Academic Programs & Resources

Edward Shvets Awarded Second Annual James Piereson Internship

In 2020, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) established the James Piereson Summer Internship.  Dr. Piereson, a prominent public intellectual, has played a vital role in helping to erect the scaffolding of what AHI’s founders hoped would be an enduring edifice. Recipients of the Piereson Internship must demonstrate both [...]

Photos: AHI Summer Conference June 11-13 on Patriotism, Ancient and Modern

The AHI Summer Conference on "Patriotism Ancient and Modern," recently took place June 11-13 at the Treasure Valley Classical Academy in Fruitland, Idaho. Distinguished scholars Scott Yenor of Boise State University, David Azerrad of Hillsdale College, Arthur Milikh of the Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life, and Timothy Burns of Baylor [...]

Four UNG Scholars Selected for AHI’s Acclaimed WAPONS Program

The University of North Georgia (UNG) has announced that four of their scholars have been selected to attend the AHI's Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS) June 16-30 in Washington, D.C.  UNG alumnus Jacob Malimban and current students Taylor Mullikin, Ella Reid and Thomas Vella are four of 15 students selected. The AHI WAPONS program, [...]

AHI Summer Conference June 11-13 on Patriotism, Ancient and Modern

In 2018, the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) announced that its annual summer conference, co-sponsored with Baylor University’s Department of Political Science, would be renamed the Mary and David Nichols Annual Conference in the Great Books. In doing so, AHI honored two outstanding professors who had thrown their support [...]

Dean Ball Joins AHI’s Board of Directors

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce the unanimous election of Dean Woodley Ball to its board of directors. Mr. Ball currently serves as Executive Director of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, a Vermont-based non-profit dedicated to educating the American public about the values and accomplishments [...]

AHI’s Mary Grabar to Speak on “Rescuing History” from the 1619 Project

Legal Insurrection, a popular website created by Cornell University law professor William Jacobson, a Hamilton College alumnus, has invited Mary Grabar to participate in a special virtual event, “Rescuing History and Education from the 1619 Project.”  The event will take place on Sunday, March 21, at 8:00 p.m.  Those interested in attending must preregister [...]

“Enquiry:” March 10, 2021

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that student-run newsletter Enquiry, has published the latest edition of Enquiry, Volume VIII, No. 7, March 10, 2021. Enquiry, is an AHI-sponsored publication devoted to the promotion of “free thought and discourse.”

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