Visiting Scholars Program at Carl Albert Center

The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides financial assistance to researchers working at the Center's archives. Awards of $500-$1,000 are granted for reimbursement of travel and lodging. The Center's collections are described at <www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/>. The Visiting Scholars Program is open to all applicants, though emphasis is given to those pursing postdoctoral research in history, political science, or other fields. For more information, contact channeman@ou.edu.

Columbia Society Announces Fellowships

The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities will appoint a number of postdoctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2005-2006. The Society seeks to enhance the role of the humanities in the University by exploring and clarifying the interrelationships within the humanities as well as their relationship to the natural and social sciences. Fellows for the $50,000 stipend must have received their Ph.D. between January 1, 1999 and July 1, 2005. Deadline for applications is October 1, 2004. Visit <www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows> for more information.

National Humanities Center Fellowships

The National Humanities Center is offering 40 residential fellowships in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina for advanced study in the humanities during the 2005-2006 academic year. Applicants must hold their Ph.D. at time of application. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. The application deadline is October 15, 2004. For more information, visit <www.nhc.rtp.nc.us> or contact nhc@ga.unc.edu.

Campaign Media Guide Published

The Campaign Legal Center has published a comprehensive primer on candidates' and citizens' rights and broadcasters' obligations during the 2004 election season. The Campaign Media Guide contains the most recent FCC and FEC regulations and is designed as a hands-on resource for those broadcasting, covering, or simply following the 2004 election. For more information on the Guide, including how to access it online, visit <www.campaignlegalcenter.org>.

National Science Foundation Grants Available

The National Science Foundation's Political Science Program provides grants for scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. Application deadlines are January 15 and August 15, annually. For more information, visit <www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/polisci/start.htm>.

Southwest Political Science Association Calls for Papers

The Southwest Political Science Association seeks paper, panel, and roundtable proposals in a variety of subfields for the Southwestern Social Science Association's annual meeting March 23-26, 2005, in New Orleans. The deadline for proposals is October 1, 2004. For full details visit <www.swpsa.org>.

A LOOK AHEAD

Articles

Is Gender Like Ethnicity? The Political Representation of Identity Groups

MALA HTUN

Pitkin's Dilemma: The Wider Shores of Political Theory and Political Science

RUTH LANE

Social Science and Liberal Values in a Time of War

JEFFREY C. ISAAC

Distance and Engagement in a Time of War: Comments on “Social Science and Liberal Values”

PETER BREINER

Symposium U.S. Elections-How the Rules You Choose and the Way You Count Determine the Winners You Get

Rules, Counting, Winners, and Losers: Symposium Introduction

HENRY E. BRADY

Punishment and Democracy: Disenfranchisement of Nonincarcerated Felons in the United States

JEFF MANZA AND CHRISTOPHER UGGEN

Registration and Voting in the United States

BENJAMIN HIGHTON

Punch Card Technology and the Racial Gap in Residual Votes

JUSTIN BUCHER, MATTHEW JARVIS, AND JOHN E. McNULTY

The Wrong Man is President! Overvotes in the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida

WALTER R. MEBANE, JR.

Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?

KOSUKE IMAI AND GARY KING