The Tocqueville Lecture Series is co-organized by the Tocqueville Program directed by Professor Aurelian Craiutu, Department of Political Science, IU Bloomington.
Lecture series are live streamed (unless indicated otherwise) and are open to the public. You are welcome to bring your lunch.
Please note the varying times and locations for the series below.
Date / Time / Location | Speaker | Presentation |
| February 6 12:00–1:30 p.m. Ostrom Workshop, 513 N. Park | Amy L. Wax University of Pennsylvania Law School | "What is Happening to the Family and Why?" Abstract/Bio |
| February 16 12:00–2:00 p.m. Ostrom Workshop, 513 N. Park | William Scheuerman Department of Political Science and International Studies, IU Bloomington (with Maeve Cooke, University College Dublin, Ireland; and Jeffrey Isaac, IU Bloomington) | "Civil Disobedience" Abstract/Bio |
| February 22 12:00–1:00 p.m. Global & International Studies Building, GA2067 [NO LIVE STREAM] | Balázs Trencsényi Department of History, Central European University Budapest | In dialogue with Aurelian Craiutu (Political Science, IU) on Trencsényi's recent book, A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe: Volume I: Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' Abstract/Bio |
| March 2 12:00–1:30 p.m. Global & International Studies Building, room 1100 [NO LIVE STREAM] | Elliott Abrams Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Washington, DC | "Promoting Democracy in the Arab World" Discussant: Lee Feinstein (Dean, School of Global & International Studies) Abstract/Bio |
| April 13 12:30–2:00 p.m. Woodburn Hall 218 [NO LIVE STREAM] | Christopher Sebastian Parker Department of Political Science, University of Washington | "The Great White Hope: Donald Trump, Race, and the Crisis of American Politics" Abstract/Bio |
