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What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics
Apr 8, 2021, 4:30 pm

O. Carter Snead, Professor of Law; Director, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture; Concurrent Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, and Robert P. GeorgeMcCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions…

Great Society or Greatest Society? What Lyndon Johnson Dreamed
Mar 22, 2021, 4:30 pm

 

Amity Shlaes, Chairman, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, with Allen C. GuelzoSenior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities; Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, James Madison Program,…

Ralph Ellison: The Black American Novel as Cultural Commentary
Feb 9, 2021, 4:30 pm

Lucas Morel, John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics; Head of the Politics Department, Washington and Lee University, and Antonin Scalia, Communications Coordinator, James Madison Program, Princeton University

Ralph Ellison is one of the great names in American…

The Virginia Dynasty: Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation
Dec 15, 2020, 4:30 pm

Lynne V. CheneySenior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, and Allen C. Guelzo, Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities; Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, Princeton University

A conversation on 

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
Nov 30, 2020, 4:30 pm

Michael J. Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University, and Robert P. GeorgeMcCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University

A…

Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of the Coronavirus
Nov 18, 2020, 4:30 pm

Nicholas A. Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Yale University, and Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University

Professor Christakis is a…

Indelible Legacy: The Indispensable, Uncancelable Statesmanship of George Washington
Nov 13, 2020, 3:00 pm

William Allen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Michigan State University, and Paul O. Carrese, Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University

Moderated by Diana Schaub, Visiting Professor, Harvard…

Election 2020: Is the Constitution Up to the Task?
Oct 29, 2020, 4:30 pm

Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University; Brandice Canes-WroneDonald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs and Professor of Politics, Princeton University; and Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H…

Living or Imperial? The Mutating Presidency Under a Living Constitution
Oct 6, 2020, 4:30 pm

Saikrishna Bangalore PrakashJames Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, and Keith E. WhittingtonWilliam Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University Moderated by Matthew J. Franck, Associate…
Constitutional Interpretation and the Common Good
Sep 17, 2020, 4:30 pm

John O. McGinnisGeorge C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University, and Robert P. GeorgeMcCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University