Each year the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosts scholars with established records as well as scholars who have recently received their doctorates as Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Associates. Scholars in the James Madison Program pursue their own research and writing, participate in courses, seminars…

Latest Update: We are closely monitoring Princeton University’s guidance and policies related to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and in constant communication with University leadership. Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to POSTPONE all public events scheduled for the remainder of the Spring Term. We are in the process of rescheduling…

We at the James Madison Program are thrilled to announce that Ben Press, one of our many wonderful Undergraduate Fellows, has been awarded Princeton University's 2020 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize. Established in 1921, the Pyne Prize is awarded to the senior "who has most clearly manifested excellent scholarship, strength of character and…

The James Madison Program is pleased to announce that Professor Robert P. George's EdX course on "Constitutional Interpretation" has been recognized as one of Class Central's "Best Online Courses" of 2019. Professor George's course was one of the 30 highest-rated courses out of more than 2,400. The course content for "Constitutional…

The death of Sir Roger Scruton (1944–2020) is a matter of great sadness to the James Madison Program.  A staunch friend of the Program and a longtime member of the James Madison Society, Sir Roger was a towering figure in modern philosophy with a global reputation.  He was the author of dozens of works ranging across political philosophy, the…

Colleges and universities, especially those devoted to liberal arts education, are fundamentally concerned with the pursuit, transmission, and preservation of knowledge. They are, according to Professors George and West, “truth-seeking institutions.” In their October 11th conversation—part of the 

Oxford University has bestowed upon the James Madison Program’s founder and director Robert P. George one of its highest honors: the degree of Doctor of Letters. The degree, known as the D.Litt., was conferred on November 9, 2019 at a formal ceremony in Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre.

The D.Litt. is one of Oxford’s five “higher…

Three Undergraduate Fellows of the James Madison Program were commissioned as officers through Princeton's ROTC program in a ceremony led by President Christopher Eisgruber. Ian Kim '19 and Paul Spiegl '19 were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army; John "Jack" Whelan '19 was…

The James Madison Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Stephen Whelan '68 Senior Thesis Prize for Excellence in Constitutional Law and Political Thought. This year there are two winners: Drew Brazer, Politics '19 for his thesis, “The Antifederalist Irony: How the Bill of Rights Opened the Door to the…

The James Madison Program is pleased to announce that Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, currently Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, has accepted an appointment at Princeton University, where he will be a Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities and Director of the…

Congratulations to James Madison Program Undergraduate Fellow Kyle Lang '19, who was selected as one of eight recipients of the 2019 Spirit of Princeton award.

The following are excerpts from the announcement published in the Daily Princetonian on April 29, 2019:

The prize is conferred to students who have made…

Each year the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosts scholars with established records as well as scholars who have recently received their doctorates as Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Associates. Scholars in the James Madison Program pursue their own research and writing, participate in courses, seminars…

Kevin J. Weddle *03, 2018-19 Garwood Visiting Professor in the James Madison Program and the Department of Politics at Princeton, is teaching an undergraduate course in the Madison Program’s American Statesmanship series, entitled “The General as Statesman: Allied Leadership and Operation OVERLORD.” Professor Weddle, Professor…

John P. DiIulio *18, 2018-19 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate in the James Madison Program, has been appointed as the James N. Perry Scholar of Philosophy, Politics, and Society at the University of Pennsylvania.  The three-yearfellowship is in Penn’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society …

Professor Keith Whittington's Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech (Princeton University Press, 2018) has been awarded the 2019 Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Award for Education (Practice and Theory). The Award, given by the…