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 nor of Ken I. Kersch
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DESCRIPTION:On February 20\, 2026\, the Clough Center will host a conferenc
 e in honor of Ken I. Kersch\, who passed away last November. In addition t
 o directing the Clough Center from 2008 to 2012\, Kersch served as a profe
 ssor in BC's Political Science Department\, where he taught classes on Ame
 rican conservatism\, political thought\, constitutional development\, and 
 civil liberties. A revered teacher and author of 5 books\, Kersch was the 
 recipient of\, among other honors\, the American Political Science Associa
 tion's 2020 C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book on law and courts.
  \n\nThe Clough Center's conference will coincide with the publication of 
 a special issue of the Journal of American Constitutional History that eng
 ages with Kersch's work in political science\, history\, and law. Speakers
  include Aziz Rana (Boston College)\, Sophia Lee (Penn)\, Mark Graber (Mar
 yland)\, Justin Dyer (UT Austin)\, Mary Ziegler (UC Davis)\, Sanford Leinv
 son (UT Austin)\, Julie Novkov (SUNY Albany)\, Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford)
 \, Rogers Smith (Penn)\, Linda McClain (BU)\, James Fleming (BU)\, George 
 Thomas (Claremont McKenna)\, Logan Sawyer (Georgia)\, Michael Dichio (Utah
 )\, Paul Herron (Providence)\, Sean Beienburg (Arizona State)\, Clement Fa
 tovic (Florida International)\, Austin Steelman (Clemson)\, and Calvin Ter
 Beek (Claremont McKenna).
LOCATION:Murray Room\, Yawkey Athletic Center
SUMMARY:Constructing the Constitutional Imagination: A Symposium in Honor o
 f Ken I. Kersch
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.bc.edu/event/constructing-the-constitutional-i
 magination-a-symposium-in-honor-of-ken-i-kersch
CATEGORIES:Conference
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