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.
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.
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 to political life. Its uniqueness lies in its insistence that the acceptance of value pluralism involves placing certain limitations on …
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 each part of the manuscript will receive critical commentary from scholars with related areas of expertise. The workshop will be …
The CSLD is accepting applications for academic year 2021-2022.
The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy is proud to introduce our 2020 post-doctoral fellows. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Robert Burton and Dr. John Boersma.
Volume 44.1 of The Political Science Reviewer, a publication of the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, is now available. This issue features articles written for the symposium on wit in the history of political thought.
The 2020 undergraduate essay competition is complete. This year’s essay topic was “Should Patriotism be taught at UW Madison?” From the 32 submissions, Jacob Bernstein took first place; second place went to Nils Peterson; and third place to Lucas Olsen. Honorable mention goes to Cleo Rank and Tony Mattioli. Thank you to all scholarship recipients!
Listen to CSLD alumnus Prof. Lee Trepanier talk about “Aristotle for Planners” on former student Zach Vega’s podcast “Welcome To.”
Visiting Scholar Ken McIntyre may have had to leave campus early due to Covid-19, but the product of his hours stuck in the oldest building on campus has resulted in the first of a few expected publications. The Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism series offers a forum to writers concerned that the central presuppositions of the …
Scholarships of $1000 each are available for matriculated UW–Madison undergraduates enrolling in the summer course: Political Science 460, “Conservative Political Thought.” Richard Avramenko (CSLD Director) and Michael Promisel (CLSD Fellow) will co-teach the course. The course will be conducted online during the UW—Madison 2020 summer term, from June 15 through July 10. This is an …