Past Events

4850 Grainger
February 26, 2024 @ 2:25 pm

Conservative Political Thought Lecture Series Featuring Richard Boyd from Georgetown University

4850 Grainger
February 19, 2024 @ 2:25 pm

Conservative Political Thought Lecture Series Featuring Kirstin Birkhaug from Hope College

Grainger 4850
February 12, 2024 @ 2:25 pm

Conservative Political Thought Lecture Series Featuring Ethan Alexander-Davey from Campbell University

4850 Grainger
February 5, 2024 @ 2:25 pm

Join us for the first talk of our conservative political thought lecture series this spring. Featuring Ian Crowe from Belmont Abbey College.

Room 3250 University of Wisconsin Law School
November 13, 2023 @ 12:00 pm

CSLD will be co-hosting this event with the Federalist Society and food will be provided. The event will feature Ilya Shapiro from the Manhattan Institute and Prof. Desai from the Wisconsin Law School.

Fluno Center
September 30, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

What has led to the growing number of black voices on the right? What issues and beliefs unite the black conservative movement(s)? And what can black conservative thought teach us about rights and liberties in …

Lubar Commons
September 13, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Join us for two talks and a panel discussion concerning the role of education in a flourishing American democracy. Featuring philosophers Dave Schmidtz and Harry Brighouse, co-authors of the forthcoming book Markets in Education (Oxford …

Wisconsin IDEA Room -- Room 159, Education Building 1000 Bascom Hill
September 13, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

September 13th 12:00-1:30 PM Wisconsin IDEA Room Does the First Amendment guarantee us the right to be free from religion in the public square? Does it guarantee religious individuals and institutions the right to be exempt from otherwise valid laws that burden their religious beliefs and practices? In this lecture, Dr. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (Notre Dame) will explore our “first freedom” in light of the thought of America’s founding fathers.

June 21, 2023

The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy is hosting a two-day conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus, June 21–23, on “Freedom of Speech in Wisconsin’s High Schools.” The purpose of the conference is …

Monona Terrace
May 3, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Disinvited Dinner celebrates and affirms a culture of free speech and First Amendment principles, the importance and meaning of academic freedom, and the search for Truth by offering a platform to someone whose speech …