The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy is pleased to welcome new Assistant Director Donald Hempson. Hempson brings decades of higher education leadership, at both Virginia Tech and the Ohio State University, where he …
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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.
Announcing the CSPT “Order & Influence” Lecture Series
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 …
Join us 2/4 at 6pm to hear Christopher Scalia address “How Conservatives Can Engage with Culture”
New CSLD-sponsored classes for Spring 2026: Foundations of Liberal Democracy & Catholic Legal Thought
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. …
Prof. Daniel Mark (Villanova) discusses his new book, The Nature of Law
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 …
The CSLD is Hiring an Assistant Director!
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, …
“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.