The spring issue of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Gargoyle magazine features an article on the CSLD. Check it out here.
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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!
8th Annual Undergraduate Essay Competition Announced!
All UW-Madison undergraduate students are invited to enter the CLSD’s 8th Annual Essay Competition. Submissions due 3/11. More information available here.
Spring CSPT Reading Group: Jacques Maritain’s Man & the State
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 …
Panel on Student Protest and Freedom of Expression
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.