“The United States Constitution,” observed Richard Epstein, one of the most cited legal scholars of his generation, “must, on any neutral evaluation, count as the greatest triumph of political statecraft in the history of the World.” To commemorate this great triumph, the Constitution’s framing and signing, Congress passed legislation in 2004 that set aside [...]
Carl B. Menges, the driving force behind the creation of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), passed away at his home in East Hampton, New York, on Wednesday September 8. “More than two decades ago,” observed AHI President Robert Paquette, “the idea of a center, inspired by the remarkable [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) family continues to spread its mission not only throughout the United States but abroad, as Senior Fellow Juliana Geran Pilon and Advisory Board Member Roger Pilon lecture through the auspices of the like-minded Common Sense Society (CSS), an international network that promotes liberty, prosperity, [...]
On Sunday, September 19 at 4:00 p.m., The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will host an open house and book signing in honor of resident fellow Mary Grabar. In September, Regnery, a company that specializes in publishing books intended to spark lively debate about major national issues, will release Dr. [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Joseph Fornieri, Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, will deliver the 14th Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence. The lecture will take place on Constitution Day, September 17, in RIT’s Carlson Auditorium, Room 1125, at [...]
In 2020, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), announced that it would respond to the cancellation and postponement of programmatic activities because of the Covid pandemic by creating reading clusters, open to a national audience, using Zoom. By all reports, AHI’s experiment in remote learning proved successful. In building [...]
In 2020, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) established the James Piereson Summer Internship. Dr. Piereson, a prominent public intellectual, has played a vital role in helping to erect the scaffolding of what AHI’s founders hoped would be an enduring edifice. Recipients of the Piereson Internship must demonstrate both [...]
The AHI Summer Conference on "Patriotism Ancient and Modern," recently took place June 11-13 at the Treasure Valley Classical Academy in Fruitland, Idaho. Distinguished scholars Scott Yenor of Boise State University, David Azerrad of Hillsdale College, Arthur Milikh of the Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life, and Timothy Burns of Baylor [...]
The University of North Georgia (UNG) has announced that four of their scholars have been selected to attend the AHI's Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS) June 16-30 in Washington, D.C. UNG alumnus Jacob Malimban and current students Taylor Mullikin, Ella Reid and Thomas Vella are four of 15 students selected. The AHI WAPONS program, [...]
