Thank you to all who submitted for the Undergraduate Essay Competition this year. Our topic was: “Should the United States make military or national service compulsory?” Congratulations to our top 3 scholarship recipients and two …
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Lawmaking in a Pandemic
The Plague, Power, & Policy: Lawmaking in a Pandemic conversation held last week is posted on our YouTube channel. Check it out!
CSLD Associate Director Scott Mobley on 1050 Bascom
Check out 1050 Bascom where our own Scott Mobley spoke with the Political Science podcast hosts on his journey from the naval academy to teaching at the UW. You can hear his full talk on …
Essay Submission Deadline Extended
The 2021 Undergraduate Essay Competition submission deadline has been extended until April 9, 2021. “Should the United States make military or national service compulsory?” Submit online at: https://csld.wisc.edu/undergraduate-essay-competition/
Call for Memos: 2021 Wisconsin Ideas Conference
The Sifting & Winnowing Foundation is hosts its annual Wisconsin Ideas Conference virtually on April 10th, 2021. The call for memos is now open. The deadline to apply early is Sunday, December 6th, or apply …
Menard family gift supports UW’s Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy (CSLD) announces a gift of $880,000 from the Menard family, in support of the Center’s stated mission to probe the nature and prospects of liberal …
New issue of The Political Science Reviewer now available!
Featuring a symposium on Political Leadership and an Author-Meets-Critics roundtable on Luke Sheahan’s new book, Why Associations Matter, have a look the latest volume of the Political Science Reviewer.
Sifting & Winnowing
The third volume of S&W’s Wisconsin Ideas Conference Papers are now published. The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy provides regular support to S&W. To learn more click here.
Nomocratic Pluralism: Plural Values, Negative Liberty, and the Rule of Law
2019 CSLD Visiting Scholar Ken McIntyre published Nomocratic Pluralism: Plural Values, Negative Liberty, and the Rule of Law this month. This book is a contribution to the ongoing conversation about value pluralism and its relation …
First Book Manuscript Workshop 2021
The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison invites submissions for its annual First Book Manuscript Workshop. The book selected will be the subject of a day-long conference at which …