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April 15, 2010

Berry College will hold a one day conference on the general topic of “Teaching American Politics.”

Possible themes include:

• Relationship between Civic Education and Liberal Education
• Use of Literature and Film
• The Heroic Approach (Washington, Lincoln, MLK)
• Friendly Foreign Critics (Tocqueville, Chesterton)
• Teaching Technologies
• The Constitution and Constitutional Law.

Proposals will be accepted on these and other topics relating to “Teaching American Politics” on a competitive basis. Selected presentations will likely be published in the peer reviewed journal Perspectives on Political Science.

Deadline for Proposals: December 15, 2009.

Registration for participants will be free of charge and conference meals will be provided.

Berry College is near Rome, GA and about an hour and a half from the Atlanta airport.  Contact plawler@berry.edu for further details.