The St. George Tucker Society is seeking nominations for graduate student papers to be presented at its annual meeting as part of the Cleanth Brooks Forum.

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Lorraine and Thomas Pangle Receive “Heroes of Conscience Award”

Monday, November 26th, 2012

the Pangles were given the American Freedom Alliance’s “Heroes of Conscience” award for 2012, in recognition of their establishment of the Great Books program at the University of Texas.

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Philanthropy and higher education: Funding scholarship as well as scholars

Friday, October 5th, 2012

The core of academic life is not buildings and stadiums but certain ideas and debates about the good for human beings and political communities.

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The Narrowing Focus of American Historians

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

The mission of informing future citizens of their rich American past takes a back seat to the academy’s conscious decision to narrow the range of historical questions explored in the classroom.

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Yale University: Post-Doc in History of Representative Institutions

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

The Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions, seeks to appoint one Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Representative Institutions for a one-year period beginning January 1, 2013.

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Jack Miller Accepts “Citizen of the Year Award”

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Jack Miller received the Joseph H. Kanter Citizen of the Year Award at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Citizenship (NcoC), September 14 in Philadelphia.

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Jack Miller Receives Citizen of the Year Award

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

The Joseph H. Kanter Citizen of the Year Award at the annual National Conference on Citizenship, September 14 in Philadelphia.

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