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What The Constitution Means to Us:  A Celebration of Constitution & Citizenship Day

What The Constitution Means to Us: A Celebration of Constitution & Citizenship Day

Speakers (all from BC): 

  • Angela Ards (English)
  • Vlad Perju (Law)
  • Hosfmann Ospino (STM)
  • Ken Kersch (Political Science)
  • Cathy Kaveny (Theology)
  • Peter Krause (Political Science)
  • Laura Steinberg (Biology)
  • Jonathan Laurence (Clough Director, Political Science)

+ Selected student speakers (TBD)

Since the founding of the United States, the American Constitution has been central to our public life. It has inspired hope, and it has provoked despair. It has remained in place, as few other national constitutions have. Yet it has also repeatedly been changed, and some today think it needs to change again. At a moment when its basic meaning seems more contested than ever, how should we look at the Constitution today? 

This is the question at the center of “What the Constitution Means to Us,” the Clough Center’s first annual celebration of Constitution and Citizenship day. Loosely inspired by Heidi Schreck’s award-winning play, this event will feature an all-star panel of eight cross-disciplinary scholars from our own Boston College faculty. It will also showcase the work of select undergraduate and graduate students from across the College’s schools. Please join us for a rich evening of conversation, debate, and reflection on America’s founding document–and a lively reception–in what we hope will become a new yearly tradition at BC.

Monday, September 12 at 4:00pm to 6:30pm

Murray Conference Room 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Event Type

Lecture, Conference, Panel Discussion, Reception

Events by Audience

Public

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Ethics & Leadership, Civic Engagement

Schools, Colleges & Units

University Calendar, Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

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Clough Center, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society

Website

http://www.bc.edu/cloughcenter

Campus Calendar
Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy
Hashtag

#clough #journalism&democracy

Sponsor

The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy and The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society

Contact

hayesnd@bc.edu

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Public

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