Past Events
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Apr 13Problems in Higher Education Today
Fluno Center
Please Register Here Critical Race Theory has become a flash point in politics, workplaces, the military, K–12 classrooms, and our universities. Many argue that CRT turns its back on Martin Luther King, Jr. and related aspirational arguments about a colorblind constitution. The Center will examine these and related questions. Is CRT legal to teach among …
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Mar 21The Legality of Race-Based University Admissions
Fluno Center
Please Register Here The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments on whether it is legal for universities to consider race as a factor in university admissions. What is the case about? What do the data show about admissions practices? What would a ruling striking down race-based policies mean for universities? The Center will …
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Mar 8Embodying Catholic Social Teaching in Uganda
Pyle Center
Please Register Here Join us to hear Jay Carney talk about his recent book, For God and My Country: Catholic Leadership in Modern Uganda. Jay Carney is Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Christian Spirituality Program at Creighton University where he has taught since 2011. His research focuses on modern Catholic history and …
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Mar 7Funding Students Instead of Systems: The Case for Educational Freedom
Pyle Center
Please Register Here Corey DeAngelis will make the case for funding students instead of systems in K-12 education. He will take on the most common arguments against the concept of school choice and discuss how the policy landscape and political dynamic has shifted over the past few years. Corey DeAngelis is a senior fellow at …
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Feb 1Catholic Perspectives on Care for Creation
Pyle Center
Please Register Here Religions have views of beginnings and endings. Both relate to creation, and its many manifestations and processes, both seen and unseen. Panelists will discuss how Catholicism relates to perspectives, processes, and problems that they study. Alfonso Morales (UW–Madison Department of Planning & Landscape Architecture) will discuss his work with farmers markets developing …
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Jan 13Conference for Early-Career Women in Political Theory and Constitutional StudiesCSLD co-sponsored an event with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government at the University of Notre Dame on January 13, 2023. Our director, Rick Avramenko helped to organize the conference, where attendees were given the opportunity to present an abstract from one of their papers and receive feedback from both attendees and participants in …
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Dec 15Rights and Responsibilities: A Symposium for School Board MembersGreat Wolf Lodge
The importance of school boards has come to the forefront in recent years. Learn more about your rights and responsibilities as a board member, and how to approach your local community leadership position with fairness, understanding, and humanity. The presenters joining us for this event are: Robert Pondiscio (Keynote), Cory Brewer (WILL), Zander Keig (FAIR …
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Oct 13Civic Literacy and Citizenship Symposium 2022
The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy (CSLD) is hosting a two-day symposium at the Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells on October 13-15, 2022. This symposium, titled “Civic Literacy and Citizenship,” seeks to enhance high school teaching in texts and ideas that contribute to a deeper understanding of America’s history, citizenship, and founding …
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Sep 9Free Trade DebateFluno Center Auditorium
Free Trade – How much and with whom? At least since the unanticipated rise of Donald Trump’s anti-international trade rhetoric during the 2016 presidential election, Americans across the political spectrum have been reevaluating what it means for America to benefit from our globalized networks of exchange. For decades the consensus, from Ivy League economics departments …
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Sep 9Constitution Day 2022
Presentation: What is an America worth saving? Professor Lucas Morel, Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom and director of the Politics & Values Program at George Washington University Lincoln, the Founding, and an America Worth Saving argues that the most important influence on Lincoln’s political thought and …