The Inaugural Anglo-American Studies Roundtable


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The Roundtable offers a forum in Prague for a range of scholars of the United States and the United Kingdom – as well as the myriad of connected states and societies across the globe – to present their research in a friendly yet critical setting.

This year’s theme is: 

The World and America

Program 

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction 

9:15-10:30 Panel 1 Politics and the USA  

  • Petr Just (Metropolitan University Prague), Electoral Reforms in the USA: Towards More Representative Government? 
  • George Hays II (AAU), MAGA and America’s Abdication of Global Leadership 
  • Response from team of AAU students and rest of panel 

10:30-10:45 Break 

10:45-12:00 Panel 2 Identity and Community 

  • Katerina Brežinova (MUP), Categorically Unequal? Migration and Belonging in the 21st-Century USA 
  • Joshua Hayden (AAU), Leadership in the Velvet Revolution and Civil Rights Movement: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis 
  • Response from team of AAU students and rest of panel 

Those wishing to attend should send an email to Gerald Power or George Hays II by October 9 to be registered for the event: gerald.power@aauni.edu; george.hays@aauni.edu. 

Organized by Gerald Power and George Hays II on behalf of the School of Humanities & Socials Science and the School of International Relations & Diplomacy