The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Douglas Egerton, Professor of History, Le Moyne College, and co-winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, will speak on his new book “Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America” (Basic Books, 2016), on Tuesday, [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) has as one of its core missions continuing education through civic outreach. During the academic year, the AHI sponsors each semester at its headquarters a continuing education class free of charge and open to the public. The theme of the class changes from semester [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), along with the Daniel Webster Project and Ernest Martin Hopkins Institute, will co-sponsor the conference “Forever Young: Are we Delaying Maturation on College Campuses,” Saturday, April 8 from 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. at B03 Moore Hall at Dartmouth College. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Research Professor [...]
Roger Pilon, Academic Advisor for the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), published the article “Supreme Court Confusion Could Cost a Family $410,000 “ in the Wall Street Journal. The article discusses the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause, which prohibits government from taking private property for public use without just compensation. Roger Pilon is Vice President for [...]
Eric Hannis, Senior Fellow for the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), recently wrote the article “Russia’s Arctic Ambitions,” which appeared in U.S. World News & Report. In the article, Hannis discusses Russia’s creep into the Arctic to expand their claims on the resource-rich area. Eric R. Hannis is is a Senior Fellow for Defense [...]
Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Senior Fellow, recently reviewed the book “Eyes, Ears & Daggers: Special Operations Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency in America’s Evolving Struggle Against Terrorism,” by Thomas H. Henriksen. Pilon’s review was published in the The Washington Free Beacon. Dr. Pilon, who joined the AHI as a Senior [...]
Robert L. Paquette, Executive Director of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), was recently interviewed by TIME about his new book The Denmark Vesey Affair: A Documentary History. Co-edited by Douglas R. Egerton, Professor of History at Le Moyne College, the hefty volume investigates a controversial event in antebellum southern history, one that [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Dean Ball, former co-leader of the AHI Undergraduate Fellows Program (class of 2014), on the publication in Collingwood and British Idealism Studies of “ ‘Ideas of Another Order’: Michael Oakeshott and Confucius in Conversation.” Ball wrote the essay during his senior year in an independent [...]
Mary Grabar, Resident Fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), recently wrote two articles for American Greatness. In her first article “Our Conservative Folks,” Grabar discusses the treatment of conservative students on campus. In her follow-up article “Our Conservative Folks Part 2,” she discusses how campuses are even becoming “unsafe spaces” for conservative students. Mary Grabar holds [...]
The final schedule and list of participants are now available for the Tenth Annual Carl B. "Menges Colloquium, “Western Civilization, Diversity, and the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century.” The three-day event will take place March 30 – April 2 at the Hilton Hotel in Hartford, CT and will be co-sponsored by the Churchill Institute. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University, [...]
