On Constitution Day, September 17, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) sponsored the following two events: 1. Professor Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University, delivered the Sixth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence in the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute is pleased to announce that Professor Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University, will deliver the Sixth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on September 17, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Room 2406B, in the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University. The [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Academic Advisor Paul Rahe was quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal on why revolutions occur and why Chinese officials are reading Alexis de Tocqueville. Rahe’s original article What Occasions Revolutions?, appeared in Ricochet, January 23, 2013. Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee [...]
On September 16, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) held a “Leadership Dinner” for Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage and Professor of History at Hillsdale College. Guests-- students, faculty, and informed citizens—prepared for an intensive evening of conversation by reading Professor Rahe’s [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Paul A. Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage and Professor of History at Hillsdale College, will deliver this year's annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on Monday, September 17, 2012 from [...]
Caleb Nelson, Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia, and Claudia Nelson, Professor of English, Texas A&M University, have accepted invitations to join the Alexander Hamilton Institute. Caleb Nelson has consented to serve the AHI as an academic advisor; Claudia Nelson has consented to join the AHI as a Senior Fellow. Caleb [...]
December 2011 Dear Friends: From the President’s Desk On September 17, 2011, Constitution Day, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) celebrated its fourth birthday. We write this letter to advise you of initiatives and activities to further our mission to promote excellence in scholarship through the study of freedom, democracy, [...]
James Piereson, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and President of the William E. Simon Foundation will be honored on September 19 by the Alexander Hamilton Institute during the dinner that precedes its annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence. During the summer, the AHI renovated a second-floor room in its headquarters into office space. The room will [...]
It was with deep regret that the AHI family learned of the passing ofJudge David Aldrich Nelson. Judge Nelson stood as a stalwart supporter of the AHI from its inception. “In my relations with Judge Nelson,” observed AHI co-founder Bob Paquette, “I saw a man of not only great intelligence and perspicacity, but of great [...]
