Over thirty-six attended this year’s Mary and David Nichols Great Books Conference held May 14-15 in Waco, Texas. The annual conference is sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). In its 15th year, the purpose of the conference is to facilitate conversations among Baylor’s graduate students (and now former [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the Mary and David Nichols Conference in the Great Books will take place May 13-14 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The event will be held at La Quinta Inn, 911 S. 10th Street in Waco. For additional information, [...]
From the President’s Desk 4 December 2023 Message from The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Dear Friends of AHI: AHI solicits your support in time of need. AHI had weathered the Covid storm successfully, but inflation and the overall condition of the economy has bedeviled us. As prices soar, [...]
Mary P. Nichols, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), is a specialist in the Great Books. Indeed, AHI recently honored her and her husband David, both retired professors of political science at Baylor University, with an annual Great Books conference in their name. Mary has published a learned [...]
The Mary and David Nichols Annual Conference on the Great Books will take place in Waco, Texas, on Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, 2023. This year’s discussion will center on "The Moral Foundations of Modern Democracy." The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science at Baylor University and The Alexander Hamilton Institute [...]
From the President’s Desk 5 December 2022 A Message from The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI): Dear Friends of AHI: We again ask for your support. AHI has weathered the Covid storm successfully during the past two years. But the deep political divide continues to exist in this country on [...]
David Nichols ranks as one of the most revered members of Baylor University’s political science department. Dr. Nichols retired in spring of 2021 after more than forty years of teaching at such places as Catholic University, Fordham University, and Baylor University. Former students, friends, and colleagues gathered in historic Old Town Alexandria for a [...]
In 2020, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) postponed its annual Mary and David Nichols Great Book Conference because of the Covid pandemic. We are pleased to announce that the department of Political Science at Baylor University has stepped up to co-sponsor the postponed event. It will occur at Baylor [...]
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 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 [...]
