Past Events
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Peter Skerry, Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College
Peter Skerry is Professor of Political Science at Boston College and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Formerly a Senior Fellow at the Brookings...
An Alpheus T. Mason Lecture on Constitutional Law and Political Thought: The Quest for Freedom
Stephen Knott, Professor of National Security Affairs, United States Naval War College
The most important collaboration in American history was the unlikely partnership of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. This extraordinary alliance between a wealthy Virginia planter and a...
The Right Honourable Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, UK Parliament, House of Lords; Katrina Lantos Swett, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice; United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Moderated by Daniel I. Mark ’03 *13, US Commission on International Religious Freedom; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University; 2015-16 Visiting Fellow, James Madison Program, Princeton University.
Moderated by Daniel I. Mark ’03 *13, US Commission on International Religious Freedom; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University; 2015-16 Visiting Fellow, James Madison Program, Princeton University.
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne is a Peer of the Realm, with a lifetime seat in the House of Lords, the Upper Chamber of the UK Parliament, appointed by Her Majesty The Queen in...
The Annual William E. and Carol G. Simon Lecture on Religion in American Public Life
Gerard V. Bradley, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
Gerard V. Bradley is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he has taught since 1992. He is the author or editor of many books, including ISI Books’ A...
Cosponsor: The Witherspoon Institute
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Carson Holloway, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska at Omaha
This lecture examines the differences that emerged between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson as they advised President George Washington on the crisis caused by the war in Europe arising from...
Matthew J. Franck, Director, William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution, The Witherspoon Institute; Stanley Katz, Lecturer with rank of Professor in Public and International Affairs and Director, Princeton University Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies; Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Moderated by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
Moderated by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University
Matthew J. Franck is the Director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. He is Professor...
Cosponsor: Bouton Law Lecture Fund
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Walter Russell Mead, James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities, Bard College; Editor-at-Large, The American Interest
As 2015 draws to a close, ISIS has tightened its grip, Russia has boots on the ground in both Ukraine and Syria, Iran has "advisors" in four countries in the Middle East, Europe reels from economic,...
Alan R. Gibson, Professor of Political Science, California State University-Chico; Carson L. Holloway, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Bradley C. S. Watson, Philip M. McKenna Chair, Department of Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought, Saint Vincent College
Alan Gibson is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Chico. His research interests are focused in American political thought, especially the political...
An Elizabeth M. Whelan Lecture
Donald L. Drakeman *88, Distinguished Research Professor, Program in Constitutional Studies, University of Notre Dame; Fellow in Health Management, University of Cambridge; Venture Partner, Advent Venture Partners
Author of Why We Need the Humanities: Life Science, Law and the Common Good (Palgrave, 2015)
Respondents: Bruce Cole, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Alan Charles Kors ’64, Henry Charles Lea Professor of European History, University of Pennsylvania
Author of Why We Need the Humanities: Life Science, Law and the Common Good (Palgrave, 2015)
Respondents: Bruce Cole, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Alan Charles Kors ’64, Henry Charles Lea Professor of European History, University of Pennsylvania
In Dr. Drakeman's words, Why We Need the Humanities is an argument for the central importance of the humanities in our economic and political lives. Calls to deemphasize the humanities in...
An America’s Founding and Future Lecture
Meir Soloveichik *10, Rabbi; Director, Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, Yeshiva University
Rabbi Soloveichik’s lecture focuses on the incredible story of one of America's earliest Jews, and the link between Judaism and the American idea.
Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik *10 ...
Cosponsor: The Center for Jewish Life