Today at America's Town Hall
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JAN 29 I 12 p.m. ET
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In the wake of election 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law presents its annual law review symposium on the past, present, and future of presidential elections, in partnership with the National Constitution Center. The three-panel discussion will feature leading scholars, law professors, political scientists, journalists, and former campaign advisers, as they explore the history, current challenges, and future of presidential elections.
This program is presented in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.
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Coming up in February at America's Town Hall
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FEB 2 I 7 p.m. ET
Free Online
Join Michael Gerhardt, Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina School of Law and scholar in residence at the National Constitution Center, to celebrate the launch of his latest book, Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader—an examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership, and how five men mentored an obscure lawyer with no executive experience to become one of America’s greatest presidents. Gerhardt will be joined by leading historians H.W. Brands, professor of history and Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of the new book The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom, and Judith Giesberg, professor of history at Villanova University and director of the Last Seen Project, in conversation moderated by Jeffrey Rosen.
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FEB 4 | 11 a.m. ET
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Join the National Constitution Center, in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, for a discussion on “Renewing the Republic”: a program exploring how to “restore the guardrails” of democracy—or ways to strengthen American constitutional democracy, structurally and normatively, against future threats and insurrections. Leading commentators Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian, Daniel Ziblatt, political scientist and a professor at Harvard University; and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist George Will, will join moderator Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging conversation.
This program is presented in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
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FEB 15 I 7 p.m. ET
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The America of the early republic was built on a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could learn from its past to secure its future. Join Joanne Freeman, Class of 1954 Professor of American History and of American Studies at Yale University, Robert McDonald, professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Peter Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia—all contributors to the new volume Revolutionary Prophecies: The Founders and America’s Future—to discuss the diverse cast of characters that founded the nation, and how their vision for the country’s future shaped American history.
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Next week's Scholar Exchange:
First Amendment: Speech and Press with David French
Join us for our free online classes. Part lecture and part lively conversation, they are perfect for lifelong learners.
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FEB 5 | 1 p.m. ET
In this Fun Friday Session, writer David French joins us for a discussion on the First Amendment freedoms of Speech and the Press, examining various types of speech. French will also discuss his career as an author, editor, and columnist, and answer questions from participants.
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Can't join a live America's Town Hall program?
LISTEN to a weekly show of constitutional debate hosted by Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen by searching for We the People in your favorite podcast app.
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