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The Menard Family George Washington Forum presents Eugene McCarraher discussing “The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity” on Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. McCarraher is Professor of Humanities at Villanova University.  He earned his Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University, and his first book was […]

From Ohio University News The Menard Family George Washington Forum presents Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn discussing “The Art of Living” on Thursday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Register for this event. “Dr. Lasch-Quinn’s talk is part of our mission to bring in speakers to challenge students to look critically at the world […]

The Menard Family George Washington Forum hosts Dr. Zena Hitz discussing “Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of Intellectual Life,” on Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. A registration link will be posted. Hitz is a tutor at St. Johns College, Annapolis. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Princeton after […]

    The Menard Family George Washington Forum presents Eric Nelson discussing “The Theology of Liberalism” on Wednesday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. Nelson is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he was an undergraduate before earning his PhD at the University of Cambridge. His books include The […]

The Menard Family George Washington Forum hosts “Liberal Democracy and the Age of Revolution” on Feb. 19-20 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Baker Center, Multicultural Center Conference Room. A registration link will be posted. Plenary speakers are David Bell (Princeton), Patrick Griffin (Notre Dame), Janet Polasky (New […]

The George Washington Forum hosts a webinar with Dr. Rebecca M. Henderson discussing “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire” on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. Register online. Henderson is John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard Business School. Before coming to Harvard in 2009, she taught for […]

The George Washington Forum hosts a debate on “Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?” on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. This event is a virtual webinar for which one can register at the link. Glenn Loury is Professor of Economics and Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown […]