The
Project on Liberty & American Constitutionalism's mission is to explore the meaning of liberty in the American constitutional system, with specific emphasis on the Founders' commitment to limited and responsible government that promotes individual liberty, free markets, and a strong national defense. We seek to produce publications that examine these issues and to enhance the educational opportunities for Utah State students interested in these issues.
Richard Brookhiser Lecture Rescheduled:
Mr. Brookhiser will speak on “James Madison: Father of the Constitution,
Father of Politics.” New Date: December 4, 2012. Time: 12-1
pm. Place: Taggart Student Center Auditorium, Utah State
University. His lecture is free and open to the public. Book
signing to follow.
Richard Brookhiser has had to postpone his visit to
USU. Stay tuned for updates. In the meantime you can listen to his
recent interview on Utah Public Radio’s Access Utah. He discusses James
Madison, conservative politics, and the Presidential election. Click
here.
Richard Brookhiser at USU This Fall!
Noted author and journalist Richard Brookhiser will speak at
USU on October 9 at 12:00pm in ECC 216 (Auditorium).
Journalist, historian and Guggenheim fellow Richard Brookhiser will discuss his book on founding father James Madison. The titile of his lecture is “James Madison: Father of the Constitution, Father of Politics”
For more information, click here.
Watch
John Stossell at USU!
Watch John Stossell’s public lecture
"No They
Can't: Why Government Fails - But Individuals Succeed"
at USU here
Adam
Smith on Human Nature
Project Co-director Peter McNamara lectured at
the John Marshall International Center at the University of Richmond in May of
this year. His topic was “Adam Smith on Human Nature.” The lecture
was video-taped and can be seen
here.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
JOHN STOSSEL - free public lecture: "No They
Can't: Why Government Fails - But Individuals Succeed"
John Stossel hosts Stossel
on Fox Business News and is a Fox News Contributor. He is a New York Times
bestselling author.
Where: Eccles Conference Center Auditorium.
When: 10:30-11:20. Book signing to
follow.
This lecture is sponsored by The Project on
Liberty and American Constitutionalism at Utah State University and the Jon M.
Hunstman School of Business.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Come and hear WALTER RUSSELL MEAD talk about "American Grand Strategy in the Twenty-First Century"
12:00-1:00 P.M.
Eccles Conference Center Auditorium
May 2011
The Project is now a "Partner" with the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History
Check out the whole Jack Miller Center website while you are at it!
April 2, 2011
Panel Discussion
: The American Enterprise Institute held a panel discussion for the release of
The
Obama Presidency and the Constitutional Order, edited by Carol McNamara and Melanie Marlowe. The book is product of a lecture series sponsored by the Project last year. You can see the panel at:
http://www.aei.org/event/100391
April 18, 2011 -
POSTPONED
Public Lecture: Walter Russell Mead
, "Patriots versus Globalists: American Politics and Globalization Policy."
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm 215 Business Building Auditorium.
Feb. 5. 2010
Public Lecture, Amity Shlaes, “What Threatens the American Economy Today”
Christensen Auditorium, Rm 215 Business Bldg.
Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations, a syndicated columnist at
Bloomberg, and author of the
New York Times best-selling book,
The Forgotten Man:
A New History of the Great Depression.
January 13, 2010
Victor Davis Hanson Public Lecture
Noted educator, author, and columnist, Victor Davis Hanson, will speak at USU. Dr. Hanson is the author of many books including
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and the Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War.
April 2010
“The Obama Presidency and the Constitutional Order”
A scholarly conference sponsored by the Political Science Department and the Project on Liberty and American Constitutionalism. The conference will be conducted in conjunction with PS 3140 The Presidency. Contact: carol.mcnamara@usu.edu
October 22, 2009
Steve F. Hayward's
Public Lecture "Liberty and Limited Government in America: Lessons from the Reagan Experience"
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Place: Taggart Student Center Auditorium, Utah State University
April 22, 2009
September 16, 2008
The Political Science Department at Utah State University is hosting a conference on
“Freedom and the Rule of Law”
September 14-15, 2008. The key-note speaker is
Justice Antonin Scalia
of the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Scalia's speech will be followed by a two-day conference featuring leading legal and constitutional scholars from across the country. The conference is being directed by Professor Anthony Peacock. Details about the conference may be found at the
Department of Political Science website
.