Undergraduate Fellows

First Issue of “Enquiry” Published for the Fall Semester

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that student-run newsletter Enquiry, has published its first issue (Enquiry, Volume VIII, No. 1) for the fall 2020-2021 academic year. Enquiry, is an AHI-sponsored publication devoted to the promotion of “free thought and discourse.” Shortly, all articles will be available [...]

AHI’s Constitution Day Includes White House Invitation

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) celebrated its thirteenth anniversary on Constitution Day, September 17.  It marked the ninetieth birthday of Carl B. Menges, a charter member of AHI’s board of directors.  More than two decades ago, Mr. Menges invited Robert Paquette, a Hamilton College historian, to lunch at [...]

13th Carl B. Menges Colloquium, a Webinar, “The Conception of America,” September 14 – 18

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce its co-sponsorship with the National Association of Scholars (NAS) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) of the virtual conference, “Slavery or Freedom:  The Conception of America,” September 14-18.  The conference will serve as AHI’s Thirteenth Annual Carl B. Menges [...]

AHI Continues Activity During Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic forced the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) to postpone a number of events scheduled for 2020 and to redirect energies toward remote learning.  Members of AHI’s extended family continue, however, to host reading clusters, answer requests for interviews, and publish on the current political and cultural [...]

Meet AHI Summer Intern Walker Cummins

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the award of a summer internship to Walker Cummins of Richmond, Virginia.  Walker and his friend John Madigan, also an AHI Undergraduate Fellow, are working to revive Hamilton College’s Republican Club. AHI Undergraduate Fellow Walker Cummins “Growing [...]

AHI Alum Timothy Minella Publishes on Medicine and Politics

Dr. Timothy Minella, an alumnus of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), has published an essay “There’s No Such Thing as Medicine Divorced from Politics” on Arc Digital, a website “committed to intellectual pluralism.”  Dr. Minella graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Hamilton College, 2009, and earned a Ph.D. in the [...]

AHI Announces Inaugural Recipient of the James Piereson Summer Internship

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the award of the inaugural James Piereson Summer Internship to Casimir Zablotski of Buffalo, New York.  Mr. Zablotski is a rising junior at Hamilton College.  He is one of the leaders of AHI’s Undergraduate Fellows Program and has served [...]

“Enquiry” Article on Bernie Sanders Attracts National Media

The College Fix, a website run by the Student Free Press Association, has taken notice of Casimir Zablotski’s Enquiry article on Bernie Sanders at Hamilton College. In “New Details about Bernie Sanders’ Career as a Professor Emerge,” The College Fix praises Zablotski, a Hamilton College sophomore, for his investigative journalism. Although Sanders lacks a graduate [...]

“Enquiry:” Bernie at Hamilton College and a Letter from the Editor

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is please to announce that the May 18, 2020 issue of Enquiry  (at home edition) has been published.  This will be the final edition of the student-run newsletter for the 2019-2020 academic year and we look forward to its return in the fall. All [...]

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