The Ever-Expanding Executive: Originalism and the Living Presidency

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

Saikrishana Prakash is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School and is author of The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers. Prakash will use this lens to reflect on the state of the American presidency and the separation of powers. This discussion is hosted by […]

The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial Democracy Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

The Institute for Freedom and Community welcomes Matt Nelsen, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami and a 2012 graduate of St. Olaf College. His work is focused on building a thriving multi-racial democracy in the United States. Nelson recently published The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multi-Racial Democracy […]

"There But for the Grace of Wallstreet Go I" Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

Corey Robin is a Professor of Political Science at CUNY Brooklyn College and author of books such as The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and Fear: The History of a Political Idea. Robin will be discussing his new research which evaluates contemporary politics through an analysis of capitalism and American democracy. 

Revitalizing Democracy Lecture

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater
Hybrid Event

Hahrie Han is the Inaugural Director of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the faculty director of the P3 (“Possible, Probable, and Powerful”) Research Lab. Han’s lecture, “Revitalizing Democracy,” will draw on her pathbreaking research on social movements and collective action. Her book will be available for purchase following the lecture.

9th Annual May Lecture in Classics

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater

The Ninth Annual James M. May Lecture in Classics will be delivered by His Grace the Right Reverend Irenei (Matthew Steenberg ’01), Bishop of London and Western Europe in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in Viking Theater. The lecture is free and open to […]

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