Carl B. Menges Colloquium

Final Schedule for the Eleventh Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium, November 15-17

Eleventh Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium, November 15-17, 2018 “Hamilton v, Jefferson:  On History, Freedom, and Republican Government” Location: Montalto, Monticello, Virginia Student Logistics: Information for History 242 and History Club Students on Bus.  Loading time begins at 5 a.m.; departure time promptly at 5:30 a.m.  DO NOT BE LATE. POCKET ENVELOPES WITH NAME TAGS AND [...]

AHI Announces Special Event Hamilton v. Jefferson: On History, Freedom, and Republican Government

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation for a special event at Monticello, November 15-17, 2018: “Hamilton v. Jefferson: On History, Freedom, and Republican Government.” AHI Executive Director Robert Paquette and Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, Vice President of [...]

From the President’s Desk

Dear Friend: On September 17, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) celebrated its tenth anniversary. AHI Charter Fellow Douglas Ambrose delivered the Tenth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture on Constitutional Jurisprudence, an electrifying performance to a packed house on "Revisiting the Idea of a Godless Constitution.” As the holiday season [...]

Meet AHI Alum Landry Frei

Landry Frei, a native of Bend, Oregon, spent four years of his undergraduate life actively participating in the programmatic activities of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI).  During his junior and senior years, he served as co-leader of the AHI’s Undergraduate Fellows program.   A versatile young man, as comfortable in [...]

AHI Undergraduate Leaders Recognized

On Saturday, May 6, 2017, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) recognized Elizabeth Barry, Taylor Elicegui, Amy Elinski, Alex Klosner, and Phil Parkes, five senior leaders of its undergraduate fellows program at Hamilton College. Friends, parents, and AHI fellows attended the reception and banquet, which was held at AHI [...]

Save the Date: Hamilton v. Jefferson Colloquium at Monticello, Nov. 15-17, 2018

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation for a special event at Monticello, November 15-17, 2018: “Hamilton v. Jefferson: On History, Freedom, and Republican Government.” AHI Executive Director Robert Paquette and Dr. Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, Vice President of [...]

Video: Robert George Opens the AHI Menges/Churchill Institute Colloquium

Professor Robert P. George, founding director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions opened the Inaugural Churchill Institute Colloquium and Tenth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium on March 30 at the Hilton Hotel in Hartford, CT.  Professor George was introduced by Churchill Institute director Dr. Gregory Smith, Professor of Political Science, Trinity College. Click here for a [...]

AHI Alum Dean Ball Publishes on Oakeshott and Confucius “In Conversation”

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Dean Ball, former co-leader of the AHI Undergraduate Fellows Program (class of 2014), on the publication in Collingwood and British Idealism Studies of “ ‘Ideas of Another Order’: Michael Oakeshott and Confucius in Conversation.”  Ball wrote the essay during his senior year in an independent [...]

Final Schedule and Conferees Announced: AHI Menges/Churchill Colloquium March 30 – April 2, Hartford, CT

The final schedule and list of participants are now available for the Tenth Annual Carl B. "Menges Colloquium, “Western Civilization, Diversity, and the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century.”  The three-day event will take place March 30 – April 2 at the Hilton Hotel in Hartford, CT and will be co-sponsored by the Churchill Institute. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University, [...]

AHI Announces Menges/Churchill Institute Colloquium March 30 – April 2, Hartford, CT

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the Tenth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium will co-sponsor the Inaugural Churchill Institute Colloquium, “Western Civilization, Diversity, and the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century.”  The three-day event will take place March 30 – April 2 at the Hilton Hotel in Hartford, [...]

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