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On Oct. 12, Hamilton's @adamlebovitz will join the Florida Free Speech Forum for “The Empty Temple: Free Speech in the Twenty-First Century.” Lebovitz will examine legal strategies used across the political spectrum to regulate speech—and whether they risk weakening the spirit of the First Amendment while leaving its legal protections intact.🗣️📜 #UFHamilton floridafreespeechforum.org/e…
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Hamilton School Professor of Strategic Studies @andrewmichta spoke with the @BBC about Europe’s preparedness for potential conflict and what he describes as a “crisis of disbelief” about the security threats facing the continent. 🌍 @BBCNews #UFHamilton bbc.com/news/articles/cmn0jk…
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How did a Constitution that never created a federal right to own human beings become a pro-slavery document? Sean Wilentz’s Constitution Day lecture at the Hamilton School traces the invention of pro-slavery constitutionalism from the Missouri Crisis to Dred Scott. He shows how political conflict turned limited accommodations into claimed original meaning, and why that history still matters today. Watch the full recording here: piped.video/i2PbB_hy33k
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Hamilton's own Stephen Buono recently received the 2026 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award for The Province of All Mankind: How Outer Space Became American Foreign Policy (Cornell University Press, 2025). The book tells the surprising story of how the United States helped turn outer space into a sanctuary from weapons and war — even at the height of the Cold War. Reviewers are calling it “highly engaging,” “a significant contribution,” and a fresh look at how peace, not just rivalry, shaped the early Space Age. Congrats, Professor Buono, on this truly out-of-this-world work! 🚀
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John Milton’s Areopagitica reveals the poet’s commitment to freedom as the pursuit of virtue and truth. In “Liberty Unlicensed,” Thomas Vozar shows how Milton ties unlicensed printing to the hard work of pursuing truth through reason rather than treating free speech as an empty right. #UFHamilton lawliberty.org/classic/liber…
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Rich Lowry at the NY Post shares praises for "The Golden Thread", written by Hamilton School's very own Allen Guelzo and Jim Hankins: "'The Golden Thread' is a prodigious product — and an even more prodigious achievement." Lowry adds that "every page of 'The Golden Thread' is highly readable and brims with insight." Read the full review in the NY Post: nypost.com/2026/09/20/opinio…
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This #ConstitutionDay, join us for a conversation with @Princeton historian Sean Wilentz on the Constitution, slavery and the debates that shaped its interpretation before the Civil War. 🇺🇸📜 #UFHamilton #America250 #ConstitutionDay
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Hamilton School Professors @JamesWHankins1 and Allen Guelzo have been talking about the Western tradition since they were boys. Now, that lifelong conversation has become "The Golden Thread," their two-volume history of Western civilization. #UFHamilton #TheGoldenThread #America250 Listen to their conversation here: bradleyfdn.org/explore/s4-ep…
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After spending 266 days in detention amid a crackdown on his church, Chinese pastor Ezra Jin was released in July. On Sept. 14, he joins the Hamilton School for a conversation on faith, religious freedom and church-state relations in China.🇨🇳⛪️ #UFHamilton
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What can football teach young men about character, perseverance and self-sacrifice?🏈 In a new @WSJ Opinion essay, Hamilton School Professor @BenSasse argues that high school football can channel strength toward service, discipline and responsibility. #UFHamilton wsj.com/opinion/free-express…
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What makes courage, honor and duty true virtues?🤔 Hamilton’s Yvonne Chiu explores the responsibilities of citizen-soldiers in a liberal democracy—and why virtue cannot be separated from the ends it serves—in @AEI’s The American Enterprise. #UFHamilton theamericanenterprise.com/ho…
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Congratulations to the University of Florida chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society on being named Chapter of the Year!🏆🐊 Hamilton School faculty are proud to support the chapter as faculty advisors and members of the organization’s board. Congratulations to the students on this outstanding recognition! #UFHamilton
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