Storytelling, Perspective, and the Politics of Fiction

Thu Apr 10 2025 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm UTC-07:00

506 SW Mill St | Portland

International and Global Studies at PSU
Publisher/HostInternational and Global Studies at PSU
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Dr. Jack Miller of the PSU Hatfield School of Government will deliver a talk on the ways that storytelling shapes our ideas about the world,
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Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Parson's Gallery | URBN 212

Dr. Jack Miller of the PSU Hatfield School of Government will deliver a talk on the ways that storytelling shapes our ideas about the world, with particular emphasis on how fictional representations of politics impact our views about politics and our place within the competitive landscape of political action. The talk will conclude with a reading from Dr. Miller's forthcoming novel, The Myth of America, an alternative history where the United States loses the American Revolution and must struggle an additional half-century for independence.


Dr. Jack Miller has been teaching political philosophy and American politics for over 30 years. He has held positions in such far-flung places as Romania, Azerbaijan, Mississippi, and Seattle. He is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in Politics and Global Affairs at Portland State University. He is also the host and producer of and , and the author of two novels: (2019), which centers around an Ohio Senate campaign during the Red Wave election of 1994, and (2020), set amid the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Astoria, Oregon in the early-1920s. He is currently completing his third novel, The Myth of America, planned for a late-2025 release. Video lectures and other performances are available on his YouTube channel.

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506 SW Mill St, 506 Southwest Mill Street, Portland, United States

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