Archives 2017-2018

Dr. Owens is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in Philadelphia, and editor of Orbis, FPRI's quarterly journal. He recently retired as Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. At the War College he specialized in the planning of US strategy and forces, especially naval and power projection forces; the political economy of national security; national security organization; strategic geography; and American civil-military relations.

How to Build a Humanities Start-Up Featured Speaker: Jason Pedicone Thursday, December 7th 5:00 PM HUMN 1B80 This talk tells the story of the founding and growth of the Paideia Institute, and provides some lessons and advice Jason Pedicone has gleaned from the experience, which are designed to inform and...

Michael Franc, Hoover Institution scholar, will discuss the Demographics of Red and Blue America. Mike Franc is a longtime veteran of Washington, DC policymaking. Prior to joining Hoover, Franc served as policy director and counsel for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. He also served as the Vice President of government relations for the Heritage Foundation from 1997-2013.

Stephen Presser is a leading American legal historian and expert on shareholder liability for corporate debts and is a candidate for Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought & Policy. He is frequently an invited witness before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on issues of constitutional law. He holds a joint appointment with the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and also teaches in Northwestern's history department.

Journalist and Brookings Institution visiting fellow James Kirchick presents his new book. The old pathologies of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression are threatening to tear the European postwar consensus apart.

What kinds of behavior is academic freedom supposed to protect? What kinds of restrictions on behavior is it supposed to allow? Why does academic freedom matter in the first place? This panel will feature a variety of views on this hotly-contested subject.

RSVPs (forthcoming) will be required for this event. Nigel Farage is co-founder and long serving leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He was the face of the successful campaign to take the UK out of the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum, positioning the referendum as the start of a global populist wave against the political establishment.

Visceral Attachments: Secessionism, Populism, and the Excess of Democracy Featured Speaker: Elena Delgado University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thursday November 9, 2017 McKenna 103 4:00 p.m. Professor Delgado’s research focuses on the cultural construction of Spanish national identity in the democratic period, with particular emphasis on the role of emotions...

Dr. Charles Murray will comment on his New York Times bestseller “Coming Apart” (2012). Reservations are required. The RSVP link is now available.

An interview of Reihan Salam (Executive Editor, National Review) by Prof. Benjamin Teitelbaum, focusing on how immigration affects the contest between ethno-nationalists and multiculturalists.