Events

Higher Ed

American Political Tradition Syllabus Workshop

Scholars gather at West Point to collaborate and develop syllabi for their classes.

October 15 - 16, 2026

New York

Higher Ed

Lee University's 11th annual Intercollegiate Sympsoium

Lee University will host its 11th annual Intercollegiate Symposium featuring speaker Matthew Dinan (St. Thomas University) October 16-17. This year's theme is "Self-Evident? Seeking Understanding through Civil Discourse."

October 16 - 17, 2026

Tennessee

K-12

Wisconsin Civic Educators Summit: The Constitution and American Self-Government

This one-day summit is hosted in partnership between the Jack Miller Center, Sphere Education Initiatives, and the Universities of Wisconsin Office of Civic Engagement.

October 24, 2026

Wisconsin

Higher Ed

Abraham Lincoln's American Revolution: How the 16th President Would Celebrate the 250th

JMC Academic Council Member Allen Guelzo (Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida) will give a lecture titled "Abraham Lincoln's American Revolution: How the 16th President Would Celebrate the 250th" at the University of South Carolina on October 26 from 7:00-8:30pm.

October 26, 2026

South Carolina

Higher Ed

“A Lincoln Portrait” Orchestra Performance

The University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra will perform “A Lincoln Portrait” by Aaron Copland on October 27 at 7:30pm. JMC Academic Council Member Allen Guelzo (Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida) will narrate.

October 27, 2026

South Carolina

Higher Ed

Constituting American Citizenship

The McKeen Center for the Common Good, What Matters Dialogue Program, at Bowdoin College will present a conversation about US Citizenship with Professor of History Patrick Rael and Professor of Africana Studies and English Tess Chakkalakal on October 28.

October 28, 2026

Maine

Higher Ed

The Pursuit of Happiness and America at 250

Claremont McKenna College will host Jeffrey Rosen for a lecture about the pursuit of happiness and America at 250 on October 28.

October 28, 2026

California

Higher Ed

Adam Smith & the United States

Gregory Collins (Yale University) will give a lecture on Adam Smith and the United States at the University of Pennsylvania on October 28 from 3:30-5:00pm.

October 28, 2026

Pennsylvania

Higher Ed

Exhibition of the First Edition of The Wealth of Nations

The Penn Initiative for the Study of Markets (PISM) at the University of Pennsylvania will host an Exhibition of the First Edition of The Wealth of Nations on November 4 from 3:00-4:00pm. This event is a special session where you will have the opportunity to see Penn’s first edition of The Wealth of Nations, along with other rare books by Adam Smith and his contemporaries.

November 4, 2026

Pennsylvania

Higher Ed

Civic Action and Liberal Education in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Thomas Merrill will give a lecture titled "Civic Action and Liberal Education in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," hosted by the Forum on Constitutionalism and Democracy at SUNY Genesco on November 4.

November 4, 2026

New York