Dec 3, 2025

Join W.S. Tkweme for a discussion regarding the importance of studying Malcom X.

W.S. Tkweme is Director of Graduate Studies in the University of Louisville Pan-African Studies Dept. He teaches courses on various aspeects of black music and post-World War II cultural and political initiatives. He has also served as...

Nov 24, 2025

Join Jeff Polet, PhD  for a discussion regarding the importance of Rousseau’s Confessions.

Jeff Polet is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Hope College and currently director of The Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Russell Kirk...

Nov 10, 2025

Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Kevin Hayes, PhD for a discussion on the work and life of Hunter S. Thompson.

Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Kevin J. Hayes spent his twenties living the life of a bike bum, but he eventually went to graduate school at the University of Delaware, graduating with his PhD in...

Oct 30, 2025

Join Mark C Meade for a discussion regarding the importance of  The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton.

Mark C. Meade is the Assistant Director of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. In over 20 years at the Center as an archivist, he has assisted scholars from around the world while himself presenting...

Oct 27, 2025

Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Nicholas Buccola, PhD for the Capt. Daniel H. Utley Memorial Lecture, a talk entitled "One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King and the Struggle over an American Ideal."

Nicholas Buccola is a writer, lecturer, and teacher who specializes in the area of American political thought. He...