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Dear Friend: If you have already made a tax-deductible contribution to the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) for this year, we thank you for your generosity.   If not, we send this note as a friendly reminder that the AHI needs your support. As we near the end of 2016, the [...]

From the President’s Desk

Dear Friend: The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is nearing the celebration of its tenth anniversary.  We could not have done it without you, and we write to ask for your continued support and to explain why it is so urgently needed. In preparing young people for the great challenges [...]

AHI Sets Agenda at Constitution Day Event

Judging by the turnout at the Open House and Constitution Day celebration on September 18, the 2016/2017 academic year will be a stellar one for the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI).  The event opened with a period of socializing over hors d’oeuvres and drinks and then moved to the Presidential [...]

AHI Charter Fellow Douglas Ambrose Named Distinguished Teaching Professor

Douglas Ambrose, a Charter Fellow of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), and Professor of History at Hamilton College, has been named the Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis Distinguished Teaching Professor of History. Professor Douglas Ambrose The chairmanship is one of eight recently announced at the college, [...]

AHI Announces New Facebook Page

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that we have created a new Facebook page. We invite you to visit and like the AHI’s new Facebook page to receive all official news, events and other AHI-related updates. This will not replace our current group, which will continue [...]

AHI Announces the Ninth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium April 14-16, 2016

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the tentative schedule and participants for the Ninth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium April 14-16, 2016, at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY.  The colloquium is devoted to the theme “Tolerance, the Constitution, and the Limits of an Open Society.” Dr. Roger Pilon Vice [...]

Support the AHI

As we near the end of 2014, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) hopes you will again consider a financial contribution of $100, $200, $300 or more to further our existing programs and future initiatives. For a sampling of our work in 2015 we invite you to read “A Message [...]

From the President’s Desk

Dear Friends: The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is nearing the end of another very successful year. Please know how grateful we are for your continued support.  Recent unrest and outright thuggery at many of this country’s most prestigious colleges and universities—Yale, Dartmouth, Princeton, Claremont McKenna, and Hamilton College, to [...]

October 7, 2015: The AHI Requests the Pleasure of Your Company at a Broadway Musical Theatre Benefit

To purchase tickets for this gala evening, please contact: Bob Paquette: bob@the ahi.org, or Cordelia Menges: ccmenges@aol.com Please respond by August 1, 2015 to secure your tickets. BENEFACTOR Tickets @ $750 each include dinner before the show and premium seating. PATRON Tickets @ $500 include best seats available. SPONSOR Tickets @ $350 each include good [...]

AHI-Baylor University to Hold Seventh Annual Summer Conference

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that its Seventh Annual Summer Conference, co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science at Baylor University, will be held June 18-19 at 21 W. Park Row, Clinton, New York. The conference is open to the public, but seating is limited. [...]

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