The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates AHI Academic Advisor Richard Brookhiser on receiving the 2015 Henry and Anne Paolucci Award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) for Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln (Basic Books, 2014). The ISI's Paolucci Book Award honors the best work that advances conservative principles. The award [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Charter Fellow Robert Paquette and Academic Adviser Mark Smith on the announcement by Oxford University Press (OUP) that it will be publishing a paperback version of The Oxford Handbook of Slavery in the Americas (2010). Co-edited by Paquette and Smith, this widely praised [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) would like to inform you that all available tickets for our special theatre benefit in conjunction with 'Hamilton' on Wednesday, October 7th, 8 p.m. at the Richard Rodgers Theatre have been purchased and the event is now SOLD OUT. We heartily express our appreciation to all of [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Resident Fellow Dr. Mary Grabar recently published the article "Common Core, Creeping into Everything." Mary Grabar, Ph.D., has taught college English for over twenty years. She is the founder of the Dissident Prof Education Project, Inc., an education reform initiative that offers information and resources for students, [...]
Will Eagan, from Hingham, Massachusetts, a 2011 alumnus of the independent Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), is completing a doctorate in statistics at Purdue University. This summer current AHI Undergraduate Fellow Amy Elinski caught up with him to conduct an interview, seeking his thoughts on higher education and [...]
On August 6-7, twelve scholars of diverse fields gathered at Liberty Fund headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, to participate in a Socratic seminar spanning four sessions over two days to discuss Richard Epstein’s book The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government (Harvard University Press, 2014). Invited participants included two fellows of the Alexander Hamilton [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will offer a free course titled: “The Constitution in the 20th Century and Today: Key Decisions and Controversies” from September 14 to December 14. The combined lecture-discussion is open to the public and will meet Monday evenings at the AHI building, 21 W. Park [...]
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 [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) alumnus Dean Ball recently interviewed Robert Putnam for Minding the Campus. The interview discussed Robert Putnam's latest book, Our Kids. Dean Ball is Policy Manager, Center for State and Local Leadership, at the Manhattan Institute.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates alumnus Timothy Minella on the successful defense of his dissertation. A specialist in the history of science, he will receive his Ph. D. in August from the University of South Carolina. In 2010, he received the University of South Carolina’s prestigious Presidential Doctoral [...]
