuss the historical context of the abolition of slavery in the United States, locating it in the broader context of Reconstruction, and will offer an idea of policing as a public good that is central to a conception of citizenship.
 
More information here.
 
The latest from our 2018-19 PhD Summer Research Grant programme!

The first cohort of US Centre PhD Summer Research Grant recipients Marral Shamshiri-Fard, Jacklyn Majnemer, and Ariel Perkins presented the results of their grant research to the US Centre Director Peter Trubowitz and the programme donor Dr Harold Glass last month. You can read more about their projects and experiences here
Meet our Undergraduate Research Assistants 

2019-20


We received an incredible 218 applications for our Undergraduate Research Assistantship programme this year! Without further ado, we are very excited to introduce you to our six amazing Research Assistants for 2019-20:


US Aid and international drug policy - evaluating the US role in the global drugs and development debate


Research Assistant: Karen Torres, Department of Social Policy 
Research Lead: Dr John Collins, International Drug Policy Unit (IDPU)

 


The New Politics of Inequality: How It Works—and Fails—in America


Research Assistant: Colin Vanelli. Department of International History
Research Lead: Dr Lloyd Gruber, Department of International Development 


The changing role of high culture in American social stratification over the 20th century 


Research Assistant: Nicholas Robben, LSE General Course
Research Lead: Dr Fabien Accominotti, Department of Sociology

 


Race and Gender in US Politics in Historical and Contemporary Perspective 


Research Assistant: Eileen Gbagbo. Department of International Relations
Research Lead: Dr Imaobong Umoren, Department of International History


The failure to restore the international financial system after World War I 


Research Assistant: Anna Cooper, Department of International History 
Research Lead: Dr James Morrison, Department of International Relations 

 


The failure to restore the international financial system after World War I 


Research Assistant: Katherine Bennett, LSE General Course 
Research Lead: Dr James Morrison, Department of International Relations 

LSESU United States Society is back!

Your spot for all things American at LSE! 

This year a group of students have resurrected the Student Union’s United States Society and are looking forward to a full year of events and fun. The US society aims to bring together American students and cultural enthusiasts to celebrate US culture and politics.

Upcoming events include Thanksgiving Dinner on November 28th, and a trip to the US Embassy London. Membership is required for attendance, so hop on over to the website for access to these events and many more!

For membership, click here. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to keep in the loop!  

 
US/LSE opportunities
  • Job Vacancy: LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre is looking for LACC-Canning House Research Officer, Deadline 15th of December
  • Job Vacancy: LSE International Inequalities Institute is looking for an Administrator for their Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Programme, Deadline 25th of November 
  • Job Vacancy: The Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford is looking for a Part-time Communications and Events Officer, Deadline 4th of  December
  • Fellowships:The Eccles Centre for American Studies invites applications from researchers from any disciplinary or creative background to spend time exploring the British Library's North American collections. The deadline for receipt of applications is 17:00 GMT on Friday 17 January 2020.
  • Student Exchange: Applications for the LSE-Berkeley Undergraduate Student Exchange Programme are open until 29th of November 2019. 
  • Awards: The British Association for American Studies is delighted to announce that its 2019-20 awards scheme is now open. There are a range of awards available for undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researchers and established academics.
  • Call for Papers: LSE-Sciences Po Seminar in Contemporary International History welcomes presentations from faculty and PhD students at any institution on any aspect of contemporary international history, with a particular focus on the global Cold War, broadly defined. Submission deadline is 22nd of November. 
The LSE's United States Centre is a hub for global expertise, analysis and commentary on America. Our mission is to promote policy-relevant and internationally-oriented scholarship to meet the growing demand for fresh analysis and critical debate on the United States.
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