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 on a rolling basis through early fall. For more information and to apply, see here.
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 Mall, Madison). Lunch will be served and book copies will be available for purchase.
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 due April 30th. Participants receive lodging, meals, and a $200 stipend. For more information or to apply, click here.
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 thanks to the many undergraduate students who submitted high-quality essays for this year’s competition! You can read this year’s (and …
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!
All UW–Madison undergraduate students are invited to enter the CLSD’s 8th Annual Essay Competition. Submissions due 3/11. More information available here.
All UW–Madison students are invited to join the spring reading group of the Catholic Social & Political Thought Initiative. This semester we will meet every other Tuesday from 2/11-4/22 in the Law School for dinner and discussion of Jacques Maritain’s Man & the State, a collection of lectures delivered at the University of Chicago during …
January 29th, 5-7 pm, Pyle Center. Join expert faculty from UW–Madison and beyond to explore the UW’s new rules on campus speech and their implications for dissent on campus.
Join CSLD and the Federalist Society for a free lunch lecture by Casey Mattox, Vice President for Legal Strategy at Stand Together and Senior Advisor at Americans for Prosperity, to discuss the state of free speech on American campuses. Register here.
It’s been a busy summer at the CSLD! This fall the CSLD welcomes new director Cecelia Klingele, Professor of Law and former CSLD Advisory Board member. In addition to serving as director, Professor Klingele will continue to head the CSLD’s Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative. She will be joined by Professor Anuj Desai (heading the Center’s Free …