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From the President’s Desk

Dear Friend: On September 17, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) celebrated its tenth anniversary. AHI Charter Fellow Douglas Ambrose delivered the Tenth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture on Constitutional Jurisprudence, an electrifying performance to a packed house on "Revisiting the Idea of a Godless Constitution.” As the holiday season [...]

Video: Fifth Annual Josiah Bunting III Veterans Day Lecture

On Thursday evening, November 9, Colonel David Maxwell, Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, delivered the Fifth Annual Josiah Bunting III Veterans Day Lecture, “Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Way Ahead.” The event took place in the Kennedy Auditorium at Hamilton [...]

Colonel David Maxwell Delivers Veterans Day Address on North Korea

Colonel David Maxwell On Thursday evening, November 9, Colonel David Maxwell, Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, delivered the Fifth Annual Josiah Bunting III Veterans Day Lecture, “Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Way Ahead.” The event took place in the [...]

Appearance of Paul Gottfried Sparks Disruptions at Hamilton College

On October 25 and 26, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) sponsored Dr. Paul Gottfried, Horace Raffensperger Professor of Humanities Emeritus, Elizabethtown College, for a series of talks, two on the Hamilton College campus.  On Wednesday morning, October 25, he discussed conservatism in the United States in a seminar “Modern [...]

Colonel David Maxwell to Give AHI Fifth Annual General Josiah Bunting III Veterans Day Lecture

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Colonel David Maxwell, Associate Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program, Georgetown University, will deliver the Fifth Annual General Josiah Bunting III Veterans Day Lecture.  The event will take place on Thursday, November 9, at [...]

Center of Action Institute CEO John Vecchione Speaks at AHI Leadership Dinner

On Thursday evening, October 19, Undergraduate Fellows of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) were treated to a Leadership Dinner with John Vecchione, President and CEO of Cause of Action Institute.  Like AHI, Cause of Action Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Its mission centers on governmental oversight and the promotion [...]

Enquiry: October 4, 2017

  Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the October 4, 2017 issue of Enquiry has been published.  All articles are available online and you can also find PDFs of each issue in the Archives section of the Enquiry website. Enquiry, is an independent publication sponsored by the AHI. A student-run publication, it has [...]

AHI Sponsors Mary Nichols’ Lecture on Thucydides at Colgate

During the 2017-2018 academic year, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is sponsoring at Colgate University a reading cluster devoted to Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.  On September 28, members of the group attended at the Colgate Inn in Hamilton, N.Y., a Leadership Dinner that featured an expert on Thucydides, [...]

AHI Celebrates Constitution Day, David Aldrich Nelson, and Tenth Anniversary

Douglas Ambrose, Charter Fellow of the Alexander Hamilton Institute of the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Hamilton College, is a long-distance runner. Judging by his energetic performance as keynote speaker at the Tenth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional [...]

Enquiry: September 13, 2017

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the September 13, 2017 issue of Enquiry has been published. All articles are available online and you can also find PDFs of each issue in the Archives section of the Enquiry website. Enquiry, is an independent publication sponsored by the AHI. A student-run publication, it [...]

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