Harrington Lecture Series

The Harrington Lecture Series is funded by the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund. In 1963, Mr. Harrington gave a generous gift to Clark to establish a permanent endowment whose income is to be used for lectures, seminars, scholarships, fellowships and other programming in public affairs. Mr. Harrington was a Worcester native, civic leader, vice president and director of the Paul Revere Insurance Companies and a member of Clark University’s Board of Trustees. The Government and International Relations Department offers these lectures on a yearly basis.

Past Lectures

April 9, 2008
“Gender Mainstreaming in UN Security Policy: A Path to Political Transformation?”
Carol Cohn Director, Boston Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

February 20, 2008
"Is this the Best Way to Choose a President?" Reflections on the 2008 Primaries
Panel Members: William G. Mayer, Associate Professor of Political Science Northeastern University/Boston Dean Spiliotes, NHPoliticalCapital.com, writer Veteran Political Scientist & Political Analyst

October 16, 2006
“Party Wars: Polarized Politics and Policy Making in the Bush Years”
Barbara Sinclair
Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics
University of CA., Los Angeles

March 16, 2006
“Presidential Power and the Bush Administration”
James Pfiffner
Professor of Public Policy
George Mason University

March 31, 2005
“Re-thinking Accountability in Education: Toward a Contributing Community”
Clarence Stone
Research Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
George Washington University and Professor Emeritus University of Maryland

September 30, 2004
“Immigration and the Hispanic Population of the United States”
Alejandro Portes
Howard Harrison & Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology
Princeton University

November 18, 2002
“Cold War Without Communism”
Theodore Lowi
John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions
Cornell University

October 11, 2001
“Diversity in America: Keeping Government at a Safe Distance”
Peter H. Schuck
Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law
Yale University

November 30, 2000
“Election 2000: Assessments and Prospects”
Panel Discussion:
Anthony Corrado, Associate Professor of Government
Colby College
Marc Landy, Professor of Political Science
Boston College
Darrell West
John Hazen White Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Brown University