The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Philip J. Parkes on his award of a prestigious summer fellowship by the Hertog Foundation. Parkes, an AHI undergraduate fellow from Camillus, New York, is completing his junior year at Hamilton College, where he is majoring in history. AHI Undergraduate Fellow Philip [...]
Applications are now open for the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization's (AHI) Washington Program on National Security (WaPoNS) June 19- July 2 in Washington, DC. The deadline for submission is May 6, 2016. There is no electronic application process. Application requirements: 1. The most recent transcript of courses and grades 2. Two letters [...]
Dr. David Frisk of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) co-authored another opinion piece in the Washington Examiner on April 8, titled: “In Defense of a Contested Convention.” AHI Resident Fellow David Frisk In discussing the Republican presidential race, it argues that despite a widespread popular prejudice to the [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the April 11, 2016 issue of Enquiry has been published. Enquiry, is an independent publication sponsored by the AHI. A student-run publication, it has as its mission the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”
The article "Study Abroad's Seven Deadly Sins" by Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Academic Advisor Peter Coclanis, recently appeared in The New York Times and discusses the potential threats to the benefits of study abroad college programs. Peter A. Coclanis is director of the Global Research Institute and a professor of [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the April 4, 2016 issue of Enquiry has been published. Enquiry, is an independent publication sponsored by the AHI. A student-run publication, it has as its mission the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization's (AHI) Ninth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium is fast approaching. We will open the event Thursday evening April 14 with a dinner lecture featuring keynote speaker Dr. Roger Pilon Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute and Publisher, Cato Supreme Court Review. The full [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce our receipt of a $22,000 grant from the Charles Koch Foundation in support of the Ninth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium "Tolerance, the Constitution, and the Limits of an Open Society" which will be held April 14-16, 2016, at the Turning [...]
Students and other invited guests at Hamilton College this week watched “Best of Enemies,” a fascinating documentary about a legendary media event—the televised feud in 1968 between the American conservative movement's great intellectual publicist, William F. Buckley Jr., and the outspoken left-wing novelist/essayist Gore Vidal. The highly acclaimed 2015 film, full of clips featuring people [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Tim Minella, one of the first undergraduate students to be nurtured by the AHI, will return to Clinton to speak to students on history and science on Wednesday, April 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45a.m., Room 201, Kirner-Johnson [...]
