Current news:

•  America In Living Color Seminar, Thursday - Friday 14-15 March, 2013

  The North American Studies Program at the University of Tampere and the Fulbright Center have collaborated to organize the America In Living Color Seminar on the 14-15 March, 2013. This year will mark the fourth occasion for this seminar. American Fulbright grantees present their research and scholarly work in humanities,
  education, social sciences and more.

  Seminar provides a unique opportunity to gain understanding of various academic fields through the presentations of American Fulbright grantees who are currently doing research and studying in Finland.

  Seminar is open for all students and staff members at the University of Tampere. Seminar compensates studies in North American Studies module (NAM IV: Lecture diary 2-5 pages, either 2 ECTS (10 presentations), or 5 ECTS (20 presentations) . See programme. Welcome!

Guest Lecture:

Urban History Day: Rebuilding Cities, Reconstructing Urban Identities

University of Tampere 12.3.2013

Lecture room C6, Main building, Kalevantie 4.

Session 2: Neighbourhoods and suburbia

14:30–15:45   Suzanne M. Sinke (Florida State University): Ethnic cities, ethnic
neighborhoods, non-ethnic enclaves: public visions from U.S. history

Past Events

• Countdown to the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections

• Watch the North American Studies website for announcements of election-related activities to come!
  

•  North American Studies will host a guest lecture by Professor Thomas F. Schaller "The U.S. Presidential Race and the American Voter" Thursday 9 February 15.15-16.00 Pinni B 4113. Beer and Politics after the talk!
• Professor Katri Sieberg has been awarded the Alfred Kordelin Foundations incentive award (Kannustuspalkinto) for 2009. Foundation homepage  News on the incentive award in YLE archives (in Finnish)
• Professor Katri Sieberg has been awarded a National Science Foundation (USA) grant for experimental research on conflict and international bargaining. The grant is shared by Professors David Clark, Charles Holt, Timothy Nordstrom and William Reed. NSCC/SA: Collaborative Research: Experimental Analysis of Alternative Models of Conflict Bargaining

David Mark: "President Obama – The Next Four Years”, November 30, 13.00 – 15.00 Pinni B4113

David Mark

Politix (politix.topix.com), a mobile and desktop site that lets Americans personally connect with the 2012 election by interacting with political news, has named David Mark to be its first Editor-in-Chief.

Mark, a veteran political journalist, was most recently a senior editor at Politico where he ran The Arena, Politico’s opinion and debate forum. In his new role, Mark will shape Politix’s editorial direction, delivering daily original content and reaching out to contributors to build the community.

The site, which launched in February, is hoping to attract “everyday citizens” and members of Congress. Prior to his six years at Politico, Mark was the Editor-in-Chief of Campaigns & Elections as well as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Associated Press. Mark is also the author of “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning”, which has been embraced as part of the curriculum by Dartmouth, Northwestern and Fordham, among others. David graduated from Columbia University School of Journalism and Brandeis University.

Photo by Tuomas Hellman

A Finnish Perspective from Washington DC on the Presidential race

Hanna Harrison, a student from University of Tampere is going talk (via Skype) about how the elections appear from a Finnish perspective.

The talk will be heard in Pinni A building, Paavo Koli auditorium. Date, tuesday 23rd October, Time: 14:00 - 15:00

*Professor C. Lawrence Evans, Newton Family Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary (Virginia) will give a guest lecture via internet on the 2012 Presidential and Congressional Elections. Evans is an expert on American national institutions.

The lecture will be held at 16.00 on Wednesday the 24th of October, place LINNA building room K103

*Professor Raimo Väyrynen will give a lecture on US Presidential Elections on the Wednesday the 31st of October at 16.00 in Pinni A building, auditorium Paavo Koli

*ELECTION WATCH, COME TO SEE THE US.PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS RESULTS DAY: Wednesday 7th of November

Time: 07:00 - 09:00 (AM, yes early in the morning, we might even serve coffee) Place: Pinni B building, lecture room B3116

Professor Jonathan Krasno, Binghamton University Election  Results and Congress - 7 Nov, 16.

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