The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions is pleased to participate in and contribute to the academic life at Princeton University through its support of course offerings. The Program provides full funding support for courses that are of interest both to students in the Department of Politics and to students in other departments such as religion, philosophy, history, and the Woodrow Wilson School. Offered regularly is a course on American Statesmanship funded by the William Garwood family. 

Fall 2020 Course Offerings

Fall 2019 Course Offerings

POL 320 Judicial Politics
Instructor: John Kastellec, Associate Professor of Politics

POL 325 The Presidency and Executive Power
Instructor: Lauren A. Wright, Associate Research Scholar in Politics and Public Affairs

POL 326 Constitutional Difficulties in the Age of Trump
Instructor: Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics

POL 332 Topics in American Statesmanship -- The Early American Republic: Judicial Career of John Marshall
Instructor: Matthew Franck, Associate Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; Lecturer in Politics

Spring 2019 Course Offerings

FRS 114 Uncompromising Political Perfection: Plato, Huxley, and Our Future EM
Matthew Franck, Associate Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; Lecturer in Politics

FRS 172 Alexander Hamilton: The Life, Thought, and Legacy of an American Original HA
Bradford Wilson, Executive Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; Lecturer in Politics; Faculty Fellow, Butler College​

POL 332 American Statesmanship -- The General as Statesman: Allied Leadership and Operation OVERLORD ​HA
Kevin J. Weddle *03, 2018-19 Spring Garwood Teaching Fellow; Professor of Military Theory and Strategy, US Army War College

Spring 2018 Course Offerings

FRS 110 War, National Security, and the Constitution SA
Michael Stokes Paulsen, Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas; Spring 2018 Visiting Professor in Politics and James Madison Program Visiting Fellow

FRS 172 Alexander Hamilton: The Life, Thought, and Legacy of an American Original HA
Bradford Wilson, Executive Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; Lecturer in Politics; Faculty Fellow, Butler College​

POL 488 Secession, the Civil War, and the Constitution HA 
Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professorof the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College; 2017-18 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Professor and Garwood Visiting Fellow

Fall 2017 Course Offerings

*POL 332 (HA): Topics in American Statesmanship - Abraham Lincoln
Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professorof the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College; 2017-18 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Professor and Garwood Visiting Fellow

Spring 2017 Course Offerings

FRS 164: The Idea and the Reality of Justice 
David F. Forte, 2015-16 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Professor and Garwood Visiting Fellow

Fall 2016 Course Offerings

POL 332: Topics in American Statesmanship - The Successful President
David F. Forte, 2015-16 James Madison Program Garwood Visiting Professor and Garwood Visiting Fellow

FRS 195: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. EM
Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies, Emeritus; Senior Scholar, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions