Author: Peter Finn
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2025-26 FT-APG A Level Essay Competition: Best use of evidence (joint winner)
Below is an essay by Zac Woodcock, Brighton College This essay won the prize ‘Best use of evidence (joint winner)‘ in the inaugural FT-APG A Level Essay Competition, which was part of a broader project between the American Politics Group the Political Studies Association and the Schools Programme of the Financial Times. This project was funded by the excellence and impact…
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2025-26 FT-APG A Level Essay Competition: Best use of evidence (joint winner)
Below is an essay by Ifeoluwakiishi Bayo-Awonaike, Christ’s Hospital This essay won the prize ‘Best use of evidence (joint winner)‘ in the inaugural FT-APG A Level Essay Competition, which was part of a broader project between the American Politics Group the Political Studies Association and the Schools Programme of the Financial Times. This project was funded by the excellence and impact…
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Keasbey Isaac Newton Fellowship in American Studies 2026
Applications are invited for the stipendiary Keasbey Isaac Newton Fellowship in American Studies (defined as the study of US culture, society, politics or history). Normally tenable for three years from 1 October 2026, the Fellowship is open to graduates of any University, with no age limit, but will normally be awarded to candidates who have…
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New Publication by Lauren C. Bell: Transatlantic Majoritarianism
Transatlantic Majoritarianism: How Murder, Migration, and Modernity Transformed Nineteenth-Century Legislatures Use code 27CONF30 to save 30% when purchased from Liverpool University Press via this link: https://libraries.clemson.edu/press/books/transatlantic-majoritarianism/. In 1890, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Brackett Reed used his usher in majority rule in the chamber. Reed is praised for establishing majoritarianism in democratic legislatures.…
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Volunteering opportunity at PSA26
Volunteering opportunity at PSA26 as a Conference Ambassador Conference Ambassadors benefit from free attendance at the conference, and out of pocket expenses. They receive up to £50 daily reimbursement for food, refreshments, and travel related expenditure (in accordance with the PSA’s policy) for each day they are volunteering, and can attend panel sessions, roundtables, keynote presentations…
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APG Elisha & Elizabeth Atkins Award Award Report – Tim Galsworthy
Thanks to the PSA APG’s Elisha & Elizabeth Atkins Award I was able to visit the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas, in September 2025. My research project centres on a 1962 campaign stop which the former president made in Columbia, South Carolina. I am using this event as a case study to…
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52nd Annual Conference, American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association
Welcome to the live blog of our 2026 annual conference! We are starting the year as we mean to go on. Check back over the next few days for photos. If you are at the conf, send over your photos for sharing: p.finn@kingston.ac.uk Huge thanks to Emma Long for her wonderful photos.
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51st Annual Conference, American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association
Peter Finn Welcome to the live blog of our 2025 annual conference! We are starting the year as we mean to go on. Check back over the next few days for photos.
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50th Annual Conference, American Politics Group of the UK Political Studies Association
Day 1: Our 50th Annual Conference is about to begin… Day 2: Day 3: Time for our final panels… See you next year for our 51st Annual Conference 😄
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APG/BAAS Annual Colloquium ’23
Welcome to our APG/BAAS Annual Colloquium ’23-24 blog post Occuring Friday 10th November, this event is held at the British Library