The Tocqueville Lecture SeriesThe Tocqueville Lecture Series invites scholars, professionals, and civic leaders to present on the ideas of liberty and equality, as they relate to other concepts important in the founding and continuation of American government.
The lecture series is supported by a generous grant from the Jack Miller Center and Alabama Humanities Alliance. It complements the Tocqueville Society at Jacksonville State University. The Tocqueville Society is a student organization that examines core ideas of the West and American political thought. In past years, it has examined topics such as, the American Dream, virtue in modern life, and freedom of speech. For news, information, and updates about the Tocqueville Lecture Series follow us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube Channel. |
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2023-24 Tocqueville Lecture Series9/15/23- Dr. Jane Kamensky & Dr. Paul Carrese - Educating for American Democracy in a Polarized Age
10/19/23 - Dr. Benjamin Kleinerman - The Crisis Presidency
11/9/23 - Dr. John Pottenger - Tracing the Origins of American Religious Pluralism
1/24/24 - Dr. Rita Koganzon - Hating School: The Liberal Tradition in American Education
TBA - Dr. Daniel Cullen - Two Constitutions? On the Relation of Democracy and the Nation
3/28/24 - Dr. Erin Dolgoy - Sarah and Angelina Grimké: A World Upside Down
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2022-23 Tocqueville Lecture Series9/20/22- Dr. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch - Restoring the Constitutional Integrity of Title IX
10/20/22 - Dr. Brandon Stewart - Disinformation and the Threat to Democracy 11/10/22 - Dr. Richard Ruderman - A Discussion of Douglass's Remarkable 1876 Eulogy of Lincoln 2/2/23 - Dr. Lee Trepanier - What is Political Civility Today? 3/1/23 - Dr. Philip Yaure - "Frederick Douglass’s Abolitionist Republicanism" 3/20/23 - Dr. Jonathan Marks - Free Speech on Campus |
2021-22 Tocqueville Lecture Series 09/16/21 - Dr. Michael Zuckert - A Pro-Slavery Constitution?
10/7/21 - Dr. Donald Prudlo - Thomas Aquinas & the Medieval Roots of the American Order 10/21/21 - Mr. Brandon Fleming - Critical Thinking for Critical Times 2/10/22 - Dr. Lucy Williams - Final, Infallible, Exceptional (?): The Supreme Court's American Exceptionalism 3/31/22 - Dr. Joseph Knippenberg - Forgetting or Denying, "The Good, the True, and the Beautiful": The Precarious Place of Liberal Education in the Contemporary University |
2020-21 Tocqueville Lectures
10/8/20 - Dr. Nicholas Buccola - The Fire Is Upon Us
2/18/21 - Dr. Andrea Radasanu - In Defense of Montezuma's Relativism: Montesquieu's Critique of International Law 4/22/21 - Dr. Jeremy Bailey - Should the President Represent the People? |
