Academic Programs & Resources

Welcome a New Year of “Enquiry”

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the 2018 academic year of Enquiry has begun with the publication of the first two installments from September 5, 2018 and September 12, 2018.  All articles are available online and you can also find PDFs of each issue in the Archives section [...]

AHI Sponsors Reading Group on Thomas More’s Utopia at Colgate University

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce its sponsorship at Colgate University of a reading cluster devoted to the study of Thomas More’s Utopia.  The cluster, which is open to the public, will hold the first of nine meetings on Monday, 8 p.m. - 9 p.m., September [...]

Eleventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture at Skidmore College

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the Eleventh Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence will take place this year at Skidmore College on September 17, Constitution Day.  AHI is co-sponsoring the event with Skidmore's Department of Political Science. Lisa Pace Vetter, Associate Professor [...]

Special AHI Open House and Constitution Day Event

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce a special open house and Constitution Day lecture on Sunday, September 16, 4-6 pm.  The event will take place at AHI headquarters, 21 West Park Row, Clinton, New York. AHI Executive Director Robert Paquette will share important news about AHI’s [...]

AHI to Offer Course on Liberty

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) will offer a continuing education class this fall on “Liberty: The History of an Idea.” Like all AHI courses, it will be free and open to the public. The class will meet on Monday evenings from September 10 to December 10, 6:30 to 8:30 [...]

Weekly Standard’s “Essay of the Day” by AHI’s Ann Hartle on Liberal Education

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Senior Fellow Ann Hartle on the publication of "Liberal Education and the Civil Character" in the Summer 2018 edition of Modern Age. “Prufrock,” an email newsletter devoted to books, arts, and ideas and published by The Weekly Standard, also featured Hartle’s piece as “Essay of the [...]

AHI Senior Fellow Mary Nichols Publishes on Aristotle and the Middle Class

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) congratulates Senior Fellow, Mary Nichols on her article "Our "Great American Middle" and Aristotle's Golden Mean,"  a review of Leslie G. Rubin’s book, America, Aristotle, and the Politics of a Middle Class.  In her review, Nichols states that the book "offers us a new way to understand [...]

AHI’s Washington Program on National Security “An Incredible Two Weeks”

One of the most lauded initiatives of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is its Annual Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS). Directed by AHI Senior Fellow, Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, the program concluded its third year on June 30 with an impressive group of students from across the country, bringing [...]

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