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Professor-Errant of Political Science


2006 Lectures (Titles in bold indicate that they have not yet happened.)

Southwest Social Science Association, in San Antonio, TX
    “Skowronek’s Cycle and Presidential Autonomy” April 13
    “Empire of the Dollar Autocracy” April 14


Seven Political Moments in History (University of Texas, Austin)
"The Politics of 18th Dynasty Egypt"
          - DFA2.204, 1:00-2:15 PM, Friday June 9, 2006
"The Politics and Culture of the Aztec Empire"  Sildes: 1, 2, 3
          - DFA2.204, 1:00-2:15 PM, Friday June 30, 2006
Most Serene Republic Flag"The Birth of Modern Politics in Medieval Italy, Part 1:
 The Empire of the Most Serene Republic of Venice" 
          Slides: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

          - ART1.110, 1:00-1:50 PM, Friday September 8, 2006
 "The Birth of Modern Politics in Medieval Italy, Part 2:
The Democracy of the Florentine Republic"
          Slides: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
          - ART1.110, 1:00-1:50 PM, Friday September 15, 2006
Flag of Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta (English: The Most Serene Republic of Venice, Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia)
"Social Contract, Part 1: The English Civil War"
          - ART1.110, 1:00-1:50 PM, Friday October 13, 2006
"Social Contract, Part 2: The French Revolution"
          - ART1.110, 1:00-1:50 PM, Friday October 20, 2006
"Industrialization and the Rise of Modern Ideologies"
          - ART1.110, 1:00-1:50 PM, Friday November 3, 2006

Thutmose III
Thutmose III (Tuthmosis III) (1488 BC -1425 BC)
Thutmose III, fifth Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, ruled Egypt for 32 years.  Over
the course of 17 military campaigns, Thutmose III never lost a single battle. 

Legacy of the Middle East
Co-lecture with Banafsheh Madaninejad
          - Katherine Anne Porter School 9:35-10:20 AM, Tuesday September 12, 2006


Politics and Meaning in the Age of Instrumentality
Brown Bag (Austin Community College)
          - HBC103.2, 12:00-1:00 PM, Friday October 6, 2006
          - Lecture Flyer

"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. 
If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a disocvery."
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