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Originalism and History: An Interdisciplinary Discussion at Northwestern

On October 4, 2019, the Pritzker Law School at Northwestern University will be hosting a JMC-supported interdisciplinary conference on the subject of originalism and history.

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track Position at Bucknell University

The Department of Political Science at Bucknell University is currently accepting applications for a tenure-track position in political theory. Review of applications will begin September 23, 2019.

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship at Coastal Carolina University

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University is currently accepting applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Politics.

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Job Opening: Open Rank Faculty Position at Notre Dame

The Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame is currently accepting applications for an open rank faculty position in the Department of Political Science.

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track at North Carolina State University

The Department of Political Science at North Carolina State University is currently accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Science.

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Gregory Collins: Edmund Burke, Strauss, and the Straussians

JMC fellow Gregory Collins has written an article for Perspectives on Political Science discussing Burke, Strauss, and their views of statesmanship.

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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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Academic Opportunity: Research Associate/Postdoctoral Researcher

The Department of Political Science at Michigan State University is currently accepting applications for a Research Associate/Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Political Philosophy.

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Panayiotis Kanelos: The Importance of Learning to Argue

Panayiotis Kanelos, the president of St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, recently wrote an article for Heterodox Academy on the lasting importance of civil discourse in education.

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Job Opening: Tenure-Track at Michigan State University

James Madison College at Michigan State University is currently accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy field.

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Robert C. Bartlett: Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric”

Robert C. Bartlett has translated and annotated a new edition of Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric."

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Mark Somos: The State of Nature in America’s Fight for Independence

JMC Fellow Mark Somos has written a book about the origins of independence in America. It comes out May 2019.

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Notre Dame: A Conference Celebrating the Scholarly Work of Michael P. Zuckert

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.

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Short Stories and Political Philosophy: Power, Prose, and Persuasion

JMC Fellows Erin A. Dolgoy and Kimberly Hurd Hale contribute to a collection that examines the link between classical political philosophy and short stories.

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Harvey Mansfield Reviews Leslie Rubin’s New Book

JMC faculty partner Harvey Mansfield wrote a review of the late Leslie Rubin's recently published book on Aristotle and the Founding.

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Eric Voegelin’s Response to the Errors of Modernity

Professor Charles R. Embry shows the profundity of Eric Voegelin's thought in the latest Liberty Law Talk.

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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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How to Transform Politics from the Inside

The Program on Constitutional Democracy at UVA, a JMC partner program, will explore institutional and constitutional dissent at its upcoming conference.

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Yuval Levin on Edmund Burke’s Political Thought

Yuval Levin joins The Great Books Podcast to discuss Edmund Burke's contributions to conservative political thought and how his teachings relate to America's Founding principles.

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Can Libertarianism Actually Work?

The Library of Law and Liberty published JMC fellows Michael Munger and Nathan Schlueter's exchange over libertarianism's claims about government and human nature.

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Works in Political Thought from the University of Rochester Press

The University of Rochester Press has published several fascinating and important books in political philosophy.

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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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Tenure-Track Openings at Arizona State University

Arizona State University's SCETL has tenure-track openings in classical/medieval political philosophy and American constitutionalism and political thought. Begin August 2018.

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“Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought”

Edited volume by two JMC Fellows is now out in paperback.

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