Chicago Area Events
Lecture at DePaul University College of Law, "Matrilineal vs. Patrilineal Descent: Conservative and Reform Perspectives" by Professor David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary, and Professor Mark E. Washofsky, Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice at HUC-JIR in Cincinnati
Sponsored by the DePaul University College of Law's Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies, JLJS. on 18 March, 2010 20:00
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Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Happiness, on 23 March, 2010
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Lecture at DePaul University College of Law, "Moral Rights: Jewish Roots, American law and Global Implications" by Professor Roberta R. Kwall, DePaul University College of Law.
Sponsored by DePaul University College of Law's Center for Jewish Law and Judiac Studies (JLJS). on 14 April, 2010 11:45
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Conference at DePaul University College of Law, "Founding a Nation/Constituting a People."
Sponsored by DePaul University College of Law's Center for Jewish law and Judaic Studies (JLJS) and the Jack Miller Center. on 13 May, 2010 09:00
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Past Events
November 16, 2009
The Montesquieu Forum hosted a lecture by Richard Velkley, Celia Scott Weatherhead Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, on “The Defect in the Natural Origin and the Problem of Law: Reflections on Rousseau’s Second Discourse and Social Contract.”
October 2009
The Cline Center and the Civic Leadership Program hosted a conference on the “Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration” in Champaign.
October 19, 2009
The Montesquieu Forum hosted a lecture by Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage and Professor of History at Hillsdale College, on “Montesquieu and the Founding Fathers: Federalism, the Separation of Powers, and the Crisis of American Democracy.”
April 20, 2009
The Montesquieu Forum hosted Clifford Orwin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, lectured about “The Foundations of the Athenian Democratic Empire: Reflections on Herodotus’s History.”
March 5, 2009
The University of Chicago and the Montesquieu Forum hosted an international conference on “Tocqueville and the Frontiers of Democracy.”
February 4-5, 2009
The Tocqueville Center at the University of Notre Dame hosted their inaugural conference entitled “Freedom of, Freedom for, or Freedom from Religion—The Meanings of Religious Freedom in America”
November 4, 2008
The Montesquieu Forum hosted Charlotte Thomas, Professor of Philosophy at Mercer College presented a lecture titled, “Making it Home: Vigilant Memory and the Founding of Ithaca in Homer’s Odyssey.”
October, 2008
The Cline Center and the Civic Leadership Program hosted a conference on the “Constitutional Convention Debate” in Champaign.
October 27, 2008
The Montesquieu Forum hosted Ronna Burger, Professor of Philosophy and Sizeler Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Tulane University, spoke on “In the Wilderness of Sinai: Moses as Lawgiver and Founder of a People.”
