BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/making-sense-of-the -us-midterms-2026/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22f3ed22-bf6d-4004-8734-d06d57fbe21a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261031T112557 DTSTART:20261104T183000 DTEND:20261104T200000 SUMMARY:Making sense of the US midterms 2026 LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Hong Kong The atre\, Clement House) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 4 November 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersProfessor Fredri ck C. HarrisProfessor Desmond KingLaurel RappProfessor Stephanie RickardCh airProfessor Peter TrubowitzJoin us for an evening of conversation as lead ing experts of American politics discuss the November midterm election res ults and what they mean for Trump’s presidency and the United States.Mee t our speakers and chairFredrick C. Harris is the Class of 1933 Professor of Political Science and former Dean of Faculty in the Social Sciences at Columbia University. Professor Harris’s research interests are in Americ an politics with a focus on race and politics\, social movements\, and Afr ican American Politics. His most recent books are The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics (Oxford Universit y Press\, 2012)\, and\, with Robert Lieberman\, Beyond Discrimination: Rac ial Inequality in a Post-Racist Era (Russell Sage Foundation Press\, 2013) . The Price of the Ticket received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Non -Fiction. Professor Harris is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is the Visiting Winant Professor of American Govern ment at the University of Oxford.Desmond King FBA holds the Andrew W Mello n Statutory Chair of American Government at the University of Oxford and i s an elected fellow of the American Philosophical Society\, the National A cademy of Sciences and he American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many publications include “Governing by Decree” (PSQ 2026)\, “American Po litical Violence” (G&O 2025)\, “Kirk and the Cycle of American Violenc e” Financial Times 2025\, The Changing Character of the American Right. 2 vols. (2026)\, and the co-authored studies Phantoms of a Beleaguered Rep ublic (OUP 2021) and America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect or Repai r (Chicago\, 2024).Laurel Rapp is Director of the US and North America Pro gramme at Chatham House. She brings to this role nearly two decades of exp erience at the US Department of State\, White House National Security Coun cil\, US Senate\, and in non-profit organisations. Until 2025\, she served as deputy director of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff re sponsible for US grand strategy. Previously\, Laurel covered US policy tow ards the United Nations\, Europe\, and the Middle East in a range of assig nments across the US government. Earlier\, she was a researcher in Morocco focused on political participation. From 2025-2026\, Laurel was a senior fellow in international and public affairs at Brown University’s Watson School in Providence\, Rhode Island. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a master’s in public policy from Harvard University .Stephanie J Rickard is Professor of Political Science in the Department o f Government at LSE. For over fifteen years\, she has researched issues re lated to the international political economy\, including trade agreements and international financial rescues. In her award-winning book\, Spending to Win\, Rickard investigates how economic geography influences countries' economic policies and international economic relations.Peter Trubowitz is Professor of International Relations\, and Director of the Phelan US Cent re at LSE and Associate Fellow at Chatham House\, Royal Institute of Inter national Affairs.More about this eventLSE's Phelan United States Centre (@ LSE_US) is a hub for global expertise\, analysis and commentary on America .Hashtag for this event: #LSEEventsAny questions?You can contact us at Usc entre.Events@lse.ac.uk.Follow the Phelan US Centre: Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Twitter/X\, YouTube\, and Soundcloud.Join our mailing list to receive new s about Phelan US Centre events.From time to time there are changes to eve nt details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event.Whilst we are hosti ng this listing\, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the running and administration of this event. 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