The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy invites applications for a part-time position as Assistant Director. In cooperation with the Director, the Assistant Director is responsible for day-to-day operations of the CSLD including programming, …
Year: 2025
“Augustinian Political Thought” Reading Group Begins 9/16:
Newly-elected American Pope Leo XIV is an American member of the international Augustinian religious order. Who was St. Augustine? How did he–and how do those still influenced by his thought–understand the role and power of …
Book Talk, 9/22 @ 12 p.m., Adam Szetela’s “That Book is Dangerous: How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing”
Join author Adam Szetela for a talk on his newly-released exposé of censorship in the publishing industry. In That Book Is Dangerous, Szetela investigates how well-intended efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious …
CSLD Featured in the Gargoyle
The spring issue of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Gargoyle magazine features an article on the CSLD. Check it out here.
CSLD Graduate Fellow Phillip Pinell to Teach @ FSU’s Institute for Governance & Civics
CSLD Graduate Fellow Phillip Pinell has accepted a position as a teaching faculty member at the Florida State University’s Institute for Governance and Civics. Pinell is earning his Ph.D. in political theory and American politics …
2025-26 CSPT Fellowship Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for 2025-26 Catholic Social & Political Thought Fellowships. All UW-Madison students (from rising freshman to graduate students, from any religious or non-religious tradition) are invited to apply. Offers will be made …
April 3rd Book Talk: Ilya Shapiro, Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites
Join the CSLD and the Federalist Society for a book talk by Ilya Shapiro of the Manhattan Institute on April 3rd from 12-1 in Room 5240 of the University of Wisconsin Law School (975 Bascom …
High school social studies teachers: Apply now for the 2025 Civic Literacy and Citizenship Symposium
All Wisconsin high school social studies teachers are invited to apply for the 2025 Civic Literacy & Citizenship Symposium, which will be held June 16-17 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells. Applications are …
Announcing Winners of the 2025 Undergraduate Essay Competition
This year’s winners of the CSLD Undergraduate Essay Competition are Jim Jia (1st place, $2500 scholarship), Hunter Vierck (2nd place, $1500 scholarship), and Ronan Piontek (3rd place, $1000 scholarship). Congratulations to all our winners, and …
Prof. Luke Foster discusses the Founders’ debates on university education
On February 10, Prof. Luke Foster (Hillsdale) presented Dueling Visions for Elite Education Reform: Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson, and the American University. Watch the video here!