Fall 2012
Shakespeare and America
September 24, 2012, John-Paul Spiro Video
Nothing Happens For No Good Reason: The Scholarship and Teaching of Harold W. Rood
November 13, 2012, JD Crouch Video
Spring 2012
The Legitimate Role of Government in a Free Society
February 9, 2012, Walter Williams Video
Tocqueville on the Sources of Greatness in Democratic Times
March 22, 2012, Aurelian Craiutu Video
Another Sort of Learning: How to Get an Education Even While in College
March 29, 2012, James Schall Video
Fall 2011
Constitution Day Symposium: "Censorship and Death"
September 16, 2011, Philip Hamburger, Amy Wax Video
Jaffa on Jaffa: A Tour of Political Philosophy
November 10, 2011, Harry Jaffa, William Allen Video
Thinking about the Politically Correct University
November 29, 2011, Robert Maranto Video
Fall 2010
Constitution Day Symposium: “The United States Constitution, An Enduring Blueprint for Freedom in a Changing Society”
September 25, 2010, Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Richard Beeman, Vincent Blasi, Patrick McKinley Brennan, Viet D. Dinh, Samuel Issacharoff, Catherine Lanctot, John O. McGinnis, Robert T. Miller, Penelope Pether, Tuan Samahon, Colleen A. Sheehan, and Louis J. Sirico Video
Spring 2010
An Exploration of the American Founding
April 8, 2010, Gordon Lloyd Video
After the Market State: Phillip Blond on the Future of a Free Society
March 22, 2010, Phillip Blond Video Part I Video Part II
Washington’s Statecraft
March 17, 2010, William B. Allen Video
The Lockean Republic: America in Light of Lockean Philosophy
February 17, 2010, Michael Zuckert Video
The Priority of the Good Over the Right
January 28, 2010, Joseph DesJardins Video
Fall 2009
Civil Rights and the Pro-Life Movement
November 12, 2009, Alveda King Video
Constitution Day Symposium: "The Political Thought of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton"
September 17, 2009, Stephen Knott, David Tucker Video Part I Video Part II
Roundtable Discussion - Hamilton Vs. Jefferson
September 17, 2009, Stephen Knott, David Tucker, Lawrence Little, Moderator: Lara Brown Video
Spring 2009
James Madison Symposium
May 2, 2009, Radnor-St. Davids Room, Villanova University
James Madison's Political Philosophy: Malthus, Angels, and Machines
May 2, 2009, Richard Matthews Video
James Madison and Democracy: The Complex Case for "Our Complicated System"
May 2, 2009, Alan Gibson Video
George Washington: America's First Progressive
April 16, 2009, William Allen Video
The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln
February 12-13, 2009, The Union League of Philadelphia & Villanova University
“Socratic Conversation”
February 12, 2009, Harry V. Jaffa Video
“Lincoln and the Transatlantic World of Liberal Democracy”
February 12, 2009, Allen Guelzo Video
Lincoln’s Priority: Union or Liberty for All?
February 13, 2009, Chair: Allen Guelzo, Chandra Manning, Lucas Morel, Discussant: Derek Webb Video Part I Video Part II
An Apple of Gold in a Picture of Silver: Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe
February 13, 2009, Chair: Lawrence Little, William B. Allen, Alfred L. Brophy, Discussant: John C. Eastman Video Part I Video Part II
The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln Cicero Podium Debate: America's Central Idea
February 13, 2009, Hadley Arkes, Douglas W. Kmiec, Moderator: Michael Moreland, Special thanks to debate sponsor The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Video Part I Video Part II
