Past Events
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Ryan T. Anderson ‘04, William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles & Public Policy, Heritage Foundation; John Corvino, Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University; Sherif Girgis ’08, Doctoral Candidate in Philosophy, Princeton University; J.D., Yale Law School, responses from Christopher Tollefsen, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Kevin Vallier, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University; Moderated by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program, Princeton University.
Virtually everyone supports religious liberty and opposes discrimination. But how do we handle the hard questions that arise when exercises of religious liberty seem to discriminate unjustly? How do...
Robert Whaples, Research Fellow, Independent Institute; Co-Editor, The Independent Review; editor of the book, Pope Francis and the Caring Society; Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University; Respondent: Samuel Gregg, Director of Research, Acton Institute.
This talk will consider whether capitalism works well and whether it can be a caring society. It will begin with an overview of what economists see as the strengths of capitalism, then detail what...
Cosponsor: The Aquinas Institute
The Annual Walter F. Murphy Lecture in American Constitutionalism
Heather Gerken '91, Dean; Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Sanctuary cities. Marijuana legalization. Environmental reform. Federalism has long been the darling of conservatives, but progressives are increasingly turning to state and local power in the age...
Cosponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Charles E. Test, M.D. '37 Distinguished Lectures Series
Yuval Levin, Editor, National Affairs; Hertog Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Lecture 1: A Crisis of Confidence
Everybody says Americans are “losing faith” in our society’s institutions, but we rarely stop to consider what this means. What is an...
Everybody says Americans are “losing faith” in our society’s institutions, but we rarely stop to consider what this means. What is an...
Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University, and friends
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Robby George hails from West Virginia, where little boys are issued 5-string banjos at birth. Like all banjo players who were trained in the tradition...
The Annual Elizabeth M. Whelan Lecture
Ramesh Ponnuru '95, Senior Editor, National Review
An America's Founding and Future Lecture
This presidency has renewed the perennial debate over the importance of public officials' character. Can a distinction be made between public and...
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Josiah Ober, Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics, Stanford University
What did democracy mean before liberalism? And what are the consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political theory, this lecture restores the core meaning of democracy as...
Frank Cannon, President, American Principles Project; Marjorie Dannenfelser, President, Susan B. Anthony List; Dawn Hawkins, Vice President & Executive Director, National Center on Sexual Exploitation; and Karin Agness Lips, President, Network of Enlightened Women.
The James Madison Program Praxis Labs are an ongoing series of meetings and panel discussions that are intended to help students learn to build and lead organizations that can make a real difference...
The Annual William E. and Carol G. Simon Lecture on Religion in American Public Life
Russell D. Moore, President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention
Since our nation’s founding, conservative Protestantism has been a critical force shaping American culture. Today the evangelical movement is clearly ascendant even as its health and integrity are...
Cosponsors: The Witherspoon Institute, The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
Toni Alimi, Graduate Student, Department of Religion, Princeton University; Peter Busch, Lawrence C. Gallen Fellow in the Humanities, Villanova University; Kody Cooper, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Service, University of Tennessee; Eric Gregory, Professor of Religion, Princeton University; Boleslaw Z. Kabala, 2017-18 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Associate, James Madison Program, Princeton University; Mary M. Keys, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame; Michael Lamb, University Scholar in Residence, Wake Forest University; Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas State University; Nathan Pinkoski, 2017-18 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Associate, James Madison Program, Princeton University; Veronica Roberts, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assumption College; Daniel Strand, Postdoctoral Associate, Center for... Read more
How does Augustine shape our understanding of political theory? Does he contribute, as Hannah Arendt believes, to a loss of authentic politics, or can he actually help us recover a genuine politics...
Cosponsor: University Center for Human Values