Mary and David Nichols Conference in the Great Books

From the President’s Desk

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, [...]

AHI Senior Fellow Mary Nichols Publishes on Aristotle

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 [...]

AHI to Sponsor Nichols Conference on the Great Books

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

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 [...]

AHI Co-Sponsors David Nichols Conference

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 [...]

Nichols Great Book Conference at Baylor, October 8-9, on Totalitarianism

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 [...]

AHI Mourns the Passing of Carl B. Menges

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 [...]

Photos: AHI Summer Conference June 11-13 on Patriotism, Ancient and Modern

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 [...]

AHI Summer Conference June 11-13 on Patriotism, Ancient and Modern

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 [...]

From The President’s Desk

From the President’s Desk 2 December 2020 A Message from The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI): Dear Friends of AHI: We need your support.  The Covid pandemic and the deep political divide that exists in the country have affected all of us.  Layoffs and economic uncertainties have diminished charitable giving. [...]

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