This archive, donated to the VHL by Professor Philip Davies (Eccles Centre, British Library), contains campaign materials collected from US elections at all levels. The majority of the material dates from the later 20th century, but there are many examples of older items, some of which we have included in this exhibition, such as 19th and early 20th century campaign buttons and ballots from the Civil War era. As well as buttons, posters, bumper stickers, flyers and leaflets, the collection contains many other examples of campaign ephemera - t-shirts, caps, dolls, rain bonnets, jewellry, bars of soap, rain bonnets, playing cards and commemorative plates. Professor Davies continues to add to the archive with each election, and an archivist is currently in the process of cataloguing it in full so that it can be made available to researchers.

Congress to Campus runs throughout the US and UK and brings bipartisan pairs of former Congressmen to colleges and universities to talk to students and impart their insights into the inner workings of US politics. The RAI has hosted the Oxford event for the past few years, offering the opportunity to local sixth form students as well as those studying at the University.

The School of Advanced Study at the University of London brings together the expertise and resources of ten prestigious research institutes to provide a unique scholarly community in which to pursue postgraduate study and research. The School is the UK's national centre for the facilitation and promotion of research in the humanities and social sciences and is located in Bloomsbury, central London.

The School offers a range of specialist postgraduate study and research programmes in politics, development and human rights, including:
• MA in Caribbean and Latin American Studies
• MA in Comparative American Studies
• MA in Latin American Studies
• MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights
• MA in United States Studies: History and Politics
• MSc in Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
• MSc in Globalisation and Latin American Development
• MSc in Latin American Politics
• MSc in Latin American Studies (Development)
• MPhil/PhD

Postgraduate Studentships for both master's and research degrees are available.

Our Open Day provides a fantastic opportunity to find out more about the School, its postgraduate programmes, funding opportunities and more. You will be able to choose from a selection of optional sessions to create your own Open Day schedule, including:
• Institute and course presentations
• Funding Your Study
• Careers
• Library tour
• Individual consultation with academic staff

The Open Day will culminate in an evening reception at 6.30pm, which will provide visitors with an informal opportunity to meet with staff, students and alumni of the School.

Reserve your place and find out more by dropping us an email at sasopenday@sas.ac.uk or by visiting our Open Day webpage.

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Assessing the Impact of the Financial Crisis and Budget Deficit on American Power

Sponsored by the AHRC Research Network on the Obama Presidency and Rothermere American Institute

23-24 February 2012

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