The Salmon P. Chase Lecture Series advances our understanding of citizenship well lived and pays tribute to Salmon P. Chase’s legacy and impact.
After an 11-year run at Georgetown University’s Center for the Constitution, the lecture series is moving to Ohio State in 2025. Ohio State’s first lecture will feature bestselling author Walter Stahr, whose 2022 biography Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln’s Vital Rival recounts Chase’s integral role fighting for the civil rights of all Americans as a pro-freedom attorney, as Governor and U.S. Senator of Ohio, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury, and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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 | Dr. Chris Green and Professor Ted Foley
Natural Property Rights
Monday, September 22, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Eric Claeys
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: Norfolk During Virginia's Civil War
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Brianna Frakes
SCOTUS and Wrongful Convictions
Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Nathan Goetting
Ideological Barriers to Objectivity in the Modern Social Sciences
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 5pm at Smith 5097 | Dr. Jesse Smith
Past Chase Lectures
Chase Center YouTube Channel
Watch previous lectures at the Chase Center YouTube Channel.