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  • 2024-2025 Cooper Fellow Lecture Series

    Cooper Fellow Lecture Series 

    Why does the U.S. Senate Allow Filibustering?

    Thursday, April 17, 2025 3:30 P.M. via Zoom

    Gregory Koger, Professor of Political Science

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    Abstract: one of the core questions of politics is how political rights can coexistwith majority rule. Parliamentary obstruction is an interesting case of an endogenous but persistent minority right. Over the last century, the right to filibuster in the U.S. Senate has not just survived, it has grown into a more powerful veto than ever. In this talk, I will explain why senators have not eliminated this right, and identify the likely conditions for reform.


    Cooper Fellow Lecture Series

    Cooper Fellow Lecture Series 

    Wild fruits, forager children and secret places in pre-Columbian South Florida

    Thursday, February 13, 2025 3:30 P.M. via Zoom

    Traci Ardren, Professor of Anthropology

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    The archeology of childhood has shown that research is possible on even the most ephemeral aspects of ancient human lives if we ask the correct questions of the material record. Children are now visible members of ancient societies and their impact on the physical environment in which they lived can be identified. Using archeological data from the Tequesta society situated at the mouth of the Miami River, this talk suggests the human predilection for sugar facilitated a unique relationship between children and fruit trees. 

    Cooper Fellows Lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rose Glemaud at 305-284-4021; rglemaud@miami.edu.

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