Announcements
Mark Movsesian Builds His Scholarship in Religious Freedom as a Princeton University Visiting Fellow
April 5, 2018
[News from St. John's University, April 4, 2018] Frederick A. Whitney Professor of Law Mark L. Movsesian is spending this semester...
Postdoctoral Research Associate Matthew Slaboch Delivers Lecture on "Political Slogans, Public Polling and the Idea of Progress" at American University
February 14, 2018
Our Postdoctoral Research Associate, Matthew Slaboch, will deliver a lecture entitled "Political Slogans, Public Polling, and the Idea of Progress" at the Political Theory Institute, American...
Former Madison Program Visiting Fellow Carson Holloway and Executive Director Brad Wilson Collaborate on Recently Published Collection, The Political Writings of Alexander Hamilton
December 7, 2017
Congratulations to Carson Holloway, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha and 2005-06 James Madison Program Visiting Fellow, and Bradford P. Wilson, Executive Director of...
Professors Robert George and Cornel West Featured on C-Span2’s Book TV Discussing Their Friendship, Their Books, and the Tenets of Liberal Arts Education
December 5, 2017
On December 3, 2017, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and James Madison Program Director, Robert George, and Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University,...
Postdoctoral Research Associate Matthew Slaboch Publishes Book, A Road to Nowhere: The Idea of Progress and Its Critics
December 4, 2017
Congratulations to our Postdoctoral Research Associate, Matthew W. Slaboch, for the recent release of his first book, A...
Some Thoughts and Advice for Our Students and All Students
August 29, 2017
We are scholars and teachers at Princeton, Harvard, and Yale who have some thoughts to share and advice to offer students who are headed off to colleges around the country. Our advice can be...
Recipients announced for the 2017 Stephen Whelan '68 Senior Thesis Prize for Excellence in Constitutional Law and Political Thought
June 5, 2017
The James Madison Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Stephen Whelan '68 Senior Thesis Prize for Excellence in Constitutional Law and Political Thought. This year there are two winners...
The James Madison Program Announces 2017-18 Fellows
May 17, 2017
Each year the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosts scholars with established records as well as scholars who have recently received their doctorates as Visiting Fellows and...
Sign the Statement: Truth Seeking, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought and Expression - A Statement by Robert P. George and Cornel West
March 14, 2017
The pursuit of knowledge and the maintenance of a free and democratic society require the cultivation and practice of the virtues of intellectual humility, openness of mind, and, above all, love of...
A Message from our Director
December 10, 2016
To Undergraduate Fellows of the James Madison Program:
If I may intrude on your time for a moment, I would like to share with you some thoughts and advice. You are at Princeton to learn—from the...