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Professor Vinson comments on presidential race
At their nominating conventions over the next two weeks, Democrats and Republicans are playing political matchmakers between their stars and critical groups of voters in a tight presidential election that’s all about keeping supporters or...
Continue ReadingFox News contributor Juan Williams speaks Feb. 3
Fox News contributor and author Juan Williams will speak on the campus of Furman University Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference center. His CLP talk, “A Sustaining Responsibility: King and the Exercise of...
Continue ReadingNoted pollster, public policy expert to speak Feb. 10
Peter D. Hart, one of America’s leading pollsters and public policy experts, will speak on campus Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference Center. His talk, “The Mood of America 2016: The Presidential Race,”...
Continue ReadingStudents present research at Southern Political Science Association meeting
Three Furman Political Science majors Melissa Temple ‘17, Julia Roberts ’16, and Caroline Lancaster ’16 recently presented research at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Caroline Lancaster presented, “The...
Continue ReadingBreaking boundaries and bettering lives
Just three months after she graduated with a double major in political science and Spanish and a double minor in poverty studies and Latin American studies, Cassandra “Cassie” Chee ’15 arrived in Las Cruces, New...
Continue ReadingFurman’s Malici calls for reason over rhetoric and fear-mongering
Furman University political science professor Dr. Akan Malici offers another opinion piece in the Greenville News—his third in as many months. In it, he notes the consequences of succumbing to the barrage of media hype...
Continue ReadingAn educational moment in Brussels
As the search for a suspected terrorist spread to Brussels, Belgium following the recent attacks in Paris, a study away group from Furman got an experience it never expected—a close-up look at the top news...
Continue ReadingMalici: We must starve “clash of civilizations” narrative
While sensational and headline-grabbing, political rhetoric directed at Muslims “plays into the hands of terrorist propaganda that America is at war with Islam,” says Furman University Political Science Professor Akan Malici. He describes how feeding...
Continue ReadingFurman alums write about the Merkel magic
Before Time magazine named Angela Merkel its 2015 Person of the Year, Furman alums Claire Greenstein ’11 and Brandon Tensley ’12 wrote about the influential German Chancellor for Foreign Affairs magazine. In the op-ed, “The...
Continue ReadingNelsen quoted in USA Today about Paris attacks, study away
Recent Paris terror attacks have refocused attention on emergency plans as they relate to study away programs. Furman Political Science professor Brent Nelsen says pieces of an emergency plan came together after 9/11, “ …...
Continue ReadingTerrorism and the Future of Europe: Professor Nelsen Weighs In
The shock of the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris last week has been felt around the world, but the impact has been especially profound in Europe. To gain a better understanding of what...
Continue ReadingFurman’s Muslim Student Association releases statement on Paris terrorist attacks
The Muslim Student Association at Furman has released a statement condemning the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris Friday night. Click on the headline to read the statement.
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