On May 9, 2019, JMC fellow Carli Conklin will speak at the Kinder Institute, a JMC partner program, on her new book, The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era.

On May 3, 2019, JMC fellow Rodolfo Hernandez will speak at the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, on Vidal v. Girard’s Executors (1844).

On April 24, 2019, Tamara Cofman Wittes will be speaking at the University of Puget Sound on Middle Eastern democracy and how the U.S. should manage its relations with autocratic regimes.

On April 26, 2019, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, will host Daniel Immerwahr for a lecture on the United States' role as a global empire.

On April 26, 2019, the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University, a JMC partner program, will host Amy Wax for a lecture on the meaning of equality within academia.

On April 24, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College will host Lisa Hay, Oregon's Federal Public Defender, for a lecture on law, the liberal arts, and the criminal justice system.

On April 22, 2019, American University's Political Theory Institute, a JMC partner program, will host Alan S. Kahan for a lecture on the history and principles of liberalism.

On April 11-13, 2019, the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy at UW-Madison, a JMC partner program, will host a conference on the future of liberalism. Several JMC fellows will be speaking.

On April 18, 2019, the George Washington Forum at Ohio University will be hosting a talk by Kevin M. Murphy on economic growth, inequality, and human capital.

On April 16, 2019, the Constitutional Studies Program at Notre Dame, a JMC partner program, will be holding a panel on Father Wilson Miscamble's new book, American Priest.

On March 29, 2019, the Matthew J. Ryan Center at Villanova University, a JMC partner program, will host Matthew J. Franck for a lecture on the state of religious liberty.

On April 11, 2019, JMC fellow Patrick Deneen will be speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the rise of populism in the United States and Europe and how it will affect government.

On April 10, 2019, the McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles at Mercer University will host Sara Georgini of the Massachusetts Historical Society for a talk on John and Abigail Adams.

On March 14-16, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a conference for JMC fellows to discuss policy issues with leading AEI scholars.

On April 9, 2019, the Political Science Department at Xavier University, a JMC partner program, will be hosting David Houpt for a lecture on the political economy of participation in the founding era.

On April 8, 2019, the Constitutional Studies Program at Notre Dame, a JMC partner program, will be hosting Yoram Hazony for a lecture on his latest book, The Virtue of Nationalism.

On April 3, 2019, the John Dickinson Forum at George Fox University, a JMC partner program, will host JMC fellow Craig Yirush for a talk on Loyalists and other resistors to the American Revolution.

On April 5, 2019, the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University, a JMC partner program, will host Jeffrey Bergner for a lecture on his new book, The Vanishing Congress.

On March 11, 2019, Mark David Hall, a JMC faculty partner, spoke at James Madison College at Michigan State University, on the Founders' views of Christianity and government.

On March 28, 2019, American University's political theory institute, a JMC partner program, will host Dana Stauffer for a lecture on Tocqueville and the spirit of democracy.

On March 28, 2019, the Constitutional Studies Program at Notre Dame, a JMC partner program, will be hosting the Honorable Amul Thapar for a lecture on religious liberty.

On February 28, 2019, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a panel of scholars in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark McCulloch v. Maryland decision.

On March 21, 2019, the Political Theory Institute at American University, a JMC partner program, will host William Galston and Michael Anton for a Janus Forum Conversation on the topic of populism.

On March 19, 2019, the Constitutional Studies Program at Notre Dame, a JMC partner program, will host Carlo Lancellotti for a lecture on modernity and Augusto Del Noce’s critique of modern politics.

On March 18-19, 2019, the McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles at Mercer University will host the annual A.V. Elliott Conference on Great Books and Ideas.

On March 15-16, 2019, the George Washington Forum at Ohio University will be hosting a scholarly conference with a focus on populism and popular sovereignty. Several JMC fellows will participate.

On March 5, 2019, the Frederick Douglass Forum at Linfield College will host Oregon Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Balmer for a lecture on how the liberal arts prepared him for law school and beyond.

On March 14, 2019, the John Dickinson Forum, a JMC partner program, and the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox University will host Robert P. George for a talk on virtue and the Constitution.

On February 18 2019, the McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles at Mercer University will host Mark Smith for a lecture on religion and slave resistance in the Atlantic world.

On February 19, Forrest Nabors will be giving the 2019 Jack Paynter Lecture at James Madison College, Michigan State University, on the Missouri Compromise and how it led to civil war.

On February 22, 2019, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, a JMC partner program, will host Allen Hertzke for a lecture on America's global role in upholding religious liberty.

On February 14, 2019, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri will host Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford University for a talk on how the Founders made the Constitution their valentine.

On February 21, 2019, the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs at the University of Notre Dame will host Jeffrey Tulis for a lecture on the antifederalist appropriation of the Constitution.

May 22-23, 2019, the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame will be hosting a conference in honor of the scholarly achievements of JMC partner Michael P. Zuckert.

On January 31, 2019, the Political Theory Institute, a JMC partner program at American University, will be hosting William Kristol for a lecture on the future of conservatism and the Republican Party.

On February 5, 2019, the Kinder Institute, a JMC partner program, will be hosting Kaeten Mistry for a talk on the history of American national security whistleblowing.

On January 24, 2019, the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs at Notre Dame will host Michael Desch and John Yoo for a debate on the prudence of promoting democracy abroad.

On February 8, 2019, Clyde Ray will appear at the University of Missouri to discuss modern interpretations of John Marshall and constitutional legitimacy.

On February 6, 2019, the George Washington Forum at Ohio University will be hosting a talk by Jason Peacey on the origins of political economy.

On January 29, 2019, Thomas C. Leonard will speak at the George Washington Forum at Ohio University on topics from his award-winning book, Illiberal Reformers.

On February 7, Bruce Jentleson of Duke University will examine the history of American foreign policy and how it can be applied to current key issues in a lecture at the University of Puget Sound.

Columbia's Center for American Studies will live-stream their event tonight on the history and legacy of the Korematsu decision.

George Fox University has an upcoming lecture on John Dickinson and the Second Amendment.

Professor Zachary Price will discuss the role of the Constitution in times of partisanship.

Jonah Goldberg will offer remarks on his new book, The Suicide of the West, at Arizona State University.

For Constitution Day, American University invited Keith Whittington to discuss free speech. This event is hosted in partnership with JMC.

JMC fellow Seth Weinberger will deliver the Constitution Day Lecture at Carroll College this year.

Michael Zuckert will discuss populism and the Constitution for Notre Dame's 2018 Constitution Day lecture.

This fall, John C. Eastman will deliver the University of Alaska Anchorage's annual Chartwell Lecture.

Michael Zuckert, a JMC faculty partner, will discuss popular sovereignty and the Constitution at the University of Montana.

Duncan Stroik will discuss sacred architecture at Notre Dame's Constitutional Studies Program, a JMC partner program.

JMC fellow Robert George will visit Notre Dame to deliver the annual Tocqueville Lecture.

JMC faculty partner and Co-Director of the UT Austin's Jefferson Center Lorraine Pangle will kick off the fall semester with a talk on liberal education.

The John Dickinson Forum at George Fox University has an upcoming talk from Daniel Dreisbach.

This fall, Keith Whittington will discuss his book on higher education and speech at Notre Dame's Constitutional Studies Program, a JMC partner program.

At an upcoming Hoover Institution and Foundation for Constitutional Government event, JMC board members, faculty partners, and others will discuss the theory and practice of American liberalism.

JMC fellow Greg Weiner discussed James Madison's view of Constitutional interpretation at Harvard's Program on Constitutional Government, a JMC partner program.

Scholars will explore the question "What is America?" at JMC's 2018 Summer Institute in Philadelphia.

Princeton's James Madison Program has an upcoming conference which features several JMC fellows and faculty partners.

The Kinder Institute has an upcoming conference on American political and transnational history.

An upcoming event at Princeton's James Madison Program will address how Aristotle's teachings about the middle class influenced the American Founding.

The Marshall Center May Seminar at the Jepson School of Leadership studies will address the tension between Lincoln's presidency and sovereignty.

JMC faculty partner Michael Zuckert will assess Abraham Lincoln's democratic leadership at the University of Richmond's Jepson School of Leadership.

The University of Missouri's Kinder Institute, a JMC partner program, has an upcoming talk from JMC fellow Andrew Robertson.

Hillsdale History Professor and JMC faculty partner Paul Rahe will give a talk at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Corey Brettschneider will discuss the Constitution's provisions against theocracy at UW Madison.

Steven Forde will give a talk on Locke's view of toleration and its role in the political society at Carroll College.

Matthew Eussen will give a talk at Carroll College. This event is part of the JMC's PNW Initiative in partnership with MJ Murdock Charitable Trust.

JMC fellow John T. Scott visited Boise State's American Founding Initiative to discuss Rousseau's take on modernity.

Kevin Cooney will discuss the strategic significance of the South China Sea in a talk at George Fox's John Dickinson Forum.

Brown Professor Corey Brettschneider will explain how the Constitution can guide future presidents in an event at Notre Dame.

JMC board member John Agresto will discuss the public utility of the liberal arts at Dartmouth.

Philosophy Professor Celine Spector will deliver a talk at the Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions.

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University will hold a conference on voting.

Georgetown's Tocqueville Forum, a JMC partner program, will hold a conference on political rhetoric.

Daniel Dreisbach will discuss his book, Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers, on a panel at American University.

JMC board members Bill Kristol and James Ceaser will discuss contemporary conservatism with Eliana Johnson and Ross Douthat at Yale.

JMC fellow Patrick Deneen will discuss his recent book, Why Liberalism Failed, at the University of Pennsylvania. The event is co-sponsored by the Andrea Mitchell Center, a JMC partner program.

David Hollinger will discuss his book, Protestants Abroad, with three Columbia professors at the Center for American Studies, a JMC partner program.

Columbia's Center for American Studies, a JMC partner program, has an upcoming panel on the legacy of Korematsu v. United States.

Professor Vickie B. Sullivan will explore Montesquieu's critique of Machiavellian despotism in a talk at JMC's partner program, the Political Theory Institute.

JMC fellow Dr. James Piereson will discuss hostility to campus free speech at Villanova's Ryan Center, a JMC partner program.

JMC faculty partner Scott Yenor will deliver a talk on Locke, Hume, and the modern method at Boise State's American Founding Initiative, a JMC partner program.

JMC fellow Peter Onuf and Annette Gordon-Reed will deliver at lecture sponsored by JMC on Thomas Jefferson and his legacy in American life at the Newberry Library.

JMC fellow Greg Weiner will discuss James Madison's view of Constitutional interpretation at Harvard's Program on Constitutional Government.

JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola will deliver a lecture on Frederick Douglass at JMC's partner program, the John Dickinson Forum.

JMC fellow and Notre Dame Professor Susan Collins will discuss Aristotle's teaching on justice at UW—Madison's American Democracy Forum, a JMC partner program.

Elliott Abrams will discuss democracy in the Arab world at Indiana University's Ostrom Workshop.

Missouri's Kinder Institute, a JMC partner program, will have a three-day conference on early American religion and politics.

Arthur Milikh will give a talk on Descartes' philosophic method at Boise State's American Founding Initiative, a JMC partner program.

Top Alexander Hamilton scholars will meet at Princeton's James Madison Program to discuss Hamilton's life, thought, and legacy.

Jay Dow will give a talk on voting during the early American republic at Missouri's Kinder Institute, a JMC partner program.

Matthew Slaboch will discuss his book, "A Road to Nowhere: The Idea of Progress and Its Critics," at American University's Political Theory Institute, a JMC partner program.

At Harvard's Program on Constitutional Government, Shep Melnick will discuss the ways Title IX has impacted higher education.

John Pfaff will visit American University's Political Theory Institute to discuss the causes of mass incarceration.

Archbishop Chaput will visit Villanova University's Ryan Center to discuss Catholicism and the cultural landscape.

Amy Wax will discuss the change the family has undergone in a lecture at Indiana University Bloomington's Ostrom workshop.

David Miller and Joseph Carens will discuss immigration in the 21st century at Brown University's Political Theory Project.

Professor William Scheuerman will discuss his new book, Civil Disobedience, at Indiana University Bloomington.

Johann Neem will discuss public schools and American civic life at Missouri's Kinder Institute.

Daniel Mark, Chairman of the US Commission International Religious Freedom, will speak at Notre Dame.

Perevill Squire will give a talk on the history of political representation in American at the University of Missouri's Kinder Institute.

Professors Stanger and Valdivia will discuss violent protests and campus speech at ASU.

On February 2, Assistant Professor of History Keona Ervin will discuss the history of black women and their struggle for economic justice in St. Louis.

Professors Cornel West and Robert George will speak about open dialogue at ASU on January 26.

Robert Putnam will deliver a lecture at the University of Richmond and the future of the American dream on January 29.

Professors Robert George and Cornel West will deliver a lecture on liberal arts education at Villanova on January 19, 2018.

Robert George, George Duke, Francis Beckwith, Sherif Girgis, and Melissa Moschella will participate in a roundtable discussion on natural law at Princeton.

Mark Lilla will speak about his book, The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics, at Ohio University on December 5.

Princeton's James Madison Program will host a roundtable discussion on the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia on December 7.

Ryan Hanley will deliver a lecture on Smith's understanding of sympathy as the foundation of all moral action at American University.

Jason Brennan will deliver a lecture at Indiana University reflecting on whether or not democracy is the best form of government.

Adam I.P. Smith, a professor at University College London, will discuss the conservative politics of the Civil War.

YCRI at Yale University will hold a conference on Jacksonian "Democracy" on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Andrew Jackson's birth.

Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution will give talk at American University on November 18, titled "Free Speech is the Only Safe Space for Minorities."

John Inazu will deliver a lecture about navigating pluralism on November 30 at Notre Dame.

Susan James will deliver a lecture on Spinoza and work at the University of Chicago on November 20.

Kinder Chair Jay Sexton's new book about turmoil surrounding the American founding is the subject of the MRSEAH's second Fall 2017 meeting.

Dr. R.R. Reno and Fr. Robert Sirico will talk aboutCatholicism, free markets, and human flourishing at Villanova's Ryan Center.

James Otteson will address the question, "Is Capitalism Moral?" in a lecture at Notre Dame on November 17.

Diana Schaub will discuss President Lincoln and the daughters of Dred Scott at the University of Richmond on November 16.

The Kinder Institute will host David Goodman, Benjamin Mountford, and Stephen Tufnell to discuss the 19th and 20th century gold rushes.

Anthony Kronman will lead a seminar on Max Weber and science as vocation at UCLA's Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions.

Jonathan Haidt will speak at ASU on freedom of speech and viewpoint diversity on college campuses.

Mark Lilla will present on his new book, with discussion by Samuel Moyn and Kathryn Lofton, in an event at Yale University.

JMC board member and faculty partner Jim Ceaser will give a Constitution Day lecture at Missouri State on "Free Speech and Thought on College Campuses"

Public lecture hosted by the Kinder Institute, University of Missouri
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin

Lecture by Hadley Arkes: "The Pervasive Moral Logic of the Law"
October 15, 2017, 4:30 PM, Arthur Lewis Auditorium in Robertson Hall, Princeton

Former Senators Tom Daschle and Jon Kyl will discuss "Disagreement and Civil Dialogue" at Arizona State University
October 12, 2017, 5:00 PM, Music Building, Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe campus

Panel on Thucydides at CNU's Center for American Studies
October 4, 2017, 4:00 PM, Gaines Theatre, Freeman Center

"Free Speech in Wartime and in Peace"
John Yoo and Jonathan Turley
Monday, September 25, 4:00 PM.

Mark Lilla will speak at Notre Dame on Identity and Citizenship on Thursday, September 21

The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership held a Constitution Day event with Floyd Abrams on Freedom of Speech on Campus

Gregory Weiner, "Defining Decency Down: Free Speech and the American Campus"
American University, Tuesday, September 19, 5:30 pm, Kerwin Hall #301

Henry Olsen's op-ed on Ronald Reagan's love of the Constitution and his understanding of it in the Philadelphia Enquirer.

Constitution Day Event at Mississippi State University: Jefferson's Constitutionalism
Monday, September 18, 2017, at 4:00 pm. Open to the Public

Arizona State University Constitution Day Event: "Hamilton and HAMILTON"
September 18, 2017 at 1:00 pm: Hayden Library, Room C55, Tempe Campus

Sanford Levinson is delivering the 2017 Constitution Day lecture at the University of Notre Dame.

University of Texas Department of Government announces fourth annual Graduate Conference in Public Law
November 2-3 in Austin, Texas

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies invites applications to present at its yearly symposium

A conversation with Alvin S. Felzenberg and Robert P. George
Hosted by the James Madison Program, Princeton University

Lecture hosted by the Kinder Institute, University of Missouri
Kinder Institute Chair in Constitutional Democracy and Professor of History Jay Sexton

By Jacob T. Levy (McGill University)
Hosted by the Political Theory Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies

Hosted by the Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions

Hosted by the Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions

A Conversation at the University Notre Dame
Hosted by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies

A Conversation at the University of Notre Dame

Hosted by the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri

"Freedom of Speech, 1550-1850"
Hosted by the George Washington Forum

Bruce Caldwell to lecture at Ohio University

"Gender and power in the reception of Andreas Vesalius's 'Fabrica': results from the census"

JMC Fellow Allen C. Guelzo at Harvard University

Presented by the Political Theory Institute

Talk by Professor Robert Berman (Xavier University of Louisiana) at Roosevelt University

"Defending What We Are"
The Second Annual Russell Kirk Lecture

DePaul University College of Law

Hosted by the George Washington Forum
Ohio University

The Program on Constitutional Government

Four Northwestern University professors talk about new courses that engage the history and politics portrayed in the musical "Hamilton".

Tavern Culture and the American Revolution

"Frontier Country: The Politics of War in Early Pennsylvania"

Presented by the Political Theory Institute

"John Adams and the Fear of Aristocracy"
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions

Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions

Christa Dierksheide, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello

Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College

Dr. Amy Ellison: “’Reverse of Fortune’: The Invasion of Canada and the Coming of Independence, 1774-1776”

Lecture at American University

A conference by the Center for American Studies at Columbia University

Hosted by the Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions

Mark Somos, Yale University

The Montesquieu Forum for the Study of Civic Life
Roosevelt University

Yuval Levin, Editor of National Affairs

In partnership with the National Constitution Center

"Women and Nature in the Book of Genesis"

Lunchtime talk by Jonathan Haidt
Harvard University

"Inequality: Is America Becoming a Two-Tiered Society?"

Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy

Joanne B. Freeman: "Hunting for Hamilton: A User's Guide to Understanding a Confounding Founder"
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 6:00 PM

Friday, October 7th
Yale University

October 5, 2016 - 6:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
Hosted by the National Constitution Center

"Cell Phones, Social Media and Civil Rights: The Constitutional Limits of Data Mining"
Monday, September 26th - 4:00 PM

Robert Goldberg, St. John's College, Annapolis
Tuesday, September 27th

JMC Fellow Steven Smith to lecture on September 15th

Thursday, September 22 4pm EST

Yale's Dr. Mark Somos at University of Basel
Wednesday, 12 December 2016

May 12-13, 2016
Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

May 12, 2016
Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

Friday, May 6th

Thursday, April 28th
Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

Friday, April 29th
Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

Wednesday, April 20th
Columbia University

April 15-16, 2016
Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

April 14-15, 2016
Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

April 6-8, 2016

"Attention as a Cultural Problem"
Tuesday, March 22nd

First lecture of series begins 4:30 PM
Tuesday, March 15th

Colleen Sheehan, Villanova University
Thursday, March 17th

March 16th
Kinder Institute
University of Missouri

Part of the Commercial Republic Initiative

Janus Forum Debate
Hosted by Political Theory Institute
Tuesday, March 1st

Daniel Doneson at American University
Thursday, February 25th

Friday, February 5th
Lunch talk at Harvard

Thursday, December 3rd

Wednesday, November 11th

Friday, November 6th

Thursday, October 29th

Sunday, October 18th

Happening at Rhodes College

Thursday, October 15th

Thursday, October 15th

Saturday, October 10th.

Thursday, September 24th

Thursday, September 24th

Thursday, September 17th

Thursday, September 17th

September 11th - September 12th

Thursday, September 10th

Friday, October 16th

Wednesday, September 16th

Thursday, September 17th

Friday, September 11th

Tuesday, September 8th

October 7th, 2015

Wednesday, July 22nd, 7:00 p.m.

June 13th - October 12th

Friday, June 19th - Wednesday, June 24th

Tuesday, June 9th

Friday, June 5th

Tuesday, June 9th

Friday, May 15th - Saturday, May 16th

Thursday, May 14th - Friday, May 15th

Thursday, May 7th, 5:30 p.m.
Ruggles Hall

Thursday, May 14th, 4:30 p.m.

May 7th - 8th

May 7th - May 8th

Tuesday, May 5th, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 1st

Friday, April 24th

Friday, April 17th, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, April 17th, 12:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 16th, 4:30 p.m.
Rosenkranz Hall, Room 241

April 10th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Hughes Formal Lounge

Thursday, April 9, 4:30pm
Roosevelt University (Chicago)
430 S. Michigan Avenue, Room 720

4:30 in Bartley Hall, Room 1011

A Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions event

4:30 in Bartley Hall, Room 1011

Commercial Republic Event at Yale

Recent Commercial Republic events at UCLA

Thursday, February 26th
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Mary Graydon Center, 247

George Thomas at UCLA's CLAFI
Thursday, February 26, 7:30 p.m., Law School Room 1447

Saturday, February 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Room 2442 Law School Building

A "Civic Renewal and Higher Education" discussion at Villanova.

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Susan Gaunt Stearns of Northwestern University

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Susan Gaunt Stearns of Northwestern University

Saturday, January 3rd, 6:30-8:30 PM
Davies Room, Warwick Hotel

From Gordon Wood's Constitution Day talk at Duke University.