Political Science

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. Note: 11/24 will be held virtually.

Adam Smith is best known today as the defender of capitalism, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. In Our Great Purpose (2021), Professor Hanley, one of today’s leading Smith scholars, shows us Smith in an entirely new light—and along the way, teaches us what it truly means to possess an excellent character and lead a worthy life.

Should the United States increase immigration? At this event, Peter Skerry, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, and Alex Nowrasteh, Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, will present different views, converse with each other, and take questions on this timely and important question in American politics.

Sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Forum and the Political Science Department 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. 

Students and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held almost every Wednesday 12:30-1:30. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome.