Jack Miller Center Events: Fall 2023
Check here for upcoming JMC events this fall!
Have a question about attending an event? Email JMC’s Communications and Design Officer, Anna Zemaitaitis at azemaitaitis@gojmc.org.
August
Community College Conference, Portland, Oregon
Community College Conference, Portland, OregonAugust 15-17, 2023
A three-day professional development conference for community college professors to read and discuss key texts in the American political tradition and work to integrate them into their classrooms.
September
Teach for Freedom Gala, Chicago, Illinois
September 7, 2023
A gala honoring Jack Miller, serial entrepreneur, visionary philanthropic leader, and great American success story.
Constituting America Live Virtual Workshop with Hans Zeiger
September 15, 2023 – 2:00 PM ET
JMC President Hans Zeiger appears as a special guest on Constituting America’s Constitution Day Virtual Workshops. Hans will lead a live session on “The Constitution & Communication”
Constitution Day (various locations)
September 17, 2023
To learn more about Constitution Day, and our programs around the country, visit our Constitution Day page.
October
University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Great Works Reading Group
Fall 2023
Throughout the fall semester, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s Great Works Academic Certificate Program will organize a core of students studying great books on American political thought and literature. Learn more about the Great Works Academic Certificate Program >>
Regent University: The Greatness of George Washington
October 6, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
University of Georgia: Constitutional Ratification Without Reason
October 6, 2023
The University of Georgia’s American Founding group will organize a student discussion of Jeffry Lenowitz’s book Constitutional Ratification Without Reason.
Baylor University: “America’s Political Philosopher: Mark Twain and his Connecticut Yankee in Context”
Baylor University: “America’s Political Philosopher: Mark Twain and his Connecticut Yankee in Context”October 9, 2023
An invited lecture with Bernard J. Dobski on Twain’s influence on American Politics and his role as a political philosopher. This event is open to the public. Click here to learn more about the Zavala Program >>
Boston College: Marshall Project Lecture
October 13, 2023
As part of the sponsored programming on “civic virtue,” this event will feature a public lecture followed by a moderated conversation with Fred Baumann that will examine whether liberalism provides a substitute for classical civic virtue, or whether this tends to dissolve into naked self-expression and self-interest. This event is open to the public. Learn more about the John Marshall Project >>
Regent University: The Invention of Ben Franklin
October 13, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
Wisconsin: A National Leader in Civic Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin: A National Leader in Civic Education, Milwaukee, WisconsinOctober 17, 2023
Join us for a reception at the Milwaukee Club to discuss how Wisconsin is leading the nation in civic education renewal. If you are interested in attending this private reception, please reach out to Matthew Riffe at mriffe@gojmc.org.
Jacksonville State University: The Crisis Presidency
October 19, 2023 – 5:30pm CT
Jacksonville State University will continue their Tocqueville Lecture Series with Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman to discuss “The Crisis Presidency”. This event is open to the public. Learn more about the Tocqueville Lecture Series >>
University of Houston: “Who Gets to Make Law? The Legislative Power Today”
October 20, 2023
Professor James Stoner (LSU) will give a lecture titled “Who Gets to Make Law? The Legislative Power Today” and will lead a seminar with undergraduates for the Phronesis Program titled “When Robert Oppenheimer Met Eric Voegelin: On Science, Communism, and the End of the World”. This event is open to the public. Learn more about Tocqueville Forum on American Ideas and Institutions >>
Boston College: “Families and Homes: The Politics of the Household”
October 24 or 25, 2023
This is a part of the sponsored programming on “civic virtue”. The first session with the twenty John Marshall Project undergraduate fellows and graduate teaching fellow analyzed politics at the level of the city, and question the condition of civic virtue in modern cities. As a second part of this series, this session will zoom-in further in an attempt to scrutinize the condition of upon issues such as housing policy, family policy, marriage, children, and neighborhoods. Learn more about the John Marshall Project >>
Regent University: Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
October 27, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
Lee University: 8th Annual Intercollegiate Symposium
October 27 and 28, 2023
This symposium is the lynchpin of Lee University programming—bringing together students and faculty from institutions across the United States to discuss citizenship and statesmanship in American democracy. Participants consider primary and secondary materials in Liberty-Fund style sessions throughout a two-day event. The symposium includes a public keynote by a speaker of renown whose work highlights a facet of the symposium’s theme. This event is open to the public.
November
Regent University: The Moderation of John Dickinson
November 3, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
University of Alaska, Anchorage – Union League of Anchorage: St. Augustine: The Philosopher in the Empire
November 3, 2023 – 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
A consideration of St. Augustine’s “Confessions” in thirteen books, using a newly published edition of the book considered to be the first Western autobiography, translated by theologian Matthew Minerd, which describes the author’s struggle with temptation in his youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity. All participants must read the book carefully beforehand: the purpose of the seminar is to discuss its meaning and significance, and each participant is required to take an active part in the discussion.
University of Georgia: Disability: A Democratic Dilemma
University of Georgia: Disability: A Democratic DilemmaNovember 3, 2023
The University of Georgia’s American Founding group will organize a student discussion of Anne K. Heffernan’s Disability: A Democratic Dilemma. This event is open to the public.
Assumption University: Bill Clinton Impeachment Trial Debate
November 7, 2023 – 7pm
Assumption University’s second Model Senate debate of the 2023-24 year; students will debate the Clinton impeachment, associated legal questions, and the nature of the presidential office. This event is open to the public.
Benedictine College: Practice Moot Court tournament
November 8, 2023
Denise Burke from the ADF will go to Benedictine to act as a guest judge for at least four of the teams of constitutional fellows (8 students). She will have dinner with a group of fellows after the practice. Learn more about the Center for Constitutional Liberty >>
Jacksonville State University: Philosophical Foundation of American Political Architecture and Religious Pluralism
November 9, 2023 – 5:30-7:00 pm
Jacksonville State University will continue their Tocqueville Lecture Series with Dr. John Pottenger to discuss American philosophy. This event is open to the public. Learn more about the Tocqueville Lecture Series >>
National Summit on Civic Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 9-10, 2023
A two-day conference with civic leaders, philanthropists, and practitioners aimed at improving the way we understand, teach, and promote America’s founding principles and history. This conference is hosted by the Jack Miller Center and the Union League Legacy Foundation.
Regent University: Alexander Hamilton
November 11, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
Benedictine College: South Texas Regional Tournament
November 11 & 12, 2023
Four of the Benedictine College teams will travel to Fort Worth to compete in a regional moot court tournament. Learn more about the Center for Constitutional Liberty >>
Benedictine College: Practice Moot Court tournament
November 15, 2023
William Haun (Becket Fund) from the ADF will go to Benedictine to act as a guest judge for at least four of the teams of constitutional fellows (8 students). He will have dinner with a group of fellows after the practice. Learn more about the Center for Constitutional Liberty >>
Boston College: Marshall Project Lecture
November 16, 2023
As part of a series on civic virtue, the John Marshall Project will host JMC faculty partner Rita Koganzon to discuss the realities of citizens’ dislike for school and how it can be rechanneled into an appreciation for self-government and informed citizenship.This event is open to the public. Learn more about the John Marshall Project >>
Regent University: The Invention of Ben Franklin
November 17, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
Benedictine College: Eastern Regional Tournament
November 17 & 18, 2023
Four of the Benedictine College teams will travel down to Fitchburg, MA to compete in a regional moot court tournament. Learn more about the Center for Constitutional Liberty >>
Boston College: “Lonesome Life: Mental Health and American Individualism”
Boston College: “Lonesome Life: Mental Health and American Individualism”November 28 or 29, 2023
As part of the sponsored programming on “civic virtue”. In the final monthly discussion session of the fall semester, students will zoom-in even further to look at the individual. America has been regarded as the land of “self-interest” and “individualism.” Paradoxically, however, study after study shows that individuals in our country are feeling isolated, lonely, and purposeless. Learn more about the John Marshall Project >>
December
Baylor University: “Taking Sides: Party Competition, Interest Group Strategy, and the Polarization of American Pluralism”
December 1, 2023
An invited lecture with Jesse Crosson. This event is open to the public. Click here to learn more about the Zavala Program >>
Regent University: John Adams
December 1, 2023
Regent University’s Lincoln Program in America’s Founding Principles will host student discussions of Gordon Wood’s book Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
University of Georgia: “Interpreting Ratification”
December 1, 2023
The University of Georgia’s American Founding group will organize a student discussion Andrew Coan and David Schwartz on American Constitutional History.
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