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Fall 2012 Spring 2013 Archived Events Streaming Videos
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Fall 2012 Public Events SEPTEMBER Thursday, September 13, 2012 The Belief in Things Unseen: Frederick Douglass and the Constitutional Imagination Princeton University's Annual Constitution Day Lecture Imani Perry, Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University; Commentators: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University; Nell Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University Cosponsored by the Program in American Studies, the Program in Law and Public Affairs, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, and the Office of the Provost 4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium Friday, September 14, 2012 Constitutional Moments Michael S. Greve, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law; Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Author of The Upside-Down Constitution (Harvard University Press, 2012) James Madison Program Annual Constitution Day Lecture Cosponsored by the Program in American Studies A Bouton Law Lecture 4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120 Thursday, September 27, 2012 Proposition 8 and the Distractions of Social Science Daniel N. Robinson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Georgetown University; Fellow of the Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University Author of How Is Nature Possible: The Project of Kant’s First Critique (Continuum Publishing, 2012) A Bouton Law Lecture 4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120 Friday, September 28, 2012 Self Defense: Our Most Basic Right or a Danger to Public Safety? The Anglo-American Divide Joyce Lee Malcolm, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Author of To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right (Harvard University Press); Guns and Violence: The English Experience (Harvard University Press); and Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution (Yale University Press) An Alpheus T. Mason Lecture on Constitutional Law and Political Thought: The Quest for Freedom 4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120 OCTOBER Sunday, October 7, 2012 Partisan Loyalties: Jews, Blacks, and the 2012 Election – A Panel Discussion Mona Charen, Syndicated Columnist and Political Analyst; Reverend Eugene F. Rivers, Pastor of the Azusa Christian Community in Dorchester, Massachusetts; John J. DiIulio, Jr., Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society at University of Pennsylvania; Moderated by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program at Princeton University 7:00 p.m., Lewis Library 120 Thursday, October 11, 2012 Fake Culture and the Culture of Fakes Roger Scruton, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, St. Andrews University and University of Oxford; Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Author of Green Philosophy (Oxford University Press); The Aesthetics of Music (Oxford University Press); and The Aesthetics of Architecture (Princeton University Press) Stuart Lecture Series on Institutional Corruption in America 4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120 NOVEMBER Monday, November 5, 2012 A Marine’s Honor: The Supreme Court from Snyder to Alvarez Michael Krauss, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Author of Fire and Smoke: Government, Lawsuits, and the Rule of Law (Independent Institute); and Principles of Products Liability (West) A Bouton Law Lecture 4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120 DECEMBER Sunday, December 9, 2012 Interpreting The Prince: A Debate Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Machiavelli's Classic Text Panelists: Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government, Harvard University Author of Machiavelli's Virtue (University of Chicago Press) and Translator of Machiavelli's The Prince (University of Chicago Press) Maurizio Viroli, Professor of Politics, Princeton University Author of Machiavelli's God (Princeton University Press) and How to Read Machiavelli (Granta UK) Moderator: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program, Princeton University 4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall Monday, December 10, 2012 Reading Law Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Annual Herbert W. Vaughan Lecture on America’s Founding Principles 4:30 – 6:00 p.m., Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
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