Past Events
2021-2022
- Tocqueville Forum Conference: “Democracy and Partisanship: Historical Reflections & Future Possibilities”
2020-2021
- Barry S. Strauss (Cornell University): “Behind Enemy Lines: The Attack That Undermined Anthony and Cleopatra, Methone, 31 BC”
- Walter Nicgorski (University of Notre Dame): “Cicero: Statesman As Well As Political Philosopher”
[Click here to access a video recording of Dr. Nicgorski’s lecture] - Tocqueville Forum Conference: “Burke, Keynes, and the Political Economy of Time”
2019-2020
- Ruth W. Grant (Duke University): “How Could They Let This Happen?: Cover Ups, Accountability, and the Complicity Problem”
- Chandran Kukathas (Singapore Management University): “Immigration and Freedom”
2018-2019
- Sidney M. Milkis (University of Virginia): “What Happened to the Vital Center: The Fracturing of America and the Rise of Donald Trump”
- Helge Antoni: “Cross-Cultural Influences and National Identity in Music”
- Christopher S. Celenza (Georgetown University): “Machiavelli: Yesterday and Today”
- Tocqueville Forum Student Fellows Conference: “Social Media and Democracy”
2017-2018
- Tocqueville Forum Conference: “The Legacy of Democracy in America“
- Department of Classics/Tocqueville Forum Conference: “Political Rhetoric: Ancient and Modern”
2016-2017
- Rogers M. Smith (University of Pennsylvania): “Democracy in America in the 21st Century: New Challenges of Diversity and Inequality”
- Forum Roundtable: “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education for the 21st Century”
2015-2016
- Arthur Herman (Hudson Institute): “The Future of the Western Experiment”
- Rod Dreher (The American Conservative) and Ken Myers (Mars Hill Audio): “The Benedict Option?”
- Joel Kotkin (Chapman University): “The Clerisy, Oligarchs and the New Politics of Class”
- Textual Exegesis Conference: “The Interpretation and Teaching of Primary Sources”