Dr. David Frisk, the recipient of the AHI’s Seventh Annual Bakwin Award recently completed his fellowship and will be remaining as a Resident Fellow for the 2014-15 academic year. Dr. Frisk received his Ph.D. in political science from Claremont Graduate University in 2009 with specialties in American politics and political philosophy. He is also a [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Paul Gottfried on "Paleos, Neos, and the Future of American Conservatism," Wednesday April 2, at 8:30 a.m., Room 1004, Taylor Science Center, Hamilton College. Dr. Paul Gottfried, Horace Raffensperger Professor of Humanities Emeritus at [...]
Dr. David Frisk, Theodore J. Eismeier Fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute, will join with leaders of the AHI Undergraduate Fellows program, to direct a reading cluster devoted to the writings of Edmund Burke. Participants will read “Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents”; “Miscellaneous Writings (Select Works of Edmund Burke)”; “Reflections on the [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the sponsorship, February 11 and 12, of Dr. John Ragosta, Resident Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, for a series of discussions at Hamilton College and at the AHI on Thomas Jefferson and the origin of religious liberty. [...]
Friends of the AHI: Happy New Year. The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the release of our 2013 Annual Report. It details our programs and achievements over the last year. We have much for which to be thankful as we enter our seventh year of operation, [...]
November 20, 2013 A Message from the President: The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is nearing the end of another very successful year. We have extended our programming, reached new audiences, added outstanding teachers and scholars to our list of fellows and advisors, and embarked on a variety of new [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) honored senior Undergraduate Fellows Anthony Balbo, Kayla Safran, and Marta Johnson for excellence in developing and contributing to AHI programs. AHI Charter Fellow Robert Paquette used the opening night ceremonies of the Sixth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) hosted Harvey Klehr, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History at Emory University, for two speaking engagements. Professor Klehr, who directs Emory University’s Program in Democracy and Citizenship, spoke on September 23 to invited dinner guests at the AHI about Soviet espionage in [...]
AHI Undergraduate Fellow Thomas Cheeseman has accepted a position with the Tax Foundation, a prominent educational organization devoted to informing “taxpayers about sound tax policy and the size of the tax burden borne by Americans at all levels of government.” Founded in 1937 and located in Washington D.C., the Tax Foundation performs its work related [...]
On November 17, 2011, Professor Daniel Mahoney, Augustine Professor of Distinguished Scholarship and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at Assumption College, will speak to the Jouvenel Group on "Bertrand de Jouvenel and the Problem of Sovereignty." The talk will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Banquet Room at the [...]
