Well-known Colombian poet Felipe García Quintero will present his work during a bilingual public lecture and reading on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m., in the Lycoming College Humanities Research Center (HRC). Simultaneous interpretation will be provided by Gerardo Luna, Spanish language assistant at Lycoming. The event is free and open to the public.
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Visiting scholar David Stasavage, Ph.D., will deliver a talk entitled, “Democracy: Past, Present, Future,” on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 4:30 p.m., in Trogner Presentation Room, Krapf Gateway Center, on the Lycoming College campus. The event, co-sponsored by the Humanities Research Center and the history, political science, and anthropology/archaeology departments, is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming College students enrolled in Political Science 201, “Inside the U.S. Supreme Court,” received an education like no other as the class traveled to the Supreme Court twice this semester — once to attend oral arguments for the case McIntosh v. United States, and again for a private meeting with the bench’s newest addition, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Lycoming College's Ben Kantack spoke with Newswatch 16 after a party-line vote opened up an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
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If you've ever wondered why people are resistant to policies aimed at improving things like climate change, Ben Kantack, assistant professor of political science at Lycoming College, has some answers that may surprise you. Using original survey data, Kantack revealed that the way people process thought on an issue is often different from how that same issue is discussed by politicians and the media.
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A Speaker of the House has yet to be elected after last week's round of voting, and Ben Kantack, assistant professor of political science at Lycoming College explains what will happen next.
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A political science professor from Lycoming College explains what happens next after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as the Speaker of the House.
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Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Caroline Payne and Professor Emerita of Art Lynn Estomin speak about the Lycoming College Interdisciplinary Dominican Republic Project and the Warrior Coffee project, in connection with the exhibition, "Dominican Republic: 1975/2023--Photographs by Lynn (Zimmerman) Estomin & Bob Zimmerman," at the Lycoming College Art Gallery.
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Nine Lycoming College Warriors spent spring break fully immersed in Pennsylvania government and politics through the first ever Applied Political Experience course, taught by Sen. David G. Argall ’80. The group of students represented all four years of Lycoming students and hailed from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Virginia, Venezuela, and France. They spent the week in Harrisburg, Pa., attending meetings and learning from members and staff of all three branches of government.
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Lycoming College will welcome the Latin America Symposium’s second speaker Julio Ríos-Figueroa, Ph.D., to share his expertise in the workings of empirical law in a talk entitled “Law and Politics in Challenging Times.” The talk will be held Thursday, March 2, at 4:30 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room, in the Krapf Gateway Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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Lycoming College will welcome Adolfo Iván Batún-Alpuche, Ph.D., to discuss his work in the field of community archaeology with a talk, entitled, “Yucatec Maya Identity Revitalization Through Three-Tier Collaborative Research.” The talk is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 4:30 p.m., in the Trogner Presentation Room, in the Krapf Gateway Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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Assistant Political Science Professor Ben Kantack provides expert commentary on the deadlock in voting for the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Lycoming College is one of 394 colleges recognized for its efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement in the 2022 election.
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Dr. Benjamin Kantack, assistant professor of political science, provided expert commentary on rising tensions between the United States and China.
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At Lycoming College, studying a different language can expand your horizons. Evan Armstrong ’21, coordinator for the outdoor leadership and education program at Lycoming, recently was accepted into the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF), a competitive opportunity to teach English to students of all ages. The program is designed to provide experience to undergraduates with an interest in global careers, including education, international business, international policy and development, and more.
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