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McCourtney Institute for Democracy

McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Candis Watts Smith

Candis Watts Smith named Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Liberal Arts

Libraries marks Juneteenth with resources for historical, present context

Libraries marks Juneteenth with resources for historical, present context

The McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual book club will be held June 24 at 7 p.m. and June 29 at 4 p.m. in Zoom. All members of the Penn State community are welcome to attend for discussions of Ezra Klein's "Why We're Polarized."

Virtual book club to read Ezra Klein's 'Why We’re Polarized'

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Online event will explore the power of podcasts

Taylor Scott, associate director of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration discusses her work on a collaborative podcast episode between the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the McCourtney Institute for Democracy.

Podcast collaboration explores research, policy and democracy during pandemic

Xiaoye You, Liberal Arts Professor of English and Asian Studies, will become director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy July 1.

Xiaoye You named director of Center for Democratic Deliberation

"How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt will be the first selection in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual book club. Discussions will be held May 20 and 21 in Zoom.

McCourtney Institute for Democracy launches virtual book club

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Center for Democratic Deliberation announces spring 2020 award winners

Srdja Popovic, executive director of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS), will receive the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's 2020 Brown Democracy Medal. He will visit University Park Oct. 15 to accept the medal and present a public lecture on his wok in nonviolent activism.

Nonviolent activist Srdja Popovic to receive 2020 Brown Democracy Medal

The Democracy Group

McCourtney Institute for Democracy organizes new podcast network

Candis Watts Smith, associate professor of political science and African American studies, appears on this week's episode of the Democracy Works podcast, produced by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and WPSU.

Democracy Works podcast episode examines black politics then and now

Frances E. Lee, professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, will present a lecture titled "The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era" at 4 p.m. Jan. 29 in Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium.

Princeton political scientist to discuss congressional polarization Jan. 29

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New book examines how Latin American immigrants saved American cities

College of the Liberal Arts Women's Activism Theme

College of the Liberal Arts to spend year remembering 1920 as 'moment of change'

The PLSC 297 seminar will examine the growing movement away from democracy and why it matters

Spring 2020 course to examine how democracies die

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