Submissions now open for the 2026 Undergraduate Essay Competition!
We are pleased to announce the 9th Annual Undergraduate Essay Competition, with scholarship prizes ranging from $1,000-$2,500. Details and deadlines can be found here.
We are pleased to announce the 9th Annual Undergraduate Essay Competition, with scholarship prizes ranging from $1,000-$2,500. Details and deadlines can be found here.
The Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative is pleased to announce its spring “Order and Influence” lecture series, which explores the influence of leading Catholic religious orders and lay associations on aspects of broader cultural and political life. Campus lectures are open to all members of the campus community and the general public. (Final field trip …
The CSLD is pleased to announce two new classes for the Spring 2026 semester, open to both undergraduates and law students, offered in cooperation with the Department of Legal Studies and the UW Law School. Law 940-011/Legal Studies 600-006 Foundations of Liberal Democracy is a three-credit course open to both undergraduate and law students (P/F …
Join us on Thursday, October 23rd at noon in Room 7200 of the UW Law School for a book talk by Daniel Mark (Villanova), who will discuss the connection between legal duties and moral obligations.Lunch provided. Co-sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center for public leadership.
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, development, strategic planning, intra-University relations, relations with Wisconsin State legislators, and relations with the national community of scholars, institutes, and …
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 the State? Join us for an exploration of St. Augustine of Hippo and his far-reaching impact on Western social and …
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 problems for literary freedom. Drawing from interviews with presidents and vice presidents at the Big Five publishers, literary agents at …
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 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 and will soon be defending his dissertation, “The Idea of the Nation in Twentieth-Century Spanish Political Thought.” He will be …