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AMERICAN POLITICS AND POLITICAL THOUGHT 2006 AM • Arrival and check-in PM • Arrival and check-in EVE • Free Time FRIDAY June 23rd Amherst AM • Tour of Downtown Amherst • Lunch Downtown • Click HERE and HERE for information about Amherst, Massachusetts • Click here for information about the University of Massachusetts Amherst PM • Introductions and Administrative Orientation Mike Hannahan EVE • Free Time SATURDAY June 24th Amherst AM • Breakfast at the Bluewall Café, UMass campus • Campus walking tour • Lunch downtown PM • Opening Ceremonies and Program Overview EVE • Free Time SUNDAY June 25th Amherst AM • Political History of the United States Jerome Mileur PM • W.E.B. Du Bois Library Tour Click here for information about the W.E.B. Du Bois Library. EVE • Dinner, on your own • Film and Discussion: TBD MONDAY June 26th Amherst AM • The Political Philosophy of the Declaration of Independence Patrick Coby, Smith College PM • Principles of the U.S. Constitution Michael Hannahan EVE • Free time TUESDAY June 27th Amherst AM • Congress & Representative Democracy Vincent Moscardelli, University of Massachusetts PM • The Presidency at Home and Abroad Andrew Polsky, Hunter College, City University of New York EVE • Dinner and conversation with Andrew Polsky WEDNESDAY June 28th Amherst AM • Courts & Law in a Federal System Virginia Hettinger, University of Connecticut PM • Political Parties & the Party System in the U.S. Jerry Mileur EVE • THURSDAY June 29th Amherst AM • A Second Founding? The Progressive Era & its Critics Panel Discussion: Jerry Mileur, Paul Rego, Lonce Sandy-Bailey PM • Weekly Evaluations • Free Time EVE • Optional: Concert at Tanglewood Music Center, Juilliard String Quartet (Schubert/Vinao/Brahms). Depart Amherst at 6:00pm for 8:30 concert. Click here for information about Tanglewood Music Center. FRIDAY June 30th Amherst AM • Free Time for reading and research PM • Free Time for reading and research EVE • SATURDAY July 1st Amherst AM • Free Time PM • Free Time EVE • Film and Discussion: TBA SUNDAY July 2nd Amherst ADMIN AM • Theodore Roosevelt & the New American Republic Paul Rego, University of Massachusetts Video: Theodore Roosevelt PM • The Rise of the Candidate-Centered Campaign Michael Hannahan & Ray LaRaja, University of Massachusetts EVE • MONDAY July 3rd Amherst AM • Chesterfield Independence Day Parade Trip to town of Chesterfield PM • Lunch in Northampton • Fourth of July Cookout Party Jerry Mileur’s Home EVE • Fireworks Celebration University of Massachusetts TUESDAY July 4th Amherst AM • Political Liberalism in 20th Century America Jerry Mileur Video: Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson PM • The Rights Revolution in an Age of Conservatism Sheldon Goldman, University of Massachusetts EVE • WEDNESDAY July 5th Amherst AM • Depart for Boston Click here for information about Boston PM • The State in the Federal System & State House Tour Panel: Senator Stanley Rosenberg and others Massachusetts Statehouse Click here for information about the Massachusetts Statehouse EVE • Check into the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel 138 St. James Ave. Boston, MA 02116 617-267-5300 Click here to see hotel website • Dinner at the University of Massachusetts Club Special Guest, University of Massachusetts President, Jack Wilson THURSDAY July 6th Amherst/Boston AM • Civic Organizations in American Politics Panel: presentation and discussion with non-profit organizations in Boston Boston Foundation • Tocqueville and America Shep Melnick, Harvard University PM • Free Time • Optional activities: Tour of Harvard University and Cambridge Bookstores or special “Duck Tour” of Boston. EVE • Free Time FRIDAY July 7th Boston AM • Weekly Evaluations • Check out of Hotel • Free Time PM • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Click here for information about the JFK Presidential Library EVE • Return to Amherst SATURDAY July 8th Boston/Amherst AM • Free Time PM • Free Time EVE • SUNDAY July 9th Amherst AM • Free Time PM • Industrialism and Immigration Gerald McFarland, University of Massachusetts EVE • MONDAY July 10th Amherst AM • Religion in America and the World Jay Demarath, University of Massachusetts PM • EVE • TUESDAY July 11th Amherst AM • Race in American Politics: the 1960s Jerry Mileur Video: Martin Luther King and George Wallace PM • Race in Contemporary America Dean Robinson, University of Massachusetts EVE • WEDNESDAY July 12th Amherst AM • Depart for New York City • Site Visit and Lunch, Yale University and New Have Bookstores Click here for more information about Yale University. PM • Check into the Renaissance New York Hotel (Times Square) Two Times Square 714 7th Avenue and West 48th Street New York, NY 10036 212-765-7676 Click here to see hotel website • Free time in New York City: Click here for information about New York City EVE • THURSDAY July 13th Amherst/NYC AM • Site Visit: Ellis Island Presentation: A Nation of Immigrants Dan Tichenor, Rutgers University Click here for more information about Ellis Island. PM • Free Time • Optional: visit to the Strand Bookstore EVE • FRIDAY July 14th NYC AM • Weekly Evaluations • Free Time PM • Free Time EVE • SATURDAY July 15th NYC AM • Check out of Hotel • Visit to Hyde Park – Home and Presidential Library of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Viewing of FDR Video Click here for more information about the FDR Presidential Library. PM • Return to Amherst EVE • SUNDAY July 16th NYC/Amherst AM • Free Time PM • Gender and Politics in America Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts EVE • MONDAY July 17th Amherst AM • The Great Society & Social Policy Laura Jensen, University of Massachusetts PM • War & Civil Libverties in America Ron Story, University of Massachusetts EVE • TUESDAY July 18th Amherst AM • The Regan Revolution & the Restoration of Conservatism in American Politics Video: Ronald Reagan Panel: Jerry Mileur, Patrick Campbell, Mike Hannahan, and others. PM • Depart for St. Louis Click here for more information about St. Louis. EVE • Check into Hilton St. Louis Downtown 400 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63102 314-436-0002 Click here to see hotel website • Optional: Tour of the St. Louis Arch and Old Court House WEDNESDAY July 19th Amherst/St. Louis AM • Labor & Class in American Politics Dave Robertson, University of Missouri, St. Louis PM • The New Conservatism in American Politics Donald Critchlow, St. Louis University EVE • Site visit to St. Louis Cathedral THURSDAY July 20th St. Louis AM • The West in American History Robert Archibald, Missouri Historical Society Click here for more information about the Missouri Historical Society. FRIDAY July 21st St. Louis PM • City Politics Terry Jones, University of Missouri St. Louis Panel of city officials • Weekly Evaluations EVE • Optional: Trip to Union Station AM • Depart via Bus to Springfield Illinois Video Biography on Lincoln • Visit to Springfield, Illinois Abraham Lincoln Home, Tomb, and Old State Capitol Taylor Pensoneau Click here for information on the Abraham Lincoln Home. PM • Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Click here for information on the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. EVE • Return via Bus to St. Louis Video Biography on Mark Twain SATURDAY July 22nd St. Louis AM • Check out of Hotel • Depart for Charlottesville Virginia PM • Check into Omni Charlottesville 235 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-971-5500 Click here to see hotel website EVE • SUNDAY July 23rd St. Louis/Virginia AM • University of Virginia --TBA PM • EVE • MONDAY July 24th C’ville Virginia AM • University of Virginia --TBA PM • EVE • TUESDAY July 25th C’ville Virginia AM • Check out of Hotel Travel to Washington D.C. PM • Check into Fairmont Washington D.C. 2401 M Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037 202-429-2400 Click here to see hotel website • Tour of Washington D.C. EVE • WEDNESDAY July 26th C’ville/D.C. AM • Meeting with State Department officials PM • Influence of ideas in American Politics Panel Discussion with scholars from: Heritage Foundation, Urban Institute, and Brookings Institute EVE • THURSDAY July 27th D.C. AM • Weekly Evaluations • Site Visit of the U.S. Capitol Building Thomas Coonan Click here for more information on the U.S. Capitol building. PM • TBA EVE • FRIDAY July 28th D.C. AM • TBA PM • Free Time EVE • SATURDA Y July 29th D.C. AM • Check out of Hotel • Depart for Amherst PM • EVE • Return to Amherst Resident Hall SUNDAY July 30th D.C. /Amherst AM • Free Time PM • Free Time EVE • MONDAY July 31st Amherst AM • Panels, TBA PM • Panels, TBA EVE • TUESDA Y August 1st Amherst AM • Participant Presentations PM • Participant Presentations EVE • WEDNESDAY August 2nd Amherst AM • Participant Presentations PM • Participant Presentations or Free Time EVE • THURSDAY August 3rd Amherst AM • Closing Ceremonies Lunch and Final Evaluations PM • Free Time EVE • Preparation for Departure FRIDAY August 4th Amherst