2025-2026 Academic Year Events
Plato's Republic and You
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. James Hooks
Originalism: What is it? Is it a Good Idea?
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Profs. Ned Foley and Chris Green
Natural Property Rights
Monday, September 22, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Prof. Eric Claeys
Tales From Seven Presidencies
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | President Gordon Gee
To Begin the World Over again: Ronald Reagan and the Founding Fathers at the End of the Cold War
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Matthew Frakes
A View From the Legislature
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Senator Jerry C. Cirino
It Don't Mean a Thing: Albert Murray and The Politics of the Blues Idiom
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Nicholas Anderson
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: The Idea of Freedom in American Political Thought
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Adam Seagrave
No Safety for Union Men: Military Occupation in Virginia during the Civil War
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Brianna Frakes
The Supreme Court and Wrongful Convictions
Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Prof. Nathan Goetting
Ideological Barriers to Objectivity in the Modern Social Sciences
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Jesse Smith