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 |
| September 22 12:00–1:30 p.m. Social Science Research Commons (Woodburn Hall 200) LIVE STREAM URL | Damon Linker Senior correspondent at TheWeek.com; consulting editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press; and author of The Theocons and The Religious Test | "The Task of Thinking in an Age of Reaction" Abstract/Bio |
September 29 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Woodburn Hall 218 (Will not be live streamed) | Frank Lovett Department of Political Science, Washington University, St. Louis | "The Rule of Law in the Age of Trump" Abstract/Bio |
| October 5 12:00–1:30 p.m. 513 N. Park (Ostrom Room) | Peter Levine Associate Dean for Research and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life | "Elinor Ostrom and the Citizen’s Basic Question: What Should We Do?" Abstract/Bio |
November 10 12:00–1:30 p.m. 513 N. Park (Tocqueville Room) | Alvin Felzenberg American presidential historian, political commentator, and public official | TBA Abstract/Bio |
December 1 12:00–1:30 p.m. 513 N. Park (Tocqueville Room) | Jason Brennan McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University | TBA Abstract/Bio |
