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Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era
Dec 7, 2016, 4:30 pm

Thomas C. LeonardResearch Scholar, The Council of the Humanities; Lecturer in Economics, Princeton University; Respondents: Christine Rosen, Senior Editor, The New Atlantis; William Schambra, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

In Illiberal Reformers…

The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution
Dec 6, 2016, 4:30 pm

Michael J. KlarmanKirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Sponsored by the Program in Law and Public Affairs; Book sale/signing and reception to follow.

Michael J. Klarman is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School, where he joined…

How Our Universities Have Betrayed Our Core Constitutional Values - and What We Can Do About It
Oct 24, 2016, 4:30 pm

Stuart Taylor, Jr. '70, Author; Contributing Editor, National Journal

The evidence that American universities are doing grave damage to our constitutional values -- largely disregarded by the public -- is sitting in plain view. Censorship of views disliked by the leftists who dominate many…

Race, Religion, and the 2016 Election
Oct 12, 2016, 4:30 pm

Gastón Espinosa, 2016-17 James Madison Program William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in Religion and Public Life; Arthur V. Stoughton Professor of Religion, Claremont McKenna College

Professor Espinosa explores the religious influences on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and the critical role of race and…

What is the Point of Liberal Arts Education?
Oct 10, 2016, 5:00 pm

Cornel West, Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies, Emeritus; Senior Scholar in Politics and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; and Robert P. GeorgeMcCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program,…

A Book Panel on the 2016 Princeton Pre-Read, Danielle Allen’s Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
Sep 29, 2016, 4:30 pm

Matthew J. Franck, Director, William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution, The Witherspoon Institute; Lucas Morel, Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University; Diana Schaub, Professor of Political Science, Loyola University…

Abrahamic Faith in the “Age of Feeling” – Professor Robert George and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf in Dialogue
Sep 26, 2016, 6:00 pm

Shaykh Hamza YusufPresident and Co-Founder, Zaytuna College; and Robert P. GeorgeMcCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University

Hamza Yusuf is President and Senior Faculty Member of Zaytuna College, America’s…

The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
Sep 21, 2016, 4:30 pm

Fergus M. Bordewich, Author, The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

In The First Congress, Bordewich tells the astonishing story of the most productive Congress in American history. When the members of the First…

Who Belongs? The Limits of American Citizenship
Sep 15, 2016, 4:30 pm

Frank H. Wu, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of Law;

Respondent: Stanley N. Katz, Lecturer with rank of Professor in Public and International Affairs; Director, Princeton University Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies

What Are Universities For? Reunions 2016 Discussion with Mitch Daniels ‘71
May 26, 2016, 4:00 pm

Mitch Daniels ‘71President, Purdue University; Former Governor of Indiana; Robert P. GeorgeMcCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University

Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. ’71 is the 12th president of Purdue University, a…