God, Constitution, Notre Dame
Successful Notre Dame Program Champions the Study of the American Constitution
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Many of our CS seniors completed a thesis project with their major. Click here for more info on these outstanding projects!
Congratulations to Constitutional Studies minor Dominique Estes, who won the 2019 Paul Bartholomew Prize for the best senior thesis in political theory!
Fall 2019 Courses are now available!
"The Crisis of Modernity: An Introduction to the Thought of Augusto Del Noce" with Carlo Tuesday, March 19, 2019
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“How The Federalist Opened the Door to the ‘Antifederalist Appropriation’ of the Constitution” with Jeffrey Tulis (University of Texas at Austin).
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"Is Promoting Democracy Abroad Bad for Maintaining Democracy at Home?" - a debate with John Yoo (UC Berkeley) and Michael Desch (Notre Dame).
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Defending free speech in higher education.
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Our own Patrick Deneen spoke on themes from his recent book, Why Liberalism Failed.
Video is also available here.
“Words Fitly Spoken: Lincoln and Ellison as Writers of Social Responsibility” by Lucas Morel, 2.21.18.
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Congratulations to our own Prof. Deneen, with his latest book, Why Liberalism Failed, just released by Yale University Press.
"Confident Pluralism and the University: Surviving and Thriving through Deep Difference" by John Inazu of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Dr. James Otteson (Wake Forest) gave a talk on "Is Capitalism Moral?" on Friday, November 17, 2017. Dr. Patrick Deneen (Notre Dame) responded.
The video can also be viewed here.
Author Rod Dreher spoke on the themes of his recent book, "The Benedict Option".
Dr. Stanford Levinson presented the 2017 Constitution Day Lecture, titled: "Flaws in the Constitution? What We Should be Learning about the Constitution Today" on Monday, September 18, 2017.
On Thursday, September 7, 2017, Ryan Anderson and John Corvino spoke on their new book (co-authored with Sherif Girgis), "Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination."
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Friday, September 1, 2017
O. Carter Snead, Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, presented "Fighting for Charlie Gard: Ethics, Public Policy, and Pope Francis."
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On June 13th, Daniel Mark, a Visiting Tocqueville Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, was elected chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Looking for the Constitutional Studies and Tocqueville Programs? We've moved!
Please visit us in the new Jenkins and Nanovic Halls.
We are located in the 2040 Nanovic Hall suite.