Events
In most years, the Forum will host two or three visitors to campus to present their research to students and faculty. See below for information about upcoming and past speakers.
Spring 2024
January 26-27, 2024: Conference: Old Lessons for New Challenges: What the Past Can Teach Us about AI and New Media, 兔子先生. Participants include Jeremy Bailey (University of Oklahoma), Jeffrey Church (兔子先生), Michelle Clarke (Dartmouth College), Alin Fumurescu (兔子先生), Michael A. Gillespie (Duke University), Mar A. Keys (University of Notre Dame), Mihnea Maruta (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania), Jan-Werner M眉ller (Princeton University), Cary J. Nederman (Texas A&M University), Alexander Orwin (Louisiana State University), Thomas Pfau (Duke University), Michelle Schwarze (University of Wisconsin - Madison).
March 21, 2024: Gianna Englert (Southern Methodist University): "Tracing the 'True Liberalism': F.A. Hayek as a Reader of Tocqueville". Photos
April 19, 2024: Bryan Garsten (Yale University): "The Liberalism of Refuge". Photos
Fall 2023
September 15: Prof. Michael Zuckert - Notre Dame
"Thinkin' About Lincoln", and gave a lecture titled "Lincoln's Constitutionalism"
Flyer and Photos
Fall 2022
October 14: Justin Dyer - UT Austin
"Power, Goodness, and the Limits of Sovereignty: Theology and Politics in the Making
of America"
Lecture on John Whiterspoon Flyer
September 23: Steven Smith (Yale), Constitution Day Lecture
鈥淧atriotism, Our Most Contested Virtue鈥�
See poster HERE and photo HERE.
Spring 2022
February 25: Alexander Orwin (Louisiana State)
鈥淢ind over Matter: Averroes' Innovative Discussion of Gender Equality鈥�
See poster HERE.
March 4: Ted Widmer (CUNY)
鈥淟incoln on the Verge鈥�
See poster HERE.
April 13: Donald Drakeman
"From Breakthrough to Blockbuster: The Business of Biotechnology"
4 p.m. in the Honors College, room 212S
Or Join via Zoom at this link:
See more details HERE.
Fall 2021
September 17: Allison Stanger (Middlebury College)
鈥淐onsumers vs. Citizens: The American Constitution in the Digital Age,鈥� Constitution
Day Lecture
See poster, photos here and here.
December 10-11: Persian Letters Conference
*supported by the Jack Miller Center
Spring 2021
(all events held online)
February 12: Keith Whittington (Princeton University)
鈥淔reedom of Thought and the Struggle to End Slavery鈥�
March 12: Steven Smith (Yale University)
鈥淧atriotism, Our Most Contested Virtue鈥�
Fall 2020
(held online)
September 16: 鈥淟imits of Liberalism during the American Founding: The 鈥榓nti-democratic鈥� thought
of Jefferson and Adams鈥�
A celebration of Constitution Day with UH Ph.D.s Robert Ross (Utah State) and Bruce Hunt (Angelo State).
*supported by Jack Miller Center and Institute for Humane Studies
October 9: 鈥淒emagoguery, the Presidency and the Constitution Today鈥�
Benjamin Kleinerman (Baylor), Stephen Knott (U.S. Naval War College) and Jeremy Bailey
*supported by Jack Miller Center
October 23: 鈥淭he Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over
Race in America鈥�
Nicholas Buccola, Linfield College
*cosponsored with political science; supported by Jack Miller Center
October 23: Reading Frederick Douglass Faculty
discussion with Nick Buccola, author of "The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass:
In Pursuit of Liberty"
*cosponsored with Phron锚sis; supported by Jack Miller Center
Spring 2020
February 14: 鈥淔ree Speech: Its Importance and Limits鈥�
Donald Downs, University of Wisconsin
*sponsored by IHS grant on freedom of speech and intellectual inquiry and cosponsored
by Jack Miller Center
February 20: 鈥淭he Female Drama in Plato鈥檚 Republic鈥�
Charlotte Thomas, Mercer University
*sponsored by grant from Jack Miller Center
March 3: Live Commentary on Super Tuesday
Henry Olsen, Washington Post
*cosponsored with Honors College
Spring 2019
April: Wayne Ambler (University Colorado-Boulder)鈥淟颈惫测鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;History of Rome鈥�
Fall 2018
September 14: Jonathan Marks (Ursinus College)
鈥淟eft, Right, Wrong鈥�
October 29: Norma Thompson (Director, Whitney Humanities Center)
鈥淭eaching the Great Books鈥�
Spring 2018
February 23: Steven Smith (Yale University)
鈥淟incoln and the Politics of 'Great Ambition'鈥�
"Political Philosophy and the Dark Arts"
April 5: Dan Cullen (Rhodes College)
鈥淭he Situation of Freedom鈥�
Fall 2017
September 15: Jeffrey K. Tulis (The University of Texas at Austin)Constitution Day: 鈥淩hetorical Presidency鈥�
Spring 2017
January 25: Jeremi Suri (The University of Texas)鈥淩ussia versus the West: Hostilities between Russia, Europe, and the United States from Lenin to Putin鈥�
Fall 2016
James W. Ceaser (University of Virginia)
"The Presidency and Demagoguery"
September 26: David Ciepley (University of Denver)
鈥淭he Constitution as a Corporation鈥�
Spring 2016
January 25: Arthur M. Melzer (Michigan State University)
鈥淧hilosophy Between the Lines 鈥� The Lost History of Esoteric Writing鈥�
March 4: George Thomas (Claremont McKenna College)
鈥淭he Idea of a National University鈥�
March 5: 鈥淭he Future of American Political Thought鈥� (conference)
With Paulina Ochoa Espejo (Haverford College), Ben Kleinerman (Michigan State University),
George Thomas (Claremont McKenna College), Daniel Kapust (University of Wisconsin-Madison),
Aurelian Craiutu (Indiana University-Bloomington), Natalie Taylor (Skidmore College),
Daniel Klinghard (College of the Holy Cross) and Justin Dyer (University of Missouri)
April 15: Paul Carrese (Air Force Academy)
"Moderation and American Grand Strategy"
Fall 2015
September 18: Stephen Wirls (Rhodes College)
Constitution Day: "Thomas Jefferson on Character, Virtue, and a Constitution of Liberty"
November 6: Keith Whittington (Princeton University)
鈥淐onstitutional Construction鈥�