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Tufts: On Montesquieu’s Persian Letters

  On March 31, 2023, the Tufts Program in Political Thought at Tufts University will be hosting faculty partner Stuart Warner for a lecture on Montesquieu. Professor Warner will speak […]

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Tufts: Montesquieu: For or Against Empire?

On March 3, 2023, the Tufts Program in Political Thought at Tufts University will be hosting faculty partner Andrea Radasanu for a lecture on Montesquieu. Professor Radasanu will speak about […]

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Christendom: The Oracle of the Enlightenment – Montesquieu

On October 7, 2022, the Tocqueville Forum at Christendom College will be hosting a lecture and seminar on Montesquieu with Professor Khalil Habib (Hillsdale College): Dr. Habib will deliver a […]

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Coastal Carolina: Globalization and Liberalism – Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Manent

On March 24, 2022, the Cincinnatus Center at Coastal Carolina University hosted JMC fellow Trevor Shelley for a lecture on “Globalization and Liberalism: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Manent.” Thursday, March 24, […]

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University of Houston: Persian Letters Conference

December 10-11, 2021, the University of Houston will hold a conference for the 300th anniversary of Montesquieu's Persian Letters. Several participants are JMC-affiliated.

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Mercer University: Montesquieu and the Founders

On October 27, 2021, the McDonald Center for America's Founding Principles at Mercer University will host JMC fellow Zachary German for a virtual discussion of Montesquieu and the founders.

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Jacksonville State University: Montezuma’s Relativism and Montesquieu’s Critique of International Law

On February 18, 2021, the Tocqueville Lecture Series at Jacksonville State University, a new JMC partner program, will be hosting Andrea Radasanu for a discussion of Montesquieu and international law.

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Nathaniel Gilmore: “Montesquieu’s Considerations on the State of Europe”

Fellow Nathaniel Gilmore has written a piece for Journal of the History of Ideas on Montequieu's views of Europe, the state, and the progression of history.

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Christianity in America and Christian Political Thought

As Easter draws near on April 12, the Jack Miller Center recognizes and examines the impact of Christianity on political thought, the American Founding, and American political development.

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Sarah Burns: The Politics of War Powers

JMC fellow Sarah Burns has recently written a book, The Politics of War Powers: The Theory and History of Presidential Unilateralism. It comes out November 2019.

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Montesquieu’s Critique of Machiavelli’s Teaching

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

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“Montesquieu’s Legislator” – Diana Schaub at Harvard

Thursday, October 29th

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Montesquieu on Conquest and Empire: Andrea Radasanu at Roosevelt

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

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At American University: Stuart Warner on Montesquieu’s ‘Persian Letters’

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

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Hendrickson on Montesquieu’s Commercial Republic

Randal Hendrickson, JMC's Director of Faculty Development, discusses what Montesquieu describes as the “laws of morality” and their connection to humanity’s natural passions.

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Hendrickson on Montesquieu’s (Anti-) Machiavellianism

What is Montesquieu’s connection to Machiavelli? For the Journal of Politics, JMC's Randal Hendrickson dwells on the question.

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