Education

The Institute for Constitutional History sponsors or co-sponsors a variety of events during the academic year. Here is a partial list of upcoming and recent events:

Upcoming Events

Three English Revolutions (Standard, CA Seminar)
July 7-12, 2019
Led by Eric Nelson and Michael McConnell, this seminar will explore the role played by the two 17th-century English Revolutions (of 1642-1660 and 1688-9) in the constitutional debates surrounding the American Revolution and the formation of the state and federal constitutions. Particular attention will be paid to the way in which English controversies about representation, the royal prerogative, and the history of parliament reemerged in the American context and shaped the development of the presidency. Participants will receive accommodation at the Munger Graduate Residence on the campus of Stanford Law School and a modest stipend for meals. Participants will also receive a travel reimbursement up to $250. 

The deadline to apply is May 15, 2019. LEARN MORE

Applications should be sent via email to MMarcus@nyhistory.org.

Rethinking the Twentieth-Century Constitution (NYC Seminar)
Friday afternoons, 2-5 pm: September 20, October 4 and 18, and November 1, 2019
Much of our constitutional law today arises not out of the Founding and not out of the Reconstruction Amendments, but out of the great controversies and social mobilizations of the twentieth century. On four Fridays this fall at the New-York Historical Society, Jamal Greene and John Fabian Witt will lead seminar participants on a guided tour through new literature on the history of the twentieth-century constitution. Topics include the invention of free speech, the making of the modern administrative state, the rise and fall of labor’s constitution, transformations in rights talk, and the significance of constitutional methods such as “originalism.” The seminar closes with a consideration of the constitution’s future prospects.

The deadline to apply is June 30, 2019. LEARN MORE