Past Events

"Unstable Majorities, Polarization, and the Contemporary American Electorate"

Morris P. Fiorina, Wendt Family Professor and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Co-sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs and the Department of Politics and Government

 

"The Moral Basis of Happiness Policy"

Daniel Hybron, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs

"Why the Sixties Happened--and Still Are"

Dennis McNally, Historian and Publicist for the Grateful Dead

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs.

"The Punk Singer" Lecture and Documentary Film Screening

Sini Anderson,Film Director, Producer, Performance Artist and Poet

Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs and the Women's and Gender Studies Program.

"Priorities in Public Health in Latin America: Why Languages Matter in the Aspirations for Universal Health Coverage"

Guillermo Mendoza,M.D., M.P.H.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs, the International Studies Program and the Modern Foreign Languages Department.

 

"Will the 2014 Midterm Election Give Republicans Control of Congress?"

John Sides,Associate Professor of Political Science, George Washington University

Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs.

"The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World"

. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Sponsored by the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs and the International Studies Program

“Vietnam, Walter Cronkite, and Today’s Foreign Policy Lessons”

Douglas Brinkley, Professor of history and Baker Institute Fellow at Rice University

Thursday, February 27, 2014
Sponsored by the OWU Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs

“The United States and Asia: The Future of Military Power and Conflict”

John R. Deni, Research Professor of National Security Studies, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Sponsored by the International Studies Program and the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs.

“Quantum Mind and Social Science”

Alexander Wendt, Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security and Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University

Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Sponsored by the OWU Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and Public Affairs

Arneson Institute Contact Information

Location

Arneson Institute, Elliott Hall 301
Ohio Wesleyan University
S. Sandusky Street
Delaware, OH 43015
P 740-368-3863
F 740-368-3644
E anbiser@owu.edu

Arneson Institute Leadership

Co-Director
Ashley Biser
Associate Professor in the Department of Politics & Government; First-Year Seminar Director
Elliott Hall 302 | 740-368-3863 | anbiser@owu.edu

Co-Director
Brianna Mack
Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics & Government
Elliott Hall 203 | 740-368-3783 | bnmack@owu.edu