Thursday
September 28
7:30 pm

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

Money in American Politics — Panelists will discuss how money shapes the political decision-making process, and debate whether money helps or hinders democratic participation. Moderator: Dan Clawson, professor of sociology, University of Massachusetts. Panelists: Thomas Edsall, political reporter Washington Post; Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union; Susan Longley, state senator, Maine.

Wednesday
October 18
7:30 PM

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

Making Democracy Work — The panel will discuss proposals for solutions on making democracy work. Moderator: Preston Smith, associate professor of politics and chair of African American and African studies, Mount Holyoke College. Panelists: Douglas Amy, professor of politics, Mount Holyoke College; Frances Moore Lappé, cofounder Center for Living Democracy and visiting researcher at MIT; Micah L. Sifry, senior analyst, Public Campaign.

Wednesday
October 25
4:30 PM

New York Room
Mount Holyoke College

Where Have All the Leaders Gone? The Presidential Elections of 1800 and 2000 — Joseph J. Ellis, Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, will lecture on Where Have All the Leaders Gone? with special attention to the elections of 1800 (Jefferson vs. Adams) and this year’s race.

Monday
November 13
7:30 PM

Gamble Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College

Elections 2000: Implications for American Democracy — Panelists will focus on an assessment of the election outcome with respect to the issues raised earlier in the series. Moderator: Christopher Pyle, professor of politics, Mount Holyoke College. Panelists: Theodore J. Lowi, senior professor of American institutions, Cornell University; Ellen Story, state representative, Massachusetts; Sean Wilentz, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History and director of the Program in American Studies at Princeton University.