The McDowell Institute Lecture Series hosts speakers who examine and discuss the problems and prospects of leadership, constitutionalism, political economy, politics, and ethical reasoning.
2022–23 Events
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September 30 • 4 p.m. • Ukrop Auditorium
Realism, Ethics, and Catastrophe
Alison McQueen
Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of History, Stanford University
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March 16 • 5 p.m. • Ukrop Auditorium
Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
Roosevelt Montás
Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English, Columbia University,
author of Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
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2023–24 Events
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September 28, 2023 • 5 p.m.
Why Thomas Sowell Matters
Jason L. Riley
Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Columnist for the Wall Street Journal
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November 9, 2023 • 5 p.m.
Don't Cancel the Classics, Broaden and Diversify Them
Angel Parham
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
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March 21, 2024
Zena Hitz
Tutor at St. John’s College and the author of Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
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