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The JMC Annual Summit on Higher Education
Should America's Colleges Teach Patriotism?
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Can a free nation survive without patriotic citizens? A country that is not loved by its own people is unlikely to endure.
On October 3, 2019, JMC held its 16th National Summit on Higher Education to discuss whether colleges should play a role in producing patriotic citizens. An all-star panel, moderated by JMC board member Bill Kristol, included Peter Berkowitz (The Hoover Institution), Elizabeth Kaufer Busch (Christopher Newport University), and Robert Ingram (Ohio University).
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John Agresto, former Chancellor of the American University of Iraq and President of St. John's College (ret.), gave the keynote address, discussing patriotism in the context of the principles on which America was founded. How do we understand and sustain patriotism in a nation that is based on individualism and equal rights more than ties of blood, kinship, religion or ethnicity?
View videos of the 2019 Summit below!
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Left to right: Bill Kristol, Peter Berkowitz, Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, Robert Ingram
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Watch John Agresto deliver the keynote address.
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Chairman of the Board Jack Miller introducing John Agresto
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Happy 284th Birthday, John Adams!
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October 30 marked 284 years since John Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. During his illustrious public life, Adams served as an American ambassador to Great Britain, George Washington’s vice president, and as our second president of the United States. To celebrate John Adams's legacy, we have gathered together a collection of works from JMC fellows and other scholars that consider his impact on American political thought and development.
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Will you join us in the effort?
Our impact is expanding. As of this fall, one million students have been taught by a JMC fellow. Help us ensure many more young citizens learn about America's history and its founding principles.
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James Madison: The Founder of Modern Founding
On October 24, the Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions at the University of California-Los Angeles hosted JMC board member James Ceaser for a lecture on James Madison's political thought.
Augustine and Winston Churchill on Friendship
On October 28 and 29, John von Heyking appeared at the Matthew J. Ryan Center at Villanova University for two public lectures on friendship. The first lecture, on October 28, "Augustine on Friendship," served as the Augustine and Culture Seminar Program's annual Augustine Lecture. The other, on October 29, "Winston Churchill on Friendship," examined a more recent view of friendship from Sir Winston Churchill.
Brexit in Historical Perspective
On November 4, the George Washington Forum at Ohio University, a JMC partner program, will be hosting Jeremy Black of the University of Exeter for a lecture on Brexit.
Religion and American Political Thought
On November 5, the John Dickinson Forum at George Fox University, a JMC partner program, will be hosting Jeffery Ventrella to discuss the influence of the Bible on American political thought.
The Decline of Statesmanship in the U.S. Senate
On November 5, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, will host Sean Theriault for a lecture on the decline of statesmanship in the United States Senate.
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A House Divided: American Political Development, Parties, and Law
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- Calvin TerBeek's essay examines party politics, constitutional politics, and the administrative state.
- John Dearborn's piece, co-written with Jack Greenberg, reflects on impeachment's role in American political development.
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JMC Podcast
Dan Cullen Interviews Board Member Wilfred McClay
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Want to help transform higher education?
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About the Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center is a 501(c)(3) public charity with the mission to reinvigorate education in America's founding principles and history. We work to advance the teaching and study of America's history, its political and economic institutions, and the central principles, ideas and issues arising from the American and Western traditions—all of which continue to animate our national life.
We support professors and educators through programs, resources, fellowships and more to help them teach our nation's students.
www.jackmillercenter.org
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