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Alin Fumurescu: Compromise and the American Founding

JMC fellow Alin Fumurescu has written a book on America's two historical interpretations of citizenship and how these understandings have been reconciled. The book is due for release in Fall 2019.

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UW Madison: The Future 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.

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Verlan Lewis: Ideas of Power

JMC fellow Verlan Lewis has recently written a book on the development of party ideologies in American politics. The book is slated for release in June 2019.

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UW Madison: The Revolt of the Populists

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.

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Political Theory or Public Law Fellowships: UW-Madison

UW-Madison is accepting applications for visiting scholar positions and a postdoctoral fellowship in political theory or public law.

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Is Toleration a Virtue?

One of JMC's new fellows, Michael Promisel, and JMC fellow Richard Avramenko co-authored an article in the American Journal of Political Science.

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A Diagnosis of Today’s American Liberalism

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.

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Can A Democratic People Excel in Virtue?

JMC fellows Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey co-edited a recently published book on aristocratic values in democratic societies.

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Peter Berkowitz on Conversations with Bill Kristol

JMC fellow Peter Berkowitz, the latest guest on Conversations with Bill Kristol, defends liberal democracy against criticisms from the left and the right.

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U Penn Event: Patrick Deneen on Liberalism

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.

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WATCH: How Locke and Hume Changed the World

Scott Yenor, a JMC faculty partner, examined Locke's and Hume's teachings in his talk at Boise State's AFI, a JMC partner program.

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How Protestant Missionaries Paved the Way for Liberalism

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

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Was the Liberal Project Doomed from the Start?

William Voegeli, a JMC fellow, reviewed Why Liberalism Failed, written by JMC fellow Patrick Deneen.

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Summer Programs at Princeton’s James Madison Program

Princeton's James Madison Program offers a week-long in residence summer seminar on American political thought for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

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Is American Democracy in a Crisis?

JMC fellows Peter Berkowitz and Yuval Levin recently wrote about political problems that are at the heart of American political thought.

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Patrick Deneen on Liberalism

Patrick Deneen's new book Why Liberalism Failed argues that modern liberalism is unnatural and premised on contradictions.

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Lecture: Mark Lilla on Identity Politics at Ohio University

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

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“Mass and Elite Politics in Mill’s Considerations on Representative Government”

Chris Barker on JS Mill's "Considerations of Representative Government"

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“The Liberal Origins of John Updike’s Literary Imagination”

Yoav Fromer on John Updike

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Harvey Mansfield on “Conversations with Bill Kristol”

Harvey Mansfield discusses democracy, individualism, Tocqueville, liberalism and more.

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