Academic Programs & Resources

AHI’s Juliana Pilon to Speak at Cato, October 16

Juliana Geran Pilon, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, will speak on her new book, The Utopian Conceit and the War on Freedom (Regnery) on October 16, 2019 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM at the Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason [...]

Welcome to a New Academic Year of ‘Enquiry’

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the 2019 academic year of Enquiry has begun with the publication of the first two installments from September 18, 2019 and September 25, 2019. In a "Letter From the Editor," by Eric Fischer readers should know that although Enquiry's staff has varied [...]

AHI Announces The Alexander Hamilton History Initiative: We Need Your Support

The serious study of history has always ranked at the top of the list of the central concerns of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI).  “To be ignorant of what happened before you were born,” Cicero observed, “is to remain always a child.”   Although history holds no easy lessons, [...]

Enthusiastic Crowd Attends AHI Constitution Day Event

On Sunday, September 15, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) held the Twelfth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence.  AHI President Robert Paquette spoke on “Federalist #39 and the Coming of the Civil War.”  The event also featured an open house and book-signing by AHI Resident Fellow [...]

AHI President Robert Paquette to Deliver Constitution Day Lecture

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will hold the Twelfth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence on Sunday, 15 September, at 5 p.m. in AHI headquarters, 21 West Park Row, Clinton, New York.  AHI President Robert Paquette will speak on “Federalist #39 and the Coming of the [...]

AHI’s Mary Grabar: Why I Wrote Debunking Howard Zinn

My new book, Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against America, has had a history of its own. I first noticed Howard Zinn around 2008 while I was teaching at Emory University and at a community college in Atlanta.  I had managed to get through graduate school (earning a [...]

AHI Offers Fall Course on American Democracy

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will offer a free continuing education course on democracy this fall, on Monday evenings from September 9 to December 16. AHI courses are free and open to the public, including high school and college-age students. Professional credit is available for teachers. The course, “Majority [...]

Meet AHI and Former White House Intern Edward Shvets

This summer strains of Russian can be heard in the mansion that houses The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) as Edward Shvets, undergraduate fellow and 2019 summer intern, keeps in touch with his family. Edward hails from Brooklyn. He grew up in Brighton Beach, a community with a sizeable [...]

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