Spring 2013
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FEBRUARY
Monday, February 11, 2013
Universal Truths or Universal Institutions? Why Global Governance Contradicts Our Declaration of Independence
Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Author of Law Without Nations? (Princeton University Press, 2005) and The Case for Sovereignty: Why the World Should Welcome American Independence (AEI Press, 2004)
An America's Founding and Future Lecture
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Black Militancy and White Violence: The Collapse of Authority During the Late '60s and Early '70s
Alan C. Petigny, Associate Professor of History, University of Florida
Author of The Permissive Society: America, 1941-1965 (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
James Madison Program Annual Black History Month Event
Cosponsored by the Program in American Studies
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
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MARCH
Monday, March 4, 2013
Making a Killing: The Economics of Life and Death
Michael J. Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University
Author of What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012) and Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)
The Annual Walter F. Murphy Lecture in American Constitutionalism
Cosponsored by the Program in Law and Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values
4:30 p.m., McCosh 50
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
Why the Tax and Monetary Sins of the West Now Threaten Civilization
Steve Forbes '70, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media
Author of (with Elizabeth Ames) Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't (Crown Business, 2012); (with John Prevas) Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels Between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today…and the Lessons You Can Learn (Crown Business, 2009); and (with Elizabeth Ames) How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy (Crown Business, 2009)
An America's Founding and Future Lecture
4:30 p.m., McCosh 50
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
America's Entitlement Epidemic: Dimensions and Implications
Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
Author of A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic (Templeton Press, 2012); The North Korean Economy: Between Crisis and Catastrophe (Transaction Publishers, 2009); and The Poverty of "The Poverty Rate": Measure and Mismeasure of Material Deprivation in Modern America (AEI Press, 2008)
Stuart Lecture Series on Institutional Corruption in America
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
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APRIL
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Theology and Politics: A Match Made in Heaven or Hell?
Everybody Wants to Be a Critic
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago
Author of Sovereignty: God, State, and Self (Basic Books, 2008); Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power In A Violent World (Basic Books, 2004); and (with Robert P.George) The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, And Morals (Spense, 2006)
Charles E. Test, M.D. Distinguished Lectures
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
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CANCELLED Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Theology and Politics: A Match Made in Heaven or Hell?
The Dark Knight and the Saint
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago
Author of Sovereignty: God, State, and Self (Basic Books, 2008); Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power In A Violent World (Basic Books, 2004); and (with Robert P.George) The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, And Morals (Spense, 2006)
Charles E. Test, M.D. Distinguished Lectures
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
CANCELLED Thursday, April 25, 2013
Theology and Politics: A Match Made in Heaven or Hell?
Harry Potter and Saint Augustine on Evil
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago
Author of Sovereignty: God, State, and Self (Basic Books, 2008); Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power In A Violent World (Basic Books, 2004); and (with Robert P.George) The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, And Morals (Spense, 2006)
Charles E. Test, M.D. Distinguished Lectures
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Constitutional Theories: A Taxonomy and (Implicit) Critique
Lawrence A. Alexander, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Author of Crime and Culpability: A Theory of Criminal Law (with Ferzan) (Cambridge University Press, 2009); Demystifying Legal Reasoning (with Sherwin) (Cambridge University Press, 2008); and Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression? (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
A Bouton Law Lecture
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
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MAY
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind
Tim Groseclose, Marvin Hoffenberg Chair of American Politics, University of California, Los Angeles
Author of Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind (St. Martin's Griffin, 2012)
Stuart Lecture Series on Institutional Corruption in America
4:30 p.m., Lewis Library 120
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Federalism in the Roberts Court
Paul D. Clement, Partner at Brancroft PLLC; 43rd Solicitor General of the United States; Advocate before the U. S. Supreme Court for 26 States in Their Challenge to the Affordable Care Act
An Alpheus T. Mason Lecture in Constitutional Law and
Political Thought: The Quest for Freedom
4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
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Monday-Tuesday, May 20-21, 2013
Milestones in the History of the Free Society—and Prospects for Perpetuation
A Public Conference
Keynote Address by Harvey C. Mansfield, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government, Harvard University
Cosponsored by the Association for the Study of Free Institutions, University of Nebraska at Omaha
See Schedule for Session Times,
Lewis Library 120
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
BENGHAZI: What do we know? What don’t we know? What do we need to know?
A Panel Discussion featuring Michael Doran, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; and Gabriel Schoenfeld, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute.Moderated by Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program, Princeton University
4:30 p.m., Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
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Friday, May 31, 2013
A Conversation on the Future of the Conservative Movement and the Republican Party
Featuring Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program, and Ted Cruz ‘92, United States Senate.
Reunions 2013 Event for Alumni
2:00 p.m., McCosh 50
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