American Studies Center Aarhus

The US Mid-Term Elections

Monday, 2 November, 1998

Room 425 (Gavlværelset), Building 340

University of Aarhus

For the latest information on the US mid-term elections,
consult the ABC News elections update page.

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The Speakers

Hon. Richard N. Swett

In September 1998 Richard N. Swett became Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Denmark. Educated at Yale University, New Haven, and the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, Ambassador Swett is a contributing author to Roger Hart and Sheryl Cooley (eds), A Nation Reconstructed. A Quest for the Cities That Can Be (1996), and has had numerous articles published as a Member of Congress. He was elected in 1990 from the 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire to the US House of Representatives. In Congress, he served as a member of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, was a member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and served as a member of the US Congressional Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Among his achievements, Congressman Swett co-authored the Congressional Accountability Act, landmark legislation that requires Congress to abide by the same laws it passes for the rest of the country.

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard holds degrees from the University of Copenhagen (cand.phil, Ph.D) and Columbia University, New York (MA), and is currently Assistant Professor of Political Theory and Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus. His research interests include constitutional theory, political economy and American politics. He is the author of Rational Choice,Collective Action and the Paradox of Rebellion (dissertation, 1997) and (with Nils Bjerre-Poulsen) American Isolationism: From Old to New (SINAS-monograph, 1997).

Nils Bjerre-Poulsen

Nils Bjerre-Poulsen holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is currently an Associate Professor of American Studies at the Copenhagen Business School. His research interests have focussed on American political culture, particularly conservative political movements and the Republican Party. He has just completed a book on American conservatism entitled Right Face: Organizing the American Conservative Movement, 1945-1965, and is the co-author (with Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard) of American Isolationism: From Old to New (SINAS-monograph, 1997).

Ian Scott

Ian Scott holds degrees from Manchester Metropolitan University (BA) and the University of Keele (MA, Ph.D) and since 1994 has been Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester. He also teaches American Studies for the Open University and is a consultant on American Studies to the Imperial War Museum in London. His research interests have centred on those with little or no previous experience in public office in the US Congress, his most recent paper being 'Not One of Them: Amateurs and US House Elections 1990-96.'  He has also written and published extensively on politics and American film, including articles on Frank Capra's Mr Smith Goes to Washington, and State of the Union, Oliver Stone's Nixon, and theories of politics in film: 'Mr Innocence Goes to Washington: Hollywood and the Mythology of American Politics.' He is currently writing an article on Mike Nichol's film, Primary Colors, while his book, American Politics in Hollywood Film will be published by Edinburgh University Press in 1999.

The American Studies Center Aarhus is grateful to the Department of Political Science and the Department of English, University of Aarhus; and the Danish School of Journalism for sponsoring this seminar

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