Initiatives

Welcome a New Year of “Enquiry”

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the 2018 academic year of Enquiry has begun with the publication of the first two installments from September 5, 2018 and September 12, 2018.  All articles are available online and you can also find PDFs of each issue in the Archives section [...]

AHI Sponsors Reading Group on Thomas More’s Utopia at Colgate University

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce its sponsorship at Colgate University of a reading cluster devoted to the study of Thomas More’s Utopia.  The cluster, which is open to the public, will hold the first of nine meetings on Monday, 8 p.m. - 9 p.m., September [...]

Eleventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture at Skidmore College

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the Eleventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence will take place this year at Skidmore College on September 17, Constitution Day.  AHI is co-sponsoring the event with Skidmore's Department of Political Science. Lisa Pace Vetter, Associate Professor [...]

AHI to Offer Course on Liberty

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will offer a continuing education class this fall on “Liberty: The History of an Idea.” Like all AHI courses, it will be free and open to the public. The class will meet on Monday evenings from September 10 to December 10, 6:30 to 8:30 [...]

AHI’s Washington Program on National Security “An Incredible Two Weeks”

One of the most lauded initiatives of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is its Annual Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS). Directed by AHI Senior Fellow, Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, the program concluded its third year on June 30 with an impressive group of students from across the country, bringing [...]

Dr. Stephen Bryen Discusses Cyber Security with AHI-WAPONS Students

On June 27th 2018 to the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS) spent some time listening to Dr. Stephen Bryen, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy about cyber security. Dr. Bryen recently blogged about his session with the students "Cyber Security [...]

AHI Sponsors Thucydides Reading Cluster at Colgate University

At the turn of the twentieth century, most school children learned that Thucydides had earned the reputation as one of the greatest historians ever known. Higher education at that time consisted of reading great books under directed instruction cover to cover. At a recent event at The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western [...]

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