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Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo talked about his book, America’s Cultural Revolution, which was selected as the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2024 Conservative Book …

Intercollegiate Studies Institute president John Burtka talked about what we can learn from statesmen going back to the ancient Greeks. This event was held at the Heritage Foundation in Wash…

Patrick Deneen argued that America needs a new elite that champions the interests of ordinary Americans. He was joined by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts,…

Assumption University emeritus professor Daniel Mahoney discussed his book, The Statesman as Thinker, winner of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2023 Conservative Book of the Year Awa…

Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson discussed his book, The Dying Citizen, the recipient of the 2022 Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s Conservative Book of the Year Award. This event …

American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Yuval Levin, winner of the ISI Conservative Book of the Year Award for A Time to Build, delivered his acceptance speech. This event was hosted by …

Harvard University Professor Arthur Brooks and University of Massachusetts Professor emeritus Richard Wolff debated whether socialism is worth considering for the United States. This virtual…

Yoram Hazony discussed his book, The Virtue of Nationalism, recipient of the Conservative Book of the Year Award.

Stanford Professor Francis Fukuyama explored how to move past identity politics and return to civil discourse.

Rod Dreher received the Paolucci Book Award, given each year to “recognize the best book that advances conservative principles.”

Bradley Birzer, recipient of the 2016 Paolucci Book Award for Russell Kirk: American Conservative, talked about the life and intellectual impact of the conservative author.

Richard Brookhiser was awarded the 2015 Paolucci Book Award by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute for his biography, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln.

Brad Gregory talked about his book, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society, in which he looks at the impact of the Protestant Reformation on Western socie…

Author John Fonte talked about his book, Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others, in which he describes the struggle between global governance and Ame…

Pauline Maier was the recipient of the 2011 Paolucci/Bagehot Book Award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. During the award ceremony, Professor Maier delivered a lecture based on he…

Angelo Codevilla was awarded the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s 2010 Paolucci/Bagehot Book Award for his book, Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft (Basic Books). T…

Brian Domitrovic profiles the economic thinkers who championed the theory of supply-side economics and whose ideas were put to practice during the 1980s to improve the economy. Domitrivic ar…

Philip Hamburger talked about his book Law and Judicial Duty (Harvard University Press; November 1, 2008). In the book he looks at the history of judicial review in the United States. He tal…

Professor Jonathan Adler spoke to students about freedom of speech and appropriate restrictions or regulations on forms of speech. Among the topics he addressed were differences between crit…

Charles Taylor was awarded the the 2008 Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award for his book, A Secular Age. In the book, Professor Taylor looks at the history of secularism and its relatio…