Upcoming Events

Feb 24

Story as Moral & Political Argument

February 24th, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

Join us for a lecture with Dr. Daniel McInerny, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Christendom College. Drawing on Dr. McInerny's scholarship on the philosophy of art, this lecture will consider the relationship of the art and aesthetics of...

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Mar 03

A Man for All Seasons - But Which More?

March 3rd, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

A spirited exchange recently unfolded in the pages of the The New Digest and New Polity: Does Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons offer a faithful portrait of the historical Thomas More? If so, did More concede too...

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Mar 05

Our Crisis is Metaphysical

March 5th, 2026
6:00 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Avenue, NE

First Things, in partnership with Hillsdale College, is pleased to announce Mary Harrington will present this year’s D.C. Lecture “Our Crisis is Metaphysical?”

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Mar 09

‘‘No Man Will Think Himself Bound to Fight’: The Crises of Supply During the American Revolution

March 9th, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

Join us for a lecture with Dr. Dave Stewart, Professor of History at Hillsdale College, which will examine the endless supply problems facing armies throughout the American Revolution--and how one general actually turned them to his advantage.

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Mar 16

Van Andel Graduate School of Government: Admissions Information Session

March 16th, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

Learn more about Hillsdale College's Van Andel Graduate School of Government in D.C. Hillsdale’s unique approach integrates first principles with prudential thinking by means of a rigorous core curriculum and careful study of...

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Mar 19

Orthodoxy Confronts Existentialism in Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov

March 19th, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

Join us for a joint lecture with the Thomistic Institute, hosting Dr. Thomas Pfau, Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor of English at Duke University, who will discuss the theological and philosophical aspects of the great Russian novelist...

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Mar 31

Rediscovering Liberty in an Age of License

March 31st, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

Join us for a lecture with Dr. Brad Littlejohn, Director of Programs and Education at American Compass. In this lecture, Dr. Littlejohn will seek to recover the true the foundations of liberty as understood by the American Founders and underpins...

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Apr 20

Van Andel Graduate School of Government: Admissions Information Session

April 20th, 2026
6:30 PM

Hillsdale College | Washington, D.C. Campus, 227 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002

Learn more about Hillsdale College's Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C. (Capitol Hill). Hillsdale’s unique approach integrates first principles with prudential thinking by means of a rigorous core curriculum and...

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Recorded Events

How Democracies Lose Wars: Athens, Sparta, and the Perils of Partisan Strife by Dr. Paul Rahe

Dr. Paul Rahe discusses his book Sparta’s Third Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 413-404 B.C and its implications...

Cicero, Natural Law, and Constitutionalism

Jed Atkins, Michael Hawley, and Dr. Matthew Mehan discuss Cicero, the natural law, and constitutionalism.

God, Law, and Sovereignty in the American Founding

Justin Dyer, Professor of Government at University of Texas, Austin and Kody Cooper, Associate Professor of Political Science at University of...