Annelein de Dijn, Assistant Professor of Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam, spoke at the Alexander Hamilton Institute on Wednesday evening to participants in a group independent study that has formed under the supervison of AHI co-founder Robert Paquette. Jouvenel (1903-1987), a charter member of the Mont Pelerin Society, published more than thirty books during his career. His writings, [...]
Dr. Brian Anderson, Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and editor of City Journal, will speak on Bertrand de Jouvenel's political thought on 18 October at 5 pm in the Banquet Room of the Alexander Hamilton Institute. He will speak at a catered dinner to a select group of Hamilton College undergraduates, who are participating [...]
Kevin Honeycutt, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, inaugurated a special series on the French intellectual Bertrand de Jouvenel, one of the most important anti-totalitarian thinkers of the twentieth century. Professor Honeycutt completed a dissertation on Jouvenel at Emory University. Over dinner at the AHI on 21 September, Professor Honeycutt conversed with [...]
Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-1987) ranks as one of the most important--and understudied--political thinkers of the twentieth century. In an age of specialization, the breadth of genius can bring neglect. A French intellectual who was one of the charter members of the Mont Pelerin society, Jouvenel possessed a staggering range of erudition. His magnum opus consists [...]
Thomas K. Lindsay, President of Shimer College, “The Great Books College of Chicago,” will speak on “Teaching the Principles of the Founding,” at 7:30 pm, Wednesday, 29 April, at the headquarters of the AHI. Dr. Lindsay received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. […]
“When the AAUP [American Association of University Professors] speaks on academic freedom today,” maintains Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars (NAS), “it is in the awkward spot of invoking the authority of documents and traditions that it has, in substance, repudiated.” […]
The Edmund Burke Association, a student organization, founded within the Hamilton College Republican Club and devoted to the study of political thought and political theory, will host Christina Hoff Sommers. She will lecture on “The Failure of Feminism.” […]
Is conservatism an ideology? Is equality a conservative value? How does a conservative distinguish between liberty and license? Is Hamilton College hostile to conservative students? […]
On Wednesday evening, October 1, Professor Barry Alan Shain of Colgate University spoke to an audience of about 100 students, faculty, and interested laypersons on “Rights Natural and Civil in the Declaration of Indpendence.” […]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute and the Edmund Burke Association, a student group affiliated with the Hamilton College Republican Club, will co-sponsor the appearance of Barry Shain, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. […]
