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Constitution Day Lecture | Can Speech Be Compelled? The First Amendment and Speech Rights, Sept. 16

William Messenger

The George Washington Forum presents “Can Speech Be Compelled? The First Amendment and Speech Rights,” a Constitution Day lecture, on Monday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Galbreath Chapel. The speaker is Ohio University alumnus William Messenger, a staff attorney at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. […]

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September 1, 2019 at 8:15 pmEvents

George Washington Forum | Human Capital, Inequality and Economic Growth, April 18

Kevin Murphy

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University presents “Human Capital, Inequality and Economic Growth” on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel. The speaker is Kevin Murphy, the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned […]

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April 1, 2019 at 7:45 pmEvents

George Washington Forum | Conference on Popular Sovereignty and Populism, March 15-16

George Washington Forum | Conference on Popular Sovereignty and Populism, March 15-16

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University presents a daylong conference on “Popular Sovereignty and Populism” on March 15-16, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Baker University Center 240/242. Keith Baker (Stanford), Mark Blitz (Claremont McKenna), Michael Braddick (Sheffield), and Catherine Zuckert (Notre Dame) will deliver plenary lectures. […]

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March 1, 2019 at 8:15 pmEvents

George Washington Forum | What Was Political Economy? Feb. 6

George Washington Forum | What Was Political Economy? Feb. 6

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University presents “What Was Political Economy?” on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel. The speaker is Jason Peacey, Professor of Early Modern British History at University College, London. He earned a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and before coming to UCL, he […]

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February 1, 2019 at 10:45 pmEvents

George Washington Forum | Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics and American Economics in the Progressive Era, Jan. 29

George Washington Forum | Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics and American Economics in the Progressive Era, Jan. 29

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University presents “Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics and American Economics in the Progressive Era” on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel. The speaker is Thomas C. Leonard, Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University and Lecturer in the […]

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January 1, 2019 at 5:00 pmEvents

George Washington Forum | Ross Douthat of The New York Times, Dec. 6

Ross Douthat

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University presents Ross Douthat  of The New York Times on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in  Galbreath Chapel. Douthat has written a twice-weekly opinion column for The New York Times since 2009. Before joining the Times, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic. A graduate of […]

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December 2, 2018 at 10:04 pmEvents

George Washington Forum | What is College For?, Nov. 15

George Washington Forum | What is College For?, Nov. 15

The George Washington Forum at Ohio University presents “What is College For?” on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Schoonover Center 145. The speaker is Kevin D. Williamson, National Review’s roving correspondent and director of the National Review Institute’s William F. Buckley Jr Fellowship Program in Political Journalism. He […]

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November 1, 2018 at 8:30 pmEvents