Barack Obama and American Democracy Conference March 2012

This conference will bring together nationally-recognized scholars, activists, academics, and students to discuss, debate, and analyze the wider implications of the Obama administration’s foreign and domestic policy agendas after over three years in office.

Over the course of three days it will probe the meaning of the historic 2008 presidential election for the very heart of our democracy, paying close attention to issues of race and gender, education, healthcare, active citizenship, and international affairs.

Keynote speakers, panelists, and participants will engage in discussions such as “Obama Cares?: Health Care Law, Democracy, and America Medicine,” “Civic Engagement and the Media in the Age of Obama,” “Active Citizenship and Democracy: From The Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street,” and more.

This event is free and open to the public.  Registration is recommended. 

Conference in the News

Tufts Launches New Center To Study Race, Democracy

For the first time, Tufts University designing an Africana studies major and establishing a center devoted to “stimulat(ing) research and debate on race and democracy in the United States and around the world.” Founding director, professor Peniel Joseph discusses why on The Emily Rooney Show.

Tufts University Establishes Center to Study Race and Democracy

Tufts University today announced that it is establishing a Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD). The university-wide center will stimulate research and debate on race and democracy in the United States and around the world.

The announcement comes as Tufts' School of Arts and Sciences prepares to hold its biennial, national conference "Barack Obama and American Democracy" on March 1-3.

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New Tufts center to study race, democracy

Tufts University is designing an Africana studies major for the first time and opening a center devoted to the study of race and democracy amid a broader push to integrate diversity into the school’s academic fabric.

It is an endeavor long overdue, Tufts students and professors said, coming decades after some peer institutions began granting similar degrees, and having centers of research.

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Learning from a Presidency in Progress

Tufts will host a conference on Barack Obama and American Democracy March 1–3, and will establish a Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to stimulate research and debate on those themes in the United States and around the world.

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