Political Science

David Palumbo-Liu teaches comparative literature at Stanford University. He will discuss the relationship between scholarship and activism and address ongoing debates about the role of freedom of expression in higher education.

Arguing NO: Oren Cass, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Mr. Cass’s work addresses issues ranging from the labor market to environmental regulation to trade and immigration to education and organized labor. He also writes extensively on the nature and implications of climate change and on the process of formulating and evaluating public policy. Cass has written for publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs, and he regularly speaks at universities and testifies before Congress.

Join a small group lunch discussion about freedom and respect in our intellectual community. RSVP form available at go/elp.

A lecture by Ross Douthat (New York Times) with Q & A

Moderated by Governor James H. Douglas

Commencement reception for Polical Science Seniors and their families.

A talk by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), with Q & A

Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen?

A Lecture by Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard and ABC News

Bill Kristol is founder and editor at large of The Weekly Standard, an influential journal of politics and ideas located in Washington, D.C. He is a regular on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos and has appeared frequently on other leading political commentary shows such as Fox News Sunday.

During the 2016 elections, Mr. Kristol emerged as a prominent Republican critic of then-candidate Donald J. Trump. He remains a vocal critic of the President.

Changyong Rhee, Director of the Asia Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will talk about Asia’s response to near-term global headwinds such as escalating trade tension, monetary policy normalization of advanced economies and global financial market tightening as well as medium-term challenges arising from declining productivity growth and aging population.

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According to human rights organizer Rana Abdelhamid, there are three ingredients to creating an international movement: Start with what you know, start with who you know and, most important, start with joy. After a stranger aggressively tried to remove her hijab, the 16-year-old Abdelhamid (who happens to be a first-degree black belt) began teaching self-defense to women and girls in a community center basement. But she realized that she didn’t want the class to focus on fear — instead, she wanted her students to experience the class as an exercise in mental and physical well-being.

A talk by Robert Atkinson, Founder and President of Information Technology and Innovation Foundation