The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates AHI alumnae Eryn Boyce of North Wales, Pennsylvania, on receiving a best thesis award from the Department of Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania. She wrote her master’s thesis on John Riddell (d. 1873), an architect who specialized in Italianate and Gothic [...]
Dr. Robert Hessen, a specialist in business and economic history, served as a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, since 1974. His major publications include Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab (1975) and In Defense of the Corporation (1979), which, at present, is in its fifth printing. He has published [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Senior Fellow Lee Cheek recently published an op-ed entitled "Don't Dishonor Calhoun," in The Post and Courier discussing vandalism and the southern memory.
An analysis of the 2016 presidential race co-authored by Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Resident Fellow David Frisk ran on one of the nation's foremost political websites, RealClearPolitics, on June 21. “It is rather exciting to be published by RCP,” Dr. Frisk said, “since it's a must-read for many [...]
On June 18 and 19, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) held its Seventh Annual Summer Conference, co-sponsored with the Department of Political Science at Baylor University at 21 W. Park Row, Clinton, New York. The conference focused on “Churchill and de Gaulle: Statesmanship in a Democratic Age,” with discussions led by Professor Daniel [...]
In Democracy in America (1835-1840), the French intellectual and statesman Alexis de Tocqueville singled out the “celebrated Alexander Hamilton” for his great contributions to constitutional thought in The Federalist. For the French statesman and diplomat Talleyrand, Hamilton ranked with Napoleon as one of the “greatest men of our epoch.” In Alexander Hamilton: A Biography (1979), [...]
On June 8-9 the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) in Austin, Texas, hosted a “Western Civilization Summit” that featured five scholars associated with the independent Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). AHI Academic Advisor Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, delivered the keynote address on Monday [...]
Photos Copyright 2015 Tom Loughlin Jr., Utica, N.Y.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Philip J. Parkes on having been awarded a prestigious seat at the American Enterprise Institute’s Summer Honors Program. This highly competitive program, which ran from June 1-June 15, provides “a public policy and career development opportunity for undergraduate student leaders.” Parkes, [...]
On June 2, fifty-five scholars published an open letter critical of the 2014 Advanced Placement United States History framework produced by College Board, a non-profit corporation that has a monopoly on such testing in American high schools. The signatories included five scholars affiliated with the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI): [...]
