History and Democracy: Panel One
Please note this event occurred in the past.
October 29, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
Herter Hall 601
Do Elections Give the Majority of People What They Want?: Four Historical Perspectives on Voting
Join the UMass Amherst History Department for the first of two panels giving historical perspectives on democracy and our current election.
Because Democracy: Brazil Turns to Broad Popular Constitutionalism - Joel Wolfe, Professor of History
How Democracy Worked in Renaissance Florence - Brian Ogilvie, Professor of History
Why Americans Won't Drop Out of the Electoral College - David Glassberg, Professor Emeritus of History
Socialists against Universal Suffrage in Germany’s First Democratic Elections, January 1919 - Andrew Donson, Professor of History