Dr. Walter Brumm Wins Inaugural Bakwin Fellowship
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) has awarded Dr. Walter Brumm, an independent scholar, the inaugural E. M. (Peter) Bakwin Fellowhip. […]
George Nash to Speak at AHI and Hamilton College 9 April
George H. Nash, Senior Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in Mecosta, Michigan, will deliver two lectures sponsored by the AHI on 9 April. Dr. Nash was graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College (1967) and received a Ph. D. in history from Harvard (1973). […]
Philosopher to Speak on David Hume and the American Revolution 1 April
David Hume ranks as one of the pivotal figures in modern Western political philosphy. His paradigm-breaking Treatise of Human Nature(1739-40) challenged accepted theories of natural law and understandings of reason and exerted a profound influence on the development of social theory, ethics, and politics. […]
AHI Fellow Publishes on Socrates
AHI Senior Fellow Mary Nichols chairs the department of political science at Baylor University. She has recently published with Cambridge University Press Socrates on Friendship and Community: Reflections on Plato’s Symposium, Phaedras, and Lysis. […]
Richard Erlanger Joins AHI Board of Directors
The AHI’s Board of Directors approved at its February meeting the elevation of Richard A. Erlanger of New Canaan, Connecticut, to a seat on the board. Mr. Erlanger, a 1963 graduate of Hamilton College, has spent his entire career advising, managing, and investing in venture and private equity portfolio companies as an individual and as [...]
AHI Fellow Cheek Debates Ravoke on the Anti-Federalists
Were the Anti-Federalists Right to oppose the ratification of the United States Constitution? Has the unarrested growth of federal power justified their worst fears and endangered civil liberty? H. Lee Cheek, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Brewton-Parker College and an AHI Senior Fellow, and Jack Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History [...]
AHI Fellow Brings Newt Gingrich to Colgate
Robert Kraynak, Professor of Political Science at Colgate University, Department Chairman, Director of The Center for Freedom and Western Civilization, and an AHI Senior Fellow, will host the appearance of Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich at Colgate University. […]
Economics Student Speaks on Democratization in China
Garvin S. Kiernan, a junior economics major and brother of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, spoke at the AHI’s headquarters on Wednesday evening, 11 March, at the invitation of AHI co-founder James Bradfield. Mr. Kiernan, a student of both economics and Chinese at Hamilton College, presented on “Democratization in China.” […]
AHI Director Receives Jeanne Kirkpatrick Award
On 26 February Stephen Balch, Chairman, National Association of Scholars and a member of the AHI’s board of directors, received the Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award, sponsored by the Bradley Foundation. […]
National Association of Scholars Praises 'Dexter'
Dexter, an independent student newspaper at Hamilton College, received praise from Peter Wood, President of the National Association Scholars, in Sunday Blog of the NAS website. Professor Wood spoke at Hamilton College Friday, 27 February, on the meaning of academic freedom. […]
