Notre Dame - Constitutional Studies Lectures: Recent Episodes
Constitutional Studies & Tocqueville Programs @ ND
Teresa M. Bejan is Professor of Political Theory and Fellow of Oriel College at the University of Oxford. Professor Bejan writes about political theory and history, bringing past perspectives to bear on contemporary questions. She has written extensively on themes of free speech, civility, tolerance and equality in historical contexts ranging from ancient Athens to 20th-century analytic political philosophy.
Public lecture titled: "How to Protect Free Speech from Big Tech", by Philip Hamburger, Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Presented by the Notre Dame Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at the University of Notre Dame. More information at constudies.nd.edu
We kick off the Spring 2022 semester with a panel discussion on the future of American politics after Dobbs v. Jackson, "What Happens if Roe is (Not) Overturned?". Featuring former Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Prof. Sherif Girgis (ND Law School), and Prof. Christina Wolbrecht (ND Political Science), conversation will focus on the potential political and legal outcomes of one of the Supreme Court's most controversial cases of this term.
Vivek Ramaswamy is a New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur who has founded multiple successful enterprises. A first-generation American, he is the founder and Executive Chairman of Roivant Sciences, a new type of biopharmaceutical company focused on the application of technology to drug development. He founded Roivant in 2014 and led the largest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016, eventually culminating in successful clinical trials in multiple disease areas that led to FDA-approved products.
Mr. Ramaswamy was born and raised in southwest Ohio. He graduated summa cum laude in biology from Harvard in 2007 and began his career as a biotech investor at a prominent hedge fund. Mr. Ramaswamy continued to work as an investor while earning his law degree at Yale, where he was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine in 2015 for his work in drug development. In 2020 he emerged as a prominent national commentator on stakeholder capitalism, free speech, and woke culture. He has authored numerous articles and op-eds, which have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Newsweek, and Harvard Business Review. Mr. Ramaswamy serves on the board of directors of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.
Join us for a lecture by Vivek Ramaswamy on his new bestselling book, "Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam."
Vivek Ramaswamy is a New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur who has founded multiple successful enterprises. A first-generation American, he is the founder and Executive Chairman of Roivant Sciences, a new type of biopharmaceutical company focused on the application of technology to drug development. He founded Roivant in 2014 and led the largest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016, eventually culminating in successful clinical trials in multiple disease areas that led to FDA-approved products.
Mr. Ramaswamy was born and raised in southwest Ohio. He graduated summa cum laude in biology from Harvard in 2007 and began his career as a biotech investor at a prominent hedge fund. Mr. Ramaswamy continued to work as an investor while earning his law degree at Yale, where he was a recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine in 2015 for his work in drug development. In 2020 he emerged as a prominent national commentator on stakeholder capitalism, free speech, and woke culture. He has authored numerous articles and op-eds, which have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Newsweek, and Harvard Business Review. Mr. Ramaswamy serves on the board of directors of the Philanthropy Roundtable and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.
"Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics" Book Panel featuring authors David E. Campbell, Notre Dame; and Geoffrey C. Layman, Notre Dame. Panelists include: Scott Appleby, Notre Dame; Eileen M. Hunt, Notre Dame; and Andrew R. Lewis, University of Cincinnati. Presented by: The Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government and the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy on August 27, 2021 at the University of Notre Dame. con studies.nd.edu
"Islam, Freedom, & Natural Law" by Mustafa Akyol of the Cato Institute. Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he focuses on the intersection of public policy, Islam, and modernity. Since 2013, he has also been a frequent opinion writer for the New York Times, covering politics and religion in the Muslim world. Presented by the Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government at Notre Dame, the Ansari Institute and World Religions World Church Program in the Notre Dame Theology Department on September 29, 2021. constudies.nd.edu
Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the 2021 Tocqueville Lecture on September 16, 2021 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at Notre Dame.
Presented by the Notre Dame Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
More information about the lecture can be found at constudies.nd.edu.
About Justice Thomas
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. He attended Conception Seminary from 1967-1968 and received an A.B., cum laude, from College of the Holy Cross in 1971 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1974. He was admitted to law practice in Missouri in 1974, and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1974-1977; an attorney with the Monsanto Company, 1977-1979; and Legislative Assistant to Senator John Danforth, 1979-1981. From 1981-1982 he served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, and as Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-1990. From 1990-1991, he served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23, 1991. He married Virginia Lamp on May 30, 1987 and has one child, Jamal Adeen by a previous marriage.
Private lecture delivered by Prof. John Yoo (University of California Berkeley School of Law) to Prof. Phillip Muñoz's Constitutional Law Class on April 13, 2021.
Prof. Yoo discussed the history and development of executive power and the Constitution, and shared stories from his time in Washington, D.C. on 9/11.
John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
His tenth book, Defender-in-Chief: Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power, was published last year by St. Martin’s Press. Professor Yoo’s other books include Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War, Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare, and Crisis and Command: A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George Bush.
Professor Yoo has served in all three branches of government. He was an official in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on national security and terrorism issues after the 9/11 attacks. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He has been a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and federal appeals Judge Laurence Silberman.
Professor Yoo graduated from Yale Law School and summa cum laude from Harvard College. At Berkeley, Professor Yoo directs the Public Law and Policy program and the Korea Law Center and is a winner of the Federalist Society’s Paul Bator award.
Anthony Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. A former Dean of Yale Law School, Professor Kronman teaches in the areas of contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility. Among his books are Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life (Yale University Press, 2007), and his latest book, Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan (Yale University Press, 2016).
Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program and the Program of Liberal Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame.
Asma Uddin is author of When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America's Fight for Religious Freedom and the forthcoming The Politics of Vulnerability: How to Heal Muslim-Christian Relations in a Post-Christian America. She is an Inclusive America Project Fellow at the Aspen Institute, where she is leading a project on Muslim-Christian polarization in the U.S. Ms. Uddin was formerly legal counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and has held academic fellowships at Georgetown, UCLA, and Brigham Young University Law School. She is also an expert advisor on religious freedom to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and a term-member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program and Tocqueville Program on April 13, 2021
Jeremy D. Bailey holds a dual appointment in Political Science and the Honors College at the University of Houston. His research interests include executive power, constitutionalism, and American political thought and development. His recent publications include: The Idea of Presidential Representation: An Intellectual and Political History (University Press of Kansas, 2019), and James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
Virtual debate hosted on April 1, 2021 by the Constitutional Studies Program between Jesse Wegman, New York Times, and Trent England, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
Jesse Wegman is a member of the New York Times editorial board, where he has written about the Supreme Court and legal affairs since 2013. His recent book is Let the People Pick the President: the Case for Abolishing the Electoral College (St. Martin’s Press, 2020).
Trent England is the David and Ann Brown Distinguished Fellow at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. He is also the founder and executive director of Save Our States, which educates Americans about the importance of the Electoral College. Trent is a producer of the feature-length documentary “Safeguard: An Electoral College Story.”
Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program and The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier.
James E. Fleming is The Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. He writes on constitutional law and constitutional theory and is the author or co-author of five books, including: Fidelity to Our Imperfect Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2015), Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues (Harvard University Press, 2013), and American Constitutional Interpretation (4th ed., Foundation Press, 2008) (with Walter F. Murphy and Stephen Macedo of Princeton University and Sotirios A. Barber). Recorded March 9, 2021 Presented by the Constitutional Studies program at the University of Notre Dame.
Check out our latest event, a panel on "The Second Trump Impeachment" with Benjamin Kleinerman (Baylor University), Jeffrey Tulis (University of Texas at Austin), and John Yoo (University of California at Berkeley).
Panel recorded on February 3, 2021. Presented by the Constitutional Studies program at the University of Notre Dame and The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier.
About the Panelists:
Benjamin A. Kleinerman is a Professor of Political Science at Baylor University where he teaches classes on political thought and political institutions. He also is on the Board of Directors of the Jack Miller Center. Kleinerman is the author of The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power.
Jeffrey Tulis is Professor of Government at The University of Texas at Austin. His most recent book (co-authored with Nicole Mellow) is Legacies of Losing in American Politics (Chicago, 2018). Tulis authored The Rhetorical Presidency in 1987, considered the preeminent scholarship on the evolution of presidential rhetoric.
John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His most recent book is Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power, published July 2020.
This is a recording of our panel featuring Sohrab Ahmari, New York Post, and Yuval Levin, American Enterprise Institute. "Rethinking Conservatism After Trump" was recorded on Jan 26, 2021.
Sohrab Ahmari is the op-ed editor of the New York Post, a columnist for First Things, and a contributing editor of the Catholic Herald. Previously, he served as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as senior writer at Commentary. His next book, The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos, will be published in May by Convergent/Random House.
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. The founding and current editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review. His most recent book is: A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream (Basic Books, 2020).
Presented by the Constitutional Studies program at the University of Notre Dame.
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Panel discussion with: Prof. Christina Bambrick (ND Political Science), Prof. Richard Garnett (ND Law School), Former Indiana Senator Joseph Donnelly, and Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz (ND Political Science)
Nicholas Buccola is a writer, lecturer, and teacher who specializes in the area of American political thought. He is the Elizabeth and Morris Glicksman Chair in Political Science at Linfield University, and the author of: The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America (Princeton University, 2019) and The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty (New York University Press, 2012). He is the editor of The Essential Douglass: Writings and Speeches (Hackett, 2016) and Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy (University Press of Kansas, 2016).
Dr. Samuel Gregg is research director at the Acton Institute. He has written and spoken extensively on questions of political economy, economic history, ethics in finance, and natural law theory. He has an MA from the University of Melbourne, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in moral philosophy and political economy from the University of Oxford.
Event presented by Constitutional Studies, the Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame, and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
"What it Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics" - a panel discussion on the recent book by O. Carter Snead.
With: Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard; Ross Douthat, NY Times; Rod Dreher, American Conservative; and O. Carter Snead, ND Law
A Debate with Sai Prakash, University of Virginia, and John Yoo, University of California at Berkley School of Law, and Dean Reuter General Counsel and Vice President & Director, Practice Groups, The Federalist Society.
Saikrishna Prakash’s scholarship focuses on separation of powers, particularly executive powers. He teaches Constitutional Law, Foreign Relations Law and Presidential Powers at the Law School. Prakash’s most recent book, “The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers,” was published by Harvard Belknap Press in 2020. He also authored “Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive” (Yale University Press, 2015). The former book focuses on the modern presidency while the latter considers the presidency of the Founders.
John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law and director of the Korea Law Center, the California Constitution Center, and the Law School’s Program in Public Law and Policy. His most recent book is Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power (St. Martin’s 2020). Professor Yoo is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Helen Alvaré is a Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, where she teaches Family Law, Law and Religion, and Property Law. She publishes on matters concerning marriage, parenting, non-marital households, and the First Amendment religion clauses.
In addition to her books, and her publications in law reviews and other academic journals, Professor Alvaré publishes regularly in news outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and CNN.com.
A virtual conversation with Henry Olsen and Ruy Teixeira, prominent pollsters and political commentators on different sides of the aisle, on the 2020 election.
Event took place on October 29, 2020. About the speakers:
Henry Olsen is a Washington Post columnist focusing on politics, populism, and American conservative thought and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center Olsen began his career as a political consultant at the California firm of Hoffenblum-Mollrich. After three years working for the California Assembly Republican Caucus, he returned to school to become a lawyer. Following law school he clerked for the Honorable Danny J. Boggs on the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and as an associate in the Philadelphia office of Dechert, Price & Rhoads. He then joined the think tank world where he spent the next eighteen years as an executive at a variety of institutions, serving as the President of the Commonwealth Foundation, a Vice President at the Manhattan Institute, and as Vice President and Director, National Research Initiative, at the American Enterprise Institute. He left AEI in 2013 to pursue a career in political analysis and writing at EPPC. During that time his work has appeared in variety of leading publications in America and the United Kingdom. He is the author or co-author of two books, “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism” and (with Dante J. Scala) “The Four Faces of the Republican Party”. His biennial election predictions have been widely praised for the uncanny accuracy, and he is a frequent guest on television and radio programs. Olsen regularly speaks about American political trends and global populism in the United State, Europe, and Australia.
Ruy Teixeira is a senior fellow at American Progress. He is also co-director of the States of Change: Demographics and Democracy project, a collaboration that brings together the Center for American Progress, the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Democracy Fund's Voter Study Group and demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institution. The goals of the project are to document and analyze the challenges to democracy posed by the rapid demographic evolution of the United States from the 1970s to the year 2060 and to promote a wide-ranging and bipartisan discussion of America’s demographic future and what it portends for political parties and the policy challenges they—and the country—face. His most recent book is The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think. His other books include The Emerging Democratic Majority; America’s Forgotten Majority: Why the White Working Class Still Matters; The Disappearing American Voter; and Red, Blue, and Purple America: The Future of Election Demographics. Teixeira’s book The Emerging Democratic Majority, written with John Judis in 2002, was the most widely discussed political book of that year and generated praise across the political spectrum, from George Will on the right to E.J. Dionne on the left. It was selected as one of the best books of the year by The Economist. Teixeira’s recent writings for American Progress include “America’s Electoral Future: The Coming Generational Transformation” and “The Path to 270 in 2020”. Recent essays include "Can Biden Hold the Democrats Together?" (Wall Street Journal) and "Demography Is Not Destiny" (Persuasion). A complete list of recent publications can be found on his website, The Optimistic Leftist, where he also blogs regularly. Teixeira holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
On Jan 19, 2021, This virtual discussion was hosted by Notre Dame Constitutional Studies. Karin Agness Lips, Network of enlightened Women (New), and Alexandra DeSanctis '16, National Review. Alexandra DeSanctis '16 is a staff writer for National Review and a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She was previously a William F. Buckley Fellow in Political Journalism with the National Review Institute.
Karin Lips is the Founder and President of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), the nation’s premier organization for conservative university women. She is the Editor of She’s Conservative: Stories of Trials and Triumphs on America’s College Campuses and a Senior Fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum. She earned her law degree from the University of Virginia and was a Spring 2016 Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics.
Presented by the Constitutional Studies program at the University of Notre Dame.
"ND Constitutional Studies Conversations: Judges Amy Barrett and Amul Thapar" - March 28, 2019, at the University of Notre Dame. A conversation with ND's undergraduate Tocqueville Fellows, moderated by Professor Vincent Phillip Muñoz, and presented by the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Christina Wolbrecht is a Professor of Political Science, Director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, and the C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Washington Program at the University of Notre Dame, where I teach and write about American politics, political parties, gender and politics, and American political development. Her recent book, with Kevin Corder, is A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
Event presented by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame.
"How to Think About The Federalist" - Thursday, August 27, 2020. NDCS Virtual event.
Charles Kesler is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.
Presented by the University of Notre Dame Constitutional Studies Program
The Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame, along with the Dean's Fellows, present a panel discussion on "The Trump Impeachment." Panelists include: Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology; Geoffrey Layman, Notre Dame; and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Notre Dame. February 11, 2020 at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
"Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes", a book launch and panel discussion on the recent book by Emilia Justyna Powell (Notre Dame), including Prof. Powell, Mahan Mirza (Notre Dame), and Beth Simmons (University of Pennsylvania). Thursday, January 30, 2020, at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology, delivers a talk on the recent events in Iran and on themes of her recent book. Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program and the Notre Dame International Security Center. At the University of Notre Dame, February 11, 2020. constudies.nd.edu
Rev. Dominic Legge, O.P., delivered a talk titled, "Priestly Sins: Purifying the Church After the Scandals." on Friday, October 1, 2019
Andrew Koppelman, Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, has delivered a talk titled, "The Unnecessary Conflict Between Gay Rights and Religious Liberty." on Thursday, November 7. Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program at Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Michael Anton (Hillsdale) spoke on his most recent book, "After the Flight 93 Election." Michael Anton is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, a lecturer and research fellow at Hillsdale College. Lecture took place on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Forrest Nabors of the University of Alaska, Anchorage on "Reconstructing America: Republicanism, Oligarchy, and the American Constitutional Order." Delivered on October 17, 2019. Presented by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
James Ceaser of the University of Virginia delivers a lecture on "James Madison: The Founder of Modern Founding." Delivered on October 3, 2019. Presented by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Rev. Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia, presents: "Things Worth Dying For: The Nature of a Life Worth Living." Lecture on Friday, October 1, 2019. Presented by the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs as part of the Napa Institute Forum at Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Book Launch for "A Saint of Our Own" by Kathleen Sprows Cummings. Panel discussion featuring: Kathleen Cummings (Notre Dame), George Weigel (Ethics and Public Policy Center), and Ken Woodward (former Newsweek editor). Presented on September 26, 2019 by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu tocqueville.nd.edu
“Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt” by Arthur Brooks, Harvard University. Lecture on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Hosted by the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
“Congress in the Trump Era: Gender Dynamics and Partisan Politics” with Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota. Official University Constitution Day Event - Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Hosted by the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
“Congress in the Trump Era: Gender Dynamics and Partisan Politics” with Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota. Official University Constitution Day Event - Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Hosted by the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
Panel discussion with Sohrab Ahmari (New York Post / Catholic Herald), David French (National Review), and Charles Kesler (Claremont McKenna College). Discussion on September 13, 2019. Presented by the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
"A Blue Wave: 2018 Midterm Elections and the Future of American Democracy" with Damon Linker (The Week) and Ramesh Ponnuru (National Review) talk about the mid-term elections on October 30, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs. constudies.nd.edu.
"The Virtue of Nationalism" by author Yoram Hazony (Herzl Institute) on the themes of his book by the same title. Presented at the University of Notre Dame on April 8, 2019. constudies.nd.edu
Zuckert Conference - “Natural Rights and American Constitutionalism: Can a Decent Liberal Political Order Be Recovered?” This segment includes remarks by Prof. Sue Collins (Notre Dame) and Prof. Catherine Zuckert (Notre Dame).
Zuckert Conference - Panel I: “Launching Liberalism: Liberalism’s Foundations and our Current Political Crises” with William McClay (University of Oklahoma), Peter Myers (University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire), Adam Seagrave (Arizona State University), Lee Ward (Baylor), chaired by Mary Keys (Notre Dame). May 23, 2019. constudies.nd.edu
Zuckert Conference - Panel II “Natural Rights and American Constitutionalism: Can a Decent Liberal Political Order Be Recovered?” with Paul Carrese (Arizona State), Alan Gibson (California State), David Nichols (Baylor), and Peter Onuf (University of Virginia), chaired by Phillip Muñoz (Notre Dame). May 23, 2019. constudies.nd.edu
Michael Zuckert Conference - Panel III “Leo Strauss, the Study of Political Philosophy, and the Preservation of Liberal Constitutionalism” – Jim Ceaser (U. Virginia), Susan Shell (Boston College), Nathan Tarcov (U. Chicago), Catherine Zuckert (Notre Dame), chaired by Michael Desch (Notre Dame). May 23, 2019. constudies.nd.edu
"The Crisis of Modernity - an introduction into the thought of Augusto Del Noce" by Carlo Lancellotti(College of Staten Island, CUNY). Presented on March 19, 2019, at the University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program. constudies.nd.edu
"HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech Not Censorship" by former ACLU president, Nadine Strossen. April 23, 2019 at the University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program, constudies.nd.edu.
"American Priest: The Ambitious Life And Conflicted Legacy Of Notre Dame's Father Ted Hesburgh" - a panel discussion on the recent book by Rev. Wilson Miscamble, with Notre Dame faculty Kathleen Cummings, Patrick Deneen, and Jen McAward. April 26, 2019, at the University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs. constudies.nd.edu
How The Federalist Opened The Door To The ‘Antifederalist Appropriation’ Of The Constitution - presented by Jeffrey Tulis (University of Texas at Austin), February 21, 2019 at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
“Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today” - discussion of Daniel Philpott’s recent book by the same title. With John Allen, Crux, and Mahan Mirza, Notre Dame. Recorded Thursday, March 21, 2019 at the University of Notre Dame. Tocqueville.nd.edu
"Is Promoting Democracy Abroad Bad for Maintaining Democracy at Home?" a discussion with John Yoo (UC Berkeley) and Michael Desch (ND). January 24, 2019. constudies.nd.edu
October 11, 2018. A conversation with Jonah Goldberg of National Review, Charles Kesler, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, and Notre Dame's Patrick Deneen. Sponsored by the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies, the Constitutional Studies Minor, the Tocqueville Program for Inquiry into Religion and Public Life, and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. constudies.nd.edu
Duncan Stroik "Principles of Sacred Architecture" took place on Saturday, September 1, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame. Duncan G. Stroik is a practicing architect, author, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame. The event was presented by the Constitutional Studies program and the Napa Institute. More information at constudies.nd.edu.
"Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech" by Keith Whittington (Princeton). August 30, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program, constudies.nd.edu.
September 17, 2018. Constitution Day lecture by Michael Zuckert, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu
November 27, 2018. "The Future of Liberalism After Trump: Economic Inclusion, Cultural Conciliation, Political Reform" by William Galston (Wall Street Journal, Brookings Institution). Presented by the Constitutional Studies Program and Tocqueville Program at the University of Notre Dame. constudies.nd.edu.
"Bringing America Together" with Arthur Brooks of American Enterprise Institute. Tuesday, September 25 , 2018, at the University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs at Notre Dame, with AEI. constudies.nd.edu
September 13, 2018. 2018 Tocqueville Lecture, "Citizenship, Virtue, and the Constitution," sponsored by the Tocqueville Program for Inquiry into Religion and Public Life at the University of Notre Dame. Lecture delivered by Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. Presented by the Tocqueville Program at Notre Dame. tocqueville.nd.edu.