There are seats still available for a course which will discuss the 2020 election as it is happening, and set it into historical context. Can be taken in person/hybrid, and/or all remote: HISTORICAL CONTEXTS for the 2020 ELECTIONS (1 credit), Thursdays, 10:50am
HIST 18501, CRN # 21541
(for more, contact Michael Trotti, History department, mtrotti@ithaca.edu)
For 10 weeks, once-a-week (we will not meet after Thanksgiving), we will learn about the 2020 election’s developing stories, while building the history of:
· Voting rights – who votes?
· Gerrymandering – how do district boundaries matter?
· Partisan Divide – are we now the most divided ever?
· Money – how has the role of money in politics changed?
· Voting technologies – how do we count the vote?
· Party Platforms – what do we stand for?
· Political advertising – how has this changed over time?
· . . . and more.
(for more, contact Michael Trotti, History department, mtrotti@ithaca.edu)
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20200813102323652