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Join Natalie Tracy as she makes a case for the lasting importance and relevance of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights . Natalie Tracy leads the strategic and tactical marketing and communications initiatives for the McConnell Center. In this role, she collaborates with Dr. Gary Gregg and other team members to design and coordinate the academic and programmatic endeavors of the McConnell Scholars.…
Join Matthew Denhart for a discussion regarding the Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. Matthew Denhart serves as president of the Coolidge Foundation. At the Coolidge Foundation, Mr. Denhart has led the development of the Coolidge Scholarship and several other initiatives aimed at sharing the lessons and values of President Coolidge with a broad national audience. About the podcast: We all know we…
Join Dr. Kirstin Birkhaug for a discussion centered around the work of Phillis Wheatley, an American writer who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is assistant professor of political science at Hope College, where she teaches Introduction to American Politics, State and Local Government,…
Join W.S. Tkweme for a discussion regarding the importance of studying Malcom X. W.S. Tkweme is Director of Graduate Studies in the University of Louisville Pan-African Studies Dept. He teaches courses on various aspeects of black music and post-World War II cultural and political initiatives. He has also served as the Pan-African Studies department's director of graduate studies since 2019. About…
Join Jeff Polet, PhD for a discussion regarding the importance of Rousseau's Confessions . Jeff Polet is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Hope College and currently director of The Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal. He is currently writing a book that reinterprets "The…
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Kevin Hayes, PhD for a discussion on the work and life of Hunter S. Thompson. Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Kevin J. Hayes spent his twenties living the life of a bike bum, but he eventually went to graduate school at the University of Delaware, graduating with his PhD in English in 1991. After graduation, he became a professor at the University of…
Join Mark C Meade for a discussion regarding the importance of The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. Mark C. Meade is the Assistant Director of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. In over 20 years at the Center as an archivist, he has assisted scholars from around the world while himself presenting and publishing internationally on Merton's writings. Mark served as the…
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Nicholas Buccola, PhD for the Capt. Daniel H. Utley Memorial Lecture, a talk entitled "One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King and the Struggle over an American Ideal." Nicholas Buccola is a writer, lecturer, and teacher who specializes in the area of American political thought. He is the author of One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an…
Join #McConnellCenter scholars for a presentation from Dr Blanco explaining the importance of Hayek's work and how to understand it in modern times . Abby Hall Blanco is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. She is a Senior Affiliated Scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow with the Independent Institute in…
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Dr. Marc Landy for a Constitution Day discussion on Constitutionalism. Marc Landy is the Edward and Louise Peterson Professor of American History and Government at Ashland University and a Professor of Political Science at Boston College. He is the co-author, with Sidney Milkis, of Presidential Greatness and the textbook American Government: Enduring…
