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Recent and Upcoming Lincoln Scholars Events
- Lincoln Scholars Fall Lectures:
- "Students! Beware the Super-Ego!" by Dr. Mark Edmundson, September 2023
- 鈥淲hy You Shouldn鈥檛 Want to Rule the World (Or Take One More Internship)鈥 by Dr. Zena Hitz, October 2022
- 鈥淟et鈥檚 Gather Round the Fire: The Warmth and Power of the Canon for Black Americans鈥 by Dr. Anika Prather, Fall 2021
- 鈥淒o the Humanities Have a Future?: The Liberal Arts Between Technocracy and Radicalism鈥 by Ross Douthat, Fall 2020
- 鈥淭he Declaration of Independence Today鈥 by Danielle Allen, Fall 2019
- Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Robert George on 鈥淭he Purpose of a Liberal Education鈥, December 2018
- Annual Spring Retreats
- ACTC Conference: "Does Technology Change Human Nature?" Anton Barba-Kay, Spring 2024
- Dignity: Seeking Respect in Backrow America with Chris Arnade, Spring 2023
- 1619 Project, speeches by Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass, Spring 2022
- Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz, Spring 2021
- Shopcraft as Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford, Lincoln鈥檚 Cottage Spring 2020
- 鈥淲orking as a Political Theorist鈥 Guest Examples:
- April Greener, Research Director, Office of Nancy Pelosi
- Emerson Sykes, ACLU
- Bill Kristol, The Bulwark
- Jonathan Rauch, Brookings Institute
- Steven DeCaroli, Goucher Prison Education Project
- Andy Kim, US Representative, New Jersey District 3
- Bob Nardo, Founder of Libertas
- Jamaal Sebastian-Barnes, AI Ethics at Google
- Political Theory Institute Lectures