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The Barbara Sinclair Lecture

Annually, in partnership with The American Political Science Association, CCPS honors the late political scientist Barbara Sinclair, a renowned expert on Congress, by hosting a lecture by a prominent Congressional scholar. The inaugural lecture for 2023聽was hosted by ,聽Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He is also a聽professor of political science at Arizona State University.

Past events have included speakers:
, Arizona State University, in 2022 (recording available )
, Brown University, in 2021 (recording available )
, University of Michigan, in 2020 (recording available )
, Princeton University, in 2019
, George Washington University, in 2018

The 6th Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture with Prof. Steven S. Smith
Nov 9,聽2023聽| 6:30聽p.m.聽ET
NT01 (Ceremonial Classroom) at the Washington College of Law

The聽Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at SPA held the 6th Annual Barbara Sinclair Lecture with Professor Steven S. Smith on Thursday, November 9th, 2023.

Steven S. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Washington University. He also is a professor of political science at Arizona State University. He was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and taught at George Washington University, Northwestern University, and the University of Minnesota, where he was the Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Political Science and Law. He was director of the Weidenbaum Center for 20 years.聽

Through this annual series, CCPS honors the late political scientist Barbara Sinclair, a renowned expert on Congress, by hosting a lecture by a prominent Congressional scholar. Previous hosts have included聽聽in 2022,聽聽from Brown University in 2021,聽聽from the University of Michigan in 2020,聽聽from Princeton University in 2019 and聽聽from George Washington University in 2018.