Past Events
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May 42022 Disinvited DinnerThe 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 has been suppressed elsewhere.
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Mar 10Patriotism: Our Most Contested Virtue (Steven B. Smith, Yale University)1266 Grainger Hall, Executive Dining Room
Patriotism is a disposition as old as political life. Yet patriotism, or love of country, has always had to contend with a number of different loyalties — family, sect, and clan. Prof. Steven Smith of Yale University seeks to reclaim patriotism from two recent extremes, both the nationalist right and the multi-culturalist left. These extremes, …
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Feb 10Redeeming Punishment: Catholic Approaches to Criminal Justice ReformFluno Center Auditorium
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Dec 19American Awakening (Joshua Mitchell, Georgetown University)America has always been committed to the idea that citizens can work together to build a common world. Prof. Mitchell will give a public talk on his recently published book, American Awakening, in which he argues that the chief barrier to this ideal is identity politics, which seeks to transform America by turning politics into a religious venue of …
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Nov 18Public Debate: Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Chinese State-owned Enterprises?Fluno Center Auditorium
BDS Debate Poster Resolved: Morality Requires We Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Chinese State-Owned Enterprises Join the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy and the ISI Tom Sawyer Society for a debate featuring Dr. Robert S. Spalding III and Dr. Howard French on the resolution: Morality requires that we boycott, divest, and sanction Chinese state-owned …
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Oct 7Tocqueville, Democracy, and Religion (Alan Kahan, Université de Paris-Saclay)Education Building Auditorium (Room L196)
What is the ideal relationship between church and state in a democratic society? Is religion a threat to freedom, or freedom a threat to religion? Should we concentrate on what religion can do to democracy, or what religion can do for democracy? Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), the author of the greatest book ever written about …
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Apr 28Plague, Power, & Policy: Lawmaking in a PandemicSchool of Education Auditorium (Room L196)
The COVID-19 pandemic has renewed ongoing questions about government power and constitutional liberties. Join us for a panel discussion of where the line is between the government’s emergency authority to protect public health and the rights of individuals, business owners, and organizations. Register for this discussion via zoom. Moderator Eric Kasper is the Director of …
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Apr 20Lecture: Catholic Social Thought and Public Policy
School of Education Auditorium (Room L196)
Dr. Gladden Pappin (Department of Political Science, University of Dallas) Please join us on Tuesday, April 20th, for a talk about Catholic Social Thought and its practical implementation in Public Policy by Professor Gladden Pappin. Dr. Pappin is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Dallas where he teaches courses in political …
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Apr 13Free Speech Dilemmas in Social Media
Join Dr. Kate Klonick and University of Wisconsin, Stout Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovations for a conversation about social media regulation and free speech on Tuesday, April 13th at 3 P.M. CDT (4 P.M. EDT). Register to join the conversation via zoom. Dr. Kate Klonick teaches Property, Internet Law, and a …
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Nov 12Arms and the University with Dr. Don DownsPlease join us Thursday November 12, 2020 at 9:30 am for a discussion with Dr. Donald Downs, exploring the dynamic and sometimes tense civil-military relationship between the armed forces and U.S. universities. Dr. Downs is the Alexander Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science Emeritus, and the Affiliate Professor of Law, and Journalism Emeritus at UW–Madison. In …