A red star over Lisbon" to the start of the third wave
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Seg . 24 Maio . 18h30
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A red star over Lisbon" to the start of the third wave
Com o apoio da Fundação Luso-Americana, o ICS apresenta dia 24 de Maio às 18:30 na Sala de Aulas 1 a conferência "The Portuguese Revolution - 1974/75: from "A red star over Lisbon" to the start of the third wave" por Alexander Keyssar (Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA)
Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.
An historian by training, he has specialized in the excavation of issues that have contemporary policy implications.
His 1986 book, "Out of Work: The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts", was awarded three scholarly prizes.
His book, "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States" (2000), was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. A significantly revised and updated edition of The Right to Vote was published in 2009.
Keyssar is coauthor of "The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned", 1600-2000 (2008), and of "Inventing America", a text integrating the history of technology and science into the mainstream of American history.
In addition, he is coeditor of a series on "Comparative and International Working-Class History".
In 2004/5, Keyssar chaired the Social Science Research Council's National Research Commission on Voting and Elections, and writes frequently for the popular press about American politics and history.
Keyssar's current research interests include election reform, the history of democracies, and the history of poverty.
Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.
An historian by training, he has specialized in the excavation of issues that have contemporary policy implications.
His 1986 book, "Out of Work: The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts", was awarded three scholarly prizes.
His book, "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States" (2000), was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. A significantly revised and updated edition of The Right to Vote was published in 2009.
Keyssar is coauthor of "The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisioned", 1600-2000 (2008), and of "Inventing America", a text integrating the history of technology and science into the mainstream of American history.
In addition, he is coeditor of a series on "Comparative and International Working-Class History".
In 2004/5, Keyssar chaired the Social Science Research Council's National Research Commission on Voting and Elections, and writes frequently for the popular press about American politics and history.
Keyssar's current research interests include election reform, the history of democracies, and the history of poverty.
