2023 Disinvited Dinner
May 3, 2023
5:00 PM—9:00 PM
Monona Terrace (map)
The Disinvited Dinner celebrates and affirms a culture of free speech and First Amendment principles, the importance and meaning of academic freedom, and the search for Truth by offering a platform to someone whose speech …
See all eventsUndergraduate Essay Competition
June 4, 2023
7:07 PM
The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy is pleased to announce the winners of its sixth annual undergraduate essay competition. Each year, students are invited to submit essays on a timely question related to foundational freedoms and responsibilities in liberal democracies. For 2023, we invited responses to the question: Is it time to abolish…
See all eventsAdministrative Assistant III Job Opening
June 4, 2023
7:07 PM
The Center is hiring! We are currently accepting applications for an Administrative Assistant III. Join us as we probe the nature and prospects of liberal democracy and its core principles, practices, and institutions. Apply at …
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Essay Competition Winners:
Is it time to abolish lifetime tenure for US Supreme Court justices? Read the three best essays submitted on for this competition!
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Read Richard Avramenko’s review of Zachary Goldsmith’s, Fanaticism: A Political Philosophical History.
Just Published!
Now available, Richard Avramenko and Lee Trepanier’s, Canadian Conservative Political Thought.
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