welcome to the Institute for Political History
Founded in 2000 with an initial gift from Thomas H. Critchlow, the Institute for Political History is organized to promote academic study and scholarly research in the field of American political history and to promote the advancement of our understanding of American political history through grants for research, publications, conferences, workshops, and seminars.
Among the activities the Institute sponsors are a biannual conference of scholars and others interest in the history of American politics and public policy. The Institute also supports the training and research projects of graduate students interested in American political history. In 2004, the Institute launched an initiative to establish the Hugh Davis Graham Research Fund to provide grants to graduate students and young scholars beginning work in political and policy history, state development, or political institutions in historical perspective.