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We cordially invite UMCS students, faculty and staff as well as members of Lublin local community to participate in a series of lectures by Prof. Marek Rozell (Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, USA) on March 12-14, 2024.
The topics of the lectures are related to the 20024 presidential elections in the United States in a broad political, social and international context. After each lecture, we plan Q&A session and discussion. All lectures in English.
The meetings will be chaired by Prof. Marek Pietraś, Director of the Institute of International Relations of UMCS.
The series of lectures is organized by the Institute of International Relations of UMCS and carried out with the financial of The City of Lublin, as part of the Visiting Professors in Lublin Program
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024 | 13:00
Venue: auditorium A.1.09, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at UMCS, Głęboka 45 Str.
Debate - The 2024 Presidential Election Biden vs. Trump
Chair and moderator: dr Andrzej Demczuk (IIR UMCS)
Commentators: prof. Mark Rozell (GMU), prof. Marek Pietraś (IIR UMCS)
Organizers: The Lublin American Corner UMCS and Institute of International Relations, UMCS
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About our guest lecturer:
Prof. Mark J. Rozell is the founder and Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He serves as the Head of the Department of Public Policy. Ruth D. and John T. Hazel. His scientific interests and teaching achievements focus on political science and public administration (the political system and public policies at the US federal level in.al. electoral processes, the presidency and the functioning of the federal executive power, foreign policy and national security policy). He gave numerous guest lectures in the USA and abroad. In recent years he has lectured in Austria, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Poland, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Vietnam.
Prof. Rozell extensively published on the US political system and specific policies on the US federal level, including on electoral processes, the presidency and the functioning of the executive branch on the federal level, foreign and security policy. He is the editor of scientific publications series, a member of the editorial boards of several prestigious publishing houses and scientific periodicals, including International Journal of Political Science and Diplomacy, Anthenaeum: Polish Political Science Studies; Palgrave MacMillan Press; Georgetown University Press. He is also the author or co-author of 13 books and the editor of 20 books on topics related to U.S. government and politics, including the presidency, the role of religion and media in U.S. politics, southern politics in the United States, and interest groups in elections, in.al.:
- African American Statewide Candidates in the New South. Oxford University Press, 2022 (with Charles S. Bullock III, Susan MacManus, and Jeremy D. Mayer).
- Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy and Accountability (4th edition). University Press of Kansas, 2020.
- The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government. University Press of Kansas, 2020 (with Jeffry Crouch and Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
- Federalism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019 (with Clyde Wilcox).
- The South and the Transformation of the U.S. Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019 (with Charles S. Bullock III, Susan MacManus, and Jeremy D. Mayer).
- The President's Czars: Undermining Congress and the Constitution. University Press of Kansas, 2012 (with Mitchel A. Sollenberger).
- Interest Groups in American Campaigns: The New Face of Electioneering (3rd edition). Oxford University Press, 2012 (with Michael Franz and Clyde Wilcox).
As a well-known political commentator in the American media, Prof. Rozell has worked with various media outlets, incl. Washington Post, PBS "Jim Lehrer News Hour", ABC Nightline, ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Sunday, ABC Good Morning America, NBC Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN Inside Politics, CNN Headline News, NPR, All Things Considered, BBC, CBC, Reuters, Reuters America TV. His columns on Virginia state politics appear regularly in Local Opinions. Since 1994, he has been a judge on the Award Committee of the Gerald R. Ford Award for Outstanding Presidency Reporting, awarded by the Gerald R. Ford Foundation.
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