Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy
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Our main objective is to probe the nature and prospects of liberal democracy and its core principles, practices, and institutions.
09/07/2024
Join the CSLD for Constitution Day 2024! Free public lecture and lunch will be held 9/19/24 at noon.
Co-sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, the Jack Miller Center, and the Institute for Legal Studies.
08/20/2024
It's been a busy summer at the CSLD!
This fall the Center welcomes new director Cecelia Klingele, Professor of Law and former CSLD Advisory Board member. In addition to serving as director, Professor Klingele will continue to head the CSLD's Catholic Social and Political Thought Initiative. She will be joined by Professor Anuj Desai (heading the Center's Free Speech Initiative) and Associate Dean Kevin Kelly (heading the initiative on Civil-Military Dialogue).
Best wishes and many thanks to outgoing co-directors Richard Avramenko and Ryan Owens, who will now be directing the ASU School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership and the Florida Institute on Governance and Civics at Florida State University, respectively.
07/03/2024
Congratulations and best wishes to outgoing CSLD Co-Director Richard Avramenko, who has been named Director of the Arizona State University School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. The CSLD looks forward to building on his many contributions and to continued collaboration.
New director announced for ASU School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership | ASU News Witnessing the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 inspired Richard Avramenko's award-winning book "Courage: The Politics of Life and Limb" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2011), which examines courage as the “master virtue” and defines true courage based on insights from political thought leaders through...
03/21/2024
🚨ESSAY SCHOLARSHIP REMINDER🚨
Applications are due April 7th so don’t miss your chance at $2,500! 🤑
03/19/2024
Join us to hear Eugene Volokh discuss NRA v. Vullo on Monday, April 1st. We will have a reception at 5:30pm with the discussion to follow at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there!
03/11/2024
We will be hosting a Second Amendment debate on Monday, March 11th at the Fluno Center! Join us to hear both sides of this issue and enjoy a reception before the debate.
02/19/2024
Join us on February 26th for a talk with Clark Neilly on the Supreme Court case US v Rahimi. Light refreshments and appetizers will be provided at 5:45 prior to the event. There will be time for Q&A following the talk, so bring your questions! Scan the QR code for more information.
02/14/2024
🚨SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
The Center is pleased to announce that applications have officially opened for our 2024 Essay Scholarship Competition! We encourage all undergraduate students to submit their essay answering this year’s question: “Should citizens be required to pass the US citizenship test before they can vote?” Essays can be submitted using the QR code and are due by April 7th, 2024.
10/31/2023
CSLD will be co-hosting this event with the Federalist Society and food will be provided. The event will feature Ilya Shapiro from the Manhattan Institute and Professor Desai from the Wisconsin Law School.
10/16/2023
We are pleased to co-sponsor Ben Shapiro at UW-Madison hosted by Wisconsin Young Americans for Freedom. We are committed to upholding free speech and look forward to a successful event. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ben-shapiro-at-uw-madison-tickets-736463621517?aff=oddtdtcreator
Thank you to those who attended our event on black conservatism. We apologize for having to end the Zoom early, as it was infiltrated by users displaying inappropriate content. We thank everyone who engaged respectfully and special thanks to our amazing speakers!
09/28/2023
THIS SATURDAY! Scan the QR code and join us for a great discussion on an interesting topic. We hope to see you there!
09/11/2023
We also have another exciting event on September 30th regarding black conservatism! Use the QR code to RSVP and we hope to see you there!
09/11/2023
Join us this week to discuss religious freedom! Wednesday at 12:00pm in the Wisconsin IDEA Room.
08/23/2023
Join us as we address the questions above on September 30th at 12:00 PM! To register, scan the QR code.
08/23/2023
Constitution Day Lecture: Freedom from Religion or Freedom for Religion?
Join us on September 13th at 12:00 PM in the Wisconsin IDEA Room.
Co-Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy and the Tommy G. Thompson Center.
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HISTORY
Like many universities, the University of Wisconsin has experienced its share of free speech and academic battles in the past two decades. Some faculty members have suffered under the reign of a speech code, conservative speakers have sometimes met disruption in the public forum, and the student newspaper, the Badger Herald, has encountered confrontations because of its conservative views. Recently, however, the University has made major strides in protecting intellectual freedom largely because of the concerted efforts of an independent group of faculty members, the Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights and their student allies. Founded in 1996 to oppose the direction the University was heading, CAFAR has enjoyed several major successes on the freedom front. Its first success was leading the movement that led to the abolition of the faculty speech code in 1999. Several other successes have followed in the wake of this signal event that made the University of Wisconsin the first university in America to abolish a code on its own volition. The rise and exploits of CAFAR are documented by Donald Downs in his book, Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus.
The problem of intellectual diversity remains. It is for this reason that some members of CAFAR have established the Wisconsin Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy.
Read more at: https://csld.wisc.edu/history/
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