Dear Friends: October 16, 2014 A Message from the President: The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is nearing the end of another very successful year, and we want you to know we could not have done it without your support. Please consider a financial contribution of $100, $200, $300 [...]
On October 13, Chris Bissex, visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross, spoke on Gouverneur Morris and the Constitution to students in History 210 and the lecture was sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). Morris (1752-1816), one of the most important of [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will host its third annual Red Cross blood drive in partnership with the Hamilton College chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, on Saturday, October 11 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 21 West Park Row, Clinton, NY. Drop-ins are welcome, but if [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and the Government Department at Skidmore College are pleased to announce that Professor Michael Davis will deliver the Franklin Forum Fall Lecture 2014, on Thursday, November 20, at 5:15 p.m. in the Pohndorff Room, Lucy Scribner Library, 3rd Floor at Skidmore College. Professor Davis will speak on “The Friend is Another [...]
On Constitution Day, Dr. James Stoner delivered the Skidmore College Government Department’s Annual Alexander Hamilton Lecture in Constitutional Studies entitled, “The Written Constitution and the Unwritten Tradition of Common Law." The lecture was held at Skidmore College and was sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and the Government [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Charter Fellow Bob Paquette recently blogged about how students at many colleges know very little about U.S. history and the Constitution. Check out his post on SeeThruEd.com.
To watch the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization's (AHI) Seventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence, please click here. Bruce Frohnen, Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University delivered the Seventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on September 17 at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. [...]
On September 7, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) held its annual open house at 21 West Park Row in Clinton. It was wonderful to see old friends and colleagues, and to have the opportunity to welcome new and continuing students at Hamilton College. Photos courtesy of Philip Parkes, 17' [...]
Cambridge University Press has commissioned a multivolume project on the global history of slavery and three scholars from the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) were invited to participate. On September 19-20, Emory University hosted dozens of scholars from around the world who presented first drafts of essays that will [...]
