The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the schedule and event details for the Annual Undergraduate Conference on the American Polity, April 1-2 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. On Friday evening, April 1 at 8:00 p.m. Diana Schaub, Professor, Department of Political Science, Loyola University [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) would like to congratulate Charter Fellow Robert Paquette on the recent publication his review of Edward Baptist's The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism in the Library of Law and Liberty. In his review, Paquette states that "recent [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the March 8, 2016 issue of Enquiry has been published. Enquiry, is an independent publication sponsored by the AHI. A student-run publication, it has as its mission the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”
Robert Paquette Robert Paquette, Charter Fellow of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) has published in the spring 2016 issue of the journal Academic Questions an article that provides new information about Chief Justice Roger Taney and his thinking in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Zachary Oscar on being awarded a summer internship with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. ACTA is “an independent, non-profit organization committed to academic freedom, excellence, and accountability at America's colleges and universities.” Each year, ACTA awards internships to both [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Resident Fellow Dr. Mary Grabar recently wrote an article for Federalist on the Melissa Click case which was also picked up by RealClearPolitics.com. In her article "Melissa Click: One Bad Professor Fired, Thousands More to Go," Grabar discusses that although Click was eventually fired for her [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the February 29 issue of Enquiry has been published. Enquiry, is an independent publication sponsored by the AHI. A student-run publication, it has as its mission the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Washington Program on National Security (WaPoNS) program aims to prepare promising and motivated college students for the challenges of a rapidly changing global environment by offering them an opportunity to engage with some of the best thinkers on and practitioners in the field of [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Academic Advisor Richard Vedder wrote an opinion piece which appeared in The Wall Street Journal on March 1. His article "The Transformation of Economics" discusses the five biggest changes that Vedder has seen in economics over the past half-century. Richard K. Vedder, Senior Fellow at [...]
Mary Grabar, Visiting Fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), recently published the article "'Big History' Kicks American History to the Back of the Class" which discusses the fading out of the teaching of American history. Mary Grabar, Ph.D., has taught college English for over twenty years. She is [...]
