Event Details

End: March 11, 2016
Contact: grossmmo@mountunion.edu
More Info: http://raider.mountunion.edu/~GROSSMMO/obama.htm

The Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Mount Union, in coordination with the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron, is seeking participants for a conference on the legacy and record of the Barack Obama presidency, to be held March 10-11, 2016 on the Mount Union campus.

This will be an even-handed, non-partisan, and scholarly examination of the actions and consequences of the Obama Presidency on the United States and world from a variety of perspectives. We are soliciting paper proposals from across academic disciplines on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to: appointments, international and domestic issues, constitutional and legal questions, homeland and national security, electoral politics, race relations, media relations, economic and societal inequality, economic policy, and White House staff and the executive branch. We encourage conference participants to engage in conversations and research beyond the customary disciplinary territory, and welcome panels that include multi- and inter-disciplinary scholars across all fields.

Selected papers from the conference will be included in an edited book.

Proposals should include a tentative paper title, a brief description of the paper (250 words maximum), institutional affiliation, and contact information including an email address. Proposal deadline is December 1, 2015. Proposals should be submitted electronically to: grossmmo@mountunion.edu. Please put “Obama Legacy” in the subject line.

For additional information visit the conference website at: http://raider.mountunion.edu/~GROSSMMO/obama.htm.

Please direct questions to Dr. Michael Grossman, University of Mount Union: grossmmo@mountunion.edu or 330.829.8740.