Rebuffed by Hamilton College, three professors are establishing The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization as an independent center.
The professors decided to set up the institute separate from the school after Hamilton officials opposed the center last year because of concerns about its autonomy.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute will be located off campus in a historic mansion formerly known as the Alexander Hamilton Inn and will work to promote scholarship and debate in the study of freedom, democracy, and capitalism within the larger tradition of Western culture, said Robert Paquette, a history professor and one of the institute’s founders.
Programming will begin in the 2007-2008 academic year and center on annual themes examined through a mix of lectures, colloquia, conferences, fellowships, internships, and awards, Paquette said Monday. The institute’s programming will be guided by an outside board of academic advisers composed of distinguished scholars from different disciplines, he said.
