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Tufts: Suffrage, Gender Differences, and the Quest for Equal Citizenship

On February 7, 2020, the Center for Political Thought at Tufts University, a new JMC partner program, will be hosting fellow Rogers Smith for a talk on suffrage.

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Middlebury College: Hate Speech, Free Speech, and Censorship

On January 28, 2020, the Alexander Hamilton Forum at Middlebury College, a new JMC partner program, will host Nadine Strossen to speak on misunderstandings about hate speech and free speech.

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Greg Weiner on Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Legacy

JMC faculty partner Greg Weiner recently appeared on Conversations with Bill Kristol to discuss the career of Daniel Patrick Moynihan and his approach to political and social problems.

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John Agresto: Civic Education and Patriotism

On October 3, 2019, JMC board member John Agresto gave the keynote address at the JMC's 2019 Annual Summit for Higher Education, speaking on the theme "Should America's Colleges Teach Patriotism?"

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Diana Schaub on Lincoln’s Political Thought

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on Conversations with Bill Kristol to discuss Lincoln's political thought, particularly as seen in the Lyceum Address and Gettysburg Address.

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Diana Schaub: Lincoln at Gettysburg

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on the National Affairs podcast to discuss her Spring 2014 essay on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

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Andrew Delbanco: The 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction

JMC faculty partner Andrew Delbanco has won a 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his book, The War Before the War, which explores how fugitive slaves helped push the nation towards civil war.

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Harvard University: The Quest for Equal Results

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.

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The Origins of Violence and Inequality

JMC fellow Brandon Turner reviews Walter Scheidel's book on the history of violence and inequality among human beings in the Law and Liberty Library.

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University of North Texas Constitution Day Event – Marriage Equality & Religious Liberty

Thursday, September 17th

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Constitution Day Lecture at Missouri – James Fleming & Linda McClain

Thursday, September 17th

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Fear of the Few: John Adams and the Power Elite

Luke Mayville on the democratic theory of John Adams

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JMC Fellow to Publish New Volume

"Seagrave and his contributors convey a profound understanding of constitutional democracy in America..." —Russell Muirhead, Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics, Dartmouth College

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Punctuated with Confusion: The Declaration of Independence

Danielle Allen on interpreting the Declaration of Independence

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Commercial Republic Project Conference – “Adam Smith and the Moral Economy of Market Society”

Thursday, May 14th - Friday, May 15th

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Gordon Wood on Danielle Allen’s “Our Declaration”

Wood considers a "different idea about our Declaration."

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Henary’s “Tocqueville and the Challenge of Historicism”

JMC Fellow and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Missouri State writes on Tocqueville for the Review of Politics.

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from NYT Magazine: Who Gets to Graduate?

"There are thousands of students like Vanessa at the University of Texas, and millions like her throughout the country..."

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New JMC Video on Equality in the Declaration

Four scholars discuss the meaning of equality in the Declaration of Independence.

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