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Congratulations to James Madison Society member Charles T. Rubin, Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University, on his appointment to the Marie-Clement Rodier, C.S.Sp., Endowed Chair.
Rubin was the 2017-18 Forbes Visiting Fellow and the 2014-15 Garwood Visiting Professor and Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at…
To the Undergraduate Fellows of the James Madison Program
From Robert P. George
As you are no doubt aware, a white supremacist group is coming to Princeton tomorrow to conduct some sort of rally or demonstration. We in the James Madison Program don’t police students’ opinions or tell them what to think, but I suspect that,…
Beginning September 13, 2018, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and James Madison Program Director Robert P. George’s Civil Liberties course at Princeton University will be available online through edX.org. This 7-week MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) will explore the moral basis of controversial claims of civil rights and liberties by…
Congratulations to James Madison Program 2017-18 Visiting Fellow, Keegan Callanan, on his presidential nomination to the National Council on the Humanities. Currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College, Callanan will serve a six-year term on the Council if confirmed by the United States Senate.
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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…
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; Elly Brown ‘18 for her thesis on "Politics in the Cave: Worldliness and Plurality in Plato, Augustine, and Arendt," and
On June 4, 2018, The New York Times published McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and James Madison Program Director Robert P. George’s Op-Ed on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Colorado’s Masterpiece Cakeshop case:
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Congratulations to McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and James Madison Program Director, Robert P. George, a 2018 recipient of the Open Mind Award for Leadership granted by Heterodox Academy.
The following is reported by the Office of Communications, Princeton University, May 9, 2018:
Robert George, the McCormick…
Congratulations to James Madison Program Undergraduate Fellow Allison Berger '18, who was selected as one of nine recipients of the 2018 Spirit of Princeton award.
The following are excerpts from the announcement published in Daily Princetonian on April 23, 2018:
The prize is conferred to students who have made…
On April 10, 2018, Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth paid a visit to his alma mater, Princeton University, filming a day in the life of McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and James Madison Program Founding Director, Robert P. George. The day began at morning coffee with the program’s Visiting and Postdoctoral Fellows and followed with a…
Congratulations to James Madison Program 2017-18 Garwood Visiting Professor, Allen C. Guelzo, Director of Civil War Era Studies and the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College. Professor Guelzo is one of three recipients of the 2018 Bradley Prizes.
The honor recognizes individuals of extraordinary talent,…
[News from St. John's University, April 4, 2018] Frederick A. Whitney Professor of Law Mark L. Movsesian is spending this semester as a visiting fellow at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.
Located…
Our Postdoctoral Research Associate, Matthew Slaboch, will deliver a lecture entitled "Political Slogans, Public Polling, and the Idea of Progress" at the Political Theory Institute, American University, on February 22, 2018.
From Ronald Reagan's declaration that "It's morning in America" to Barack Obama's promise of "Hope and Change…