1005, 2019

AVI launches newsletter

Nora Hanagan/ May 10, 2019/ News

In our hyperpartisan era, many Americans are only willing to talk politics with people who share their beliefs. Read our inaugural newsletter to learn about how the Duke Program in American Values and Institutions challenges students to consider ideologies different from their own. In addition to describing highlights of the past academic year, the newsletter contains a recommended reading list, and a short article about the Visions of Freedom Living Learning Community. Subscribe to our mailing list here.

1502, 2019

Frank addresses grad conference

Nora Hanagan/ February 15, 2019/ Conferences

“The engagement between our graduate student participants and faculty, as well as a terrific keynote speech by Professor Jason Frank of Cornell University,” were among the highlights of the 2019 Graduate Conference in Political Theory, according to graduate student and conference co-organizer Elliot Mamet. Professor Frank’s address was entitled, “The People as Popular Manifestation.” The Graduate Conference in Political Theory is an annual, student-run event that allows graduate students from around the world to present their research and receive feedback

2201, 2019

Visions of Freedom Community recruiting new members

Nora Hanagan/ January 22, 2019/ Homepage, Living Learning Community

Interested in politics, economics, philosophy, or ethics? Do you want to live with students who share these interests next year? Consider joining the Visions of Freedom Living Learning Community (LLC), an undergraduate program funded in part by the American Values and Institutions Program. The Visions of Freedom LLC is a group of Duke students with a passion for politics, philosophy, and economics. They believe that the best conversations don’t always happen in the classroom, and have created a new space

1012, 2018

Patrick Deneen speaks to Focus students about the history of liberalism

Nora Hanagan/ December 10, 2018/ Lecture

Patrick Deneen spoke to Focus students about the difference between ancient and modern conceptions of freedom. His talk touched on themes from his most recent book, Why Liberalism Failed. During his trip to Duke, Professor Deneen also gave a public lecture sponsored by the Kenan Institute, and spoke to Frank Stasio, the host of WUNC’s The State of Things, about the limitations of American liberalism. Listen to the full interview here. Professor Deneen teaches Political Science at the University of