Events

Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect

Speaker: John Inazu, Washington University in St Louis

Location: Smathers Library (Room 100)

On Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, Dr. John Inazu, Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion and Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, discussed his new book, “Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect,” with Professor John Stinneford, Hamilton Center Senior Fellow and Edward Rood Eminent Scholar Chair at UF’s Levin College of Law. This event was co-sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the William and Grace Dial Center for Speech and Communication Studies.

The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination

Speaker: Dr. Aaron Zubia, Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education

Location: Keene Faculty Center

On Monday, March 25th, 2024, Dr. Aaron Zubia, Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education, discussed his new book, “The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination,” with Hamilton Center colleagues Drs. Jeffrey Collins and Max Skjönsberg.

Is the U.S. Falling Out of Love with the First Amendment?

Speaker: Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel, Cahill, Gordon, Reindell LLP

Location: Bailey Event Space, UF Levin College of Law

Speaking Freely

Speaker: Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel, Cahill, Gordon, Reindell LLP

Location: Gannett Auditorium, Weimer 1064

Thinking the Empire Whole

Speaker: Steven Pincus, Univeristy of Chicago

Location: Judaica Suite (Smathers Library)

American National Security in a Dangerous World

Speaker: Danielle Pletka, AEI, and Olivia Enos, Hudson Institute. Moderator: William Inboden, Hamilton Center

Location: Emerson Alumni Hall

The Art of Choosing

Speaker: Benjamin Storey, AEI. Student Interviewers: Natalia Lopez, University of Florida, and Colby Wicker, Indiana University Bloomington

State of the West: American Problems and Premodern Solutions

Speaker: Jeff Collins, Hamilton Center, and Jonah Goldberg, American Enterprise Institute. Moderator: Robert G. Ingram, Hamilton Center

Location: The F Club

Hegel and Liberalism

Speaker: Richard Bourke, Cambridge

Location: Judaica Suite (Smathers Library)

Moscow X

Speaker: David McCloskey

Location: Reitz Union (Room 3320)

The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind

Speaker: Melissa Kearney, Maryland

Location: Florida Gym 0280

The History of the Impossible

Speaker: Carlos Eire, Yale

Location: Smathers Library (Room 100)

Truth-Seeking and Democracy

Speaker: Cornel West, Union Theological Seminar and Robert George, Princeton

Location: Smathers Library (Room 100)

What is Western Civilization?

Speaker: Anthony Grafton, Princeton and James Hankins, Harvard

Location: Smathers Library (Room 100)

The Purpose of Liberal Education

Speaker: Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institute

Location: Smathers Library (Room 100)

How Should We Interpret the Constitution?

Speaker: Mitchell Berman, Penn and Randy Barnett, Georgetown

Location: Smathers Library (Room 100)

The American Founding and the American Political Order

Speaker: Patrick Griffin, Notre Dame and Adam Smith, Oxford

Location: Judaica Suite (Smathers Library)