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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Grad Student Talks
DESCRIPTION:The first event in what is hopefully a series!\nWe have invited graduate students and researchers from the Linguistics Department to discuss their research in linguistics: what they study\, why it's important\, and potentially how to get involved as an undergraduate\, in a 10-15 minute presentation. We hope to see you there!
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145694
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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LOCATION:Language Resources Center- Video Viewing Room
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:System of Self? The Role of Slave-holding in Political Behavior
DESCRIPTION:Understanding politicians’ behavior is especially important for the Late Antebellum\, when that generation may have ‘blundered’ into a bloody conflict: the US Civil War.  We link the Washington Post’s database of congressional slaveholding to voting in the US House of Representatives in 1839-1861.  As a summary\, we examine standard voting-ideology scores and also key legislation.  While slaveholding is a powerful predictor of voting\, this relationship nearly vanishes if we control for representing a slave state.  Relatedly\, in slave states\, the overwhelming majority of congressmen were slaveholders\, even though the vast majority of eligible voters in that region were not.  Case studies illustrate how ‘crossover’ politicians (e.g. nonslaveholders in slave states) conformed to dominant voting behavior.  Our analysis favors systemic interpretations for regional differences in congressional voting\, rather than this specific form of self-interest.  The system brought its peculiar interests to the forefront.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145829
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,History,seminar
LOCATION:North Quad - 4325
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