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) 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) 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, [...]
In 2018, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) announced that its annual summer conference, co-sponsored with Baylor University’s Department of Political Science, would be renamed the Mary and David Nichols Annual Conference in the Great Books. In doing so, AHI honored two outstanding professors who had thrown their support [...]
Enquiry: A Publication of the AHI Undergraduate Fellows, Volume VIII, No. 9, April 2, 2021 has been published. The publication is devoted to the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”
Enquiry: A Publication of the AHI Undergraduate Fellows, Volume VIII, No. 8, March 20, 2021 has been published. The publication is devoted to the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the unanimous election of Dean Woodley Ball to its board of directors. Mr. Ball currently serves as Executive Director of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, a Vermont-based non-profit dedicated to educating the American public about the values and accomplishments [...]
