Past Events
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University;
Respondent: Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School
Universities have a distinctive and important mission in American society. They assemble and nurture an open and diverse community of scholars, teachers and students dedicated to the production and...
Arthur C. Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute
How does human happiness change over a lifetime? More importantly, how can you build a life that results in deep and lasting happiness? Behavioral economist and American Enterprise Institute...
Cosponsors: The G.S. Beckwith Gilbert '63 Lectures , The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Andrew R. Lewis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
Thirty years ago, conservative Christianity’s political message was to reclaim “Christian America” via the "Moral Majority." Many conservative Christians saw themselves as the last vestige of the...
An Alpheus T. Mason Lecture on Constitutional Law and Political Thought: The Quest for Freedom
Carson Holloway, Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska; co-editor, Political Writings of Alexander Hamilton; Stephen F. Knott, Professor of National Security Affairs, United States Naval War College; Andrew R. Porwancher, Spring 2018 Garwood Visiting Fellow, James Madison Program, Princeton University; Darren Staloff, Professor of History, City College of New York; Richard E. Sylla, Professor Emeritus of Economics, New York University; Moderated by Bradford P. Wilson, Executive Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University; co-editor, Political Writings of Alexander Hamilton
A Broadway musical has spurred a burst of interest in the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, whose meteoric rise to the heights of American military, political, and professional distinction...
Donna Auston, Doctoral Candidate in Anthroplogy, Rutgers University; Dalia Fahmy, Associate Professor of Political Science, Long Island University; Sadaf Jaffer, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; Wasim Shiliwala, Doctoral Candidate in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Sponsored by the Office of Religious Life.
Cosponsor: The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
A Roundtable Discussion on The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Jurisprudence (Cambridge University Press, 2017) featuring:
George Duke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University; Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University; Francis J. Beckwith, Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies, Baylor University; Sherif Girgis '08, Doctoral Candidate in Philosophy, Princeton University; J.D., Yale Law School; Melissa Moschella *12, Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics, Columbia University
George Duke, co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Jurisprudence, is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Starting in...
A Roundtable Discussion on the newly published Scalia Speaks, Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived (Crown Forum, 2017) featuring:
Edward Whelan, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Co-Editor of Scalia Speaks; Christopher Scalia, Author; Co-Editor of Scalia Speaks; Rachel E. Barkow, Vice Dean; Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy; Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University Law School; moderated by Matthew J. Franck, Director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution; Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Radford University
Christopher J. Scalia is co-editor of Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived (Crown Forum, 2017). The eighth of Justice Antonin Scalia’s nine children...
Ed Trickett, Folk-Legacy Recording Artist; Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago; Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
The James Madison Program is delighted to welcome to Princeton Folk-Legacy recording artist Ed Trickett. Both as a solo performer and as part of a beloved trio with Anne Mayo Muir and Gordon Bok, Ed...
Panelists: Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard University; Meir Y. Soloveichik, Congregation Shearith Israel; David G. Dalin, Ave Maria University; Moderator Robert P. George, Princeton University
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
Registration is required for this event. Please visit registration page here: https://rfas.eventbrite.com/?aff=...
Cosponsor: James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University
Robert F. Nagel, Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law, University of Colorado School of Law
Despite decades of numerical domination by conservative appointees, the Supreme Court continues to practice an aggressive form of judicial activism. This can be traced in part to the current...