Archive for the ‘Miller Program News’ Category

Montesquieu Forum Lecture

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

“It is not a matter of indifference that the people be enlightened.”

Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws, Preface

Professor Andrew Norris

Department of Political Science

University of California, at Santa Barbara

“Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and

The Myth of Lost Origins”

March 29th, Monday, 4:00 P.M.

Roosevelt University

Sullivan Room (2nd floor)

430 S. Michigan Avenue

Chicago

For further information contact Professor Stuart D. Warner at 312.218.5955

Scholars Celebrate Democracy

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

from the Indiana Daily Student
By KATIE DAWSON

Ten panelists from three different continents spoke about one influential Frenchman.
Alexis de Tocqueville scholars from around the world gathered in the Indiana Memorial Union Walnut Room on Friday  to celebrate the publication of a bilingual, French and English, edition of “Democracy in America.”
“The best work on American democracy was written [...]

Twain at UCLA

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions offers dramatic reading series at UCLA Law School.

Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Happiness

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Prof. Jerry Weinberger offers an in depth reading of Franklin and his legacy.

Montesquieu and Nobility

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Montesquieu Uses Of Nobility

Ceaser on Demagoguery and Persuasion

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A public lecture at Louisiana State University on Tuesday, March 30 on the possibility of persuasion.

The Washington DC Political Theory Colloquium

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Talks are held on the campus of American University in the Archives Reading Room (#320) of Bender Library from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome!

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON HIS WORKS

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

International Tocqueville conference at Indiana University is sponsored by the Jack Miller Center.

Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Marks Inauguration of New UCLA Center

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

UCLA will host four days of theater, music, lectures and panel discussions in celebration of this year’s bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

“Teaching American Politics” at Berry College

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Berry College will hold a one day conference on the general topic of “Teaching American Politics.”