The American Politics and Government Summit is less than a month away.
We've put together an incredible schedule of panels and keynote speakers. That brings together scholars to participate in dialogue focused on emerging research—rooted in timeless principles—in the fields of politics, philosophy, and economics.
ISI’s American Politics and Government Faculty Summit Schedule
Wednesday, February 22
6:00 p.m. Evening Reception
Thursday, February 23
8:30 am Opening Remarks
9:00-10:30 Paper Presentations
Elizabeth Eastman, University of Colorado, Boulder
“America’s Dialogue: Three Debates that Inform the Original Understanding of America
Daniel Gullotta, Ashland University
Whatever Happened to the Age of Jackson?
Nicholas Higgins, North Greeneville University
Religious Hermeneutics and Constitutional Interpretation
Jason Jewell, Faulkner University
In 2023, Justice Requires Political Decentralization
Jacob Wolf, Regent University
Walt Whitman's Boundless Individuality as a Moral Foundation for American Democracy
11:00-12:30 Panels
Panel 1, The Heritage Foundation
Jay Richards, DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family, THF
Rachel Lu, Law & Liberty
Chair: Brenda Hafera, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies, THF
Conserving Conservatism, Abandoning America
Clifford Humphrey, Troy University and Edmund Burke Foundation
Casey Wheatland, Texas State University
Cole Simmons, Montana Classical College
Chair: Ben Crenshaw, Hillsdale College
12:45-2:15 pm Lunch
2:30-4:00 Panels
Panel 2, The Heritage Foundation
Andrew Olivastro, Vice President, Outreach, THF
Catherine Pakaluk, Catholic University of America
Paul Ray, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, THF
Book Panel: The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding by Kody Cooper and Justin Dyer
Kody Cooper, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Theresa Macart, Holy Cross College
Bolek Kabala, Tarleton State University
Nicholas Drummond, Black Hills State University
4:30-6:00 Paper Presentations
Steven Hayward, University of California, Berkeley and Dr. Linda Denno, University of Arizona
The Unspoken Foundation of the “Social Justice” Project is Envy: An Agenda for Research and Reflection
Joshua Herring, Faulkner University
Towards A Biblical Theology of 'Nation' in the Old and New Testaments
John Lawrence Hill, Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Ten Years That Changed the Constitution Forever
Craig Bruce Smith, National Defense University TBD
An Honorable Nation: The Founding and American Ideals
Joshua Vandiver, Ball State University
Do Leftwing Extremists Think Strategically?
6:30-8:30 Dinner Keynote: The New Right and the American Political Tradition by Charles Kesler, Claremont Institute
Friday, February 24
9:00-10:30 am Panels
Book Panel: Conservatism in a Divided America: The Right and Identity Politics by George Hawley
George Hawley, University of Alabama
Jose Pedro Zuquete, University of Lisbon
David Azerrad, Hillsdale College
Kody Cooper, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chair: Nicholas Drummond, Black Hills State University
Christian Nationalism and the American Regime, The Edmund Burke Foundation
David Innes, The Kings College
Ben Crenshaw, Hillsdale College
Stephen Wolfe, author of The Case for Christian Nationalism
Daniel Strand, Air Force War College
Chair: Clifford Humphrey, Troy University and Edmund Burke Foundation
11:00-12:30 Sessions and Panels
Is Locke’s Liberalism the Cause of Our Decline, The Claremont Institute
David Azerrad, Hillsdale College
Yoram Hazony, Edmund Burke Foundation
Thomas G. West, Hillsdale College
Chair: Ronald J. Pestritto, Hillsdale College
How Liberal Was the American Founding, The Acton Institute
Sam Goldman, Georgetown University
Dylan Pahman, Acton Institute
12:45-2:15 pm Lunch
2:30-4:00 Panels
What the Right Can Learn from the Left, The Claremont Institute
Michael Anton, Hillsdale College
Glenn Ellmers, Claremont Institute
Kevin Slack, Hillsdale College
Chair: Ryan Williams, Claremont Institute
Among the Deathworks: Reflections on Philip Rieff, The Ciceronian Society
Christopher Anadale, Mount St. Mary's University
Michael Harding, Montgomery College
Chair: William Batchelder, Waynesburg University
4:30-6:00 Paper Presentations
Gary W. Houchens, Western Kentucky University
Learning for Eternity: A 94-Year-Old Papal Encyclical Offers a Blueprint for Modern American Education Policy
Michael N. Jacobs, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Two Kingdoms Conservatism: VanDrunen, Hazony, and the Role of the State
Joseph Prud’homme, Washington College
Liberal Promises and Hobbesian Realities: The Post-War Establishment Clause, the Political State of Nature, and a Defense of Classical Liberalism
Casey Puerzer, Boston College
Hurricane Katrina, Federalism, and Justice
William Jason Wallace, Samford University
Between Madison and Marcuse: Human Nature, American Order, and the Politics of Prudence
6:30-8:30 Dinner Keynote: The Constitution and Civic Virtue by Robert P. George and Closing Remarks
Don't miss out on this opportunity to explore emerging research in politics, philosophy, and economics.
