On 17 September, Constitution Day, the AHI celebrated its second birthday by holding the Second Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture in Constitutional Jurisprudence. During the dinner that preceded the lecture, the AHI’s founders awarded three students with prizes for scholarly excellence. […]
1.The AHI announced publicly a partnership with Encounter Books, a leading publisher of non-fiction books devoted “to strengthening the marketplace of ideas and engaging in educational activities to help preserve democratic culture.” […]
Man faces the world, as David Hume observed, with basically three kinds of goods: his physical capacity, his mental capacity, and his acquired possessions. […]
Robert Lewit, board member of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, has published an article on the AHI’s inaugural colloquium inInside Academe (volume 3, no. 3-4, 2008), an ACTA publication. Mr. Lewit attended “Liberty and Slavery: The Civil War between Gerrit Smith and George Fitzhugh, on April 10-12, at the Turning Stone Resort. […]
The AHI’s inaugural experimental colloquium on the meaning of freedom in the antebellum debate about slavery brought together more than a 150 scholars, students, and informed lay persons for two and a half days of stimulating conversation. […]
Topic: “Liberty and Slavery: The Civil War between Gerrit Smith and George Fitzhugh”. Held: April 10-13, 2008, Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York. Opening Banquet Proceedings and Keynote Address by John Stauffer – Videos. […]
More than 140 guests–students, scholars, philanthropists, civic leaders, and entrepreneurs–will attend the inaugural dinner of the AHI on Thursday evening, 10 April, at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino. The evening’s event, which will include a sumptuous feast, will honor special guests and steadfast supporters of the AHI. […]
Professors Douglas Ambrose and John Stauffer have announced the line-up of conferees for the Alexander Hamilton Institute’s innovative kick-off colloquium, “Liberty and Slavery: The Civil War between Gerrit Smith & George Fitzhugh,” April 10-12 at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino. […]
Harvard and Colgate will contribute thousands of dollars each to support the participation of their students at the AHI kick-off colloquium, “Liberty and Slavery: The Civil War between Gerrit Smith and George Fitzhugh.” […]
John Stauffer, Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University, has arranged for the participation of a group of graduate students to attend the kick-off colloquium, “Liberty and Slavery: The Civil War between Gerrit Smith and George Fitzhugh.” […]
