Highlights
Angel Adams Parham Makes Case for Classical Education in Washington Post
Senior Fellow Angel Adams Parham and her co-author, Anika Prather, offered historical and cultural arguments for the importance of classical education on the Washington Post's opinion page.
John Owen Welcomes Healthy Debate About a Contentious World in His Classroom
Senior Fellow John Owen was interviewed. by UVAToday for a profile titled "John Owen Welcomes Healthy Debate About a Contentious World in His Classroom."
Chemically Imbalanced: Finding Solutions for Suffering with Dr. Joseph Davis
Colloquy Chair Joseph Davis spoke with Josh Korac for the mental health podcast Kare with Korac, in an episode released February 28.
Martha Bayles Reviews "Plato Goes to China" for The Wall Street Journal
Institute Fellow Martha Bayles reviewed Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism by Shadi Bartsch for The Wall Street Journal.
Matthew Crawford on BBC Business Daily: The Importance of Handmade Products
Matthew Crawford spoke with BBC Business Daily about the importance of handmade products.
Joseph E. Davis's Teen Influencers as Social Media Psychiatrists in "Our New Discontents" for Psychology Today
Young people are imagining empowerment in self-diagnosis.
In the New York Times, Jonathan Teubner on Russia's Nuclear Rhetoric
Institute Fellow Jonathan Teubner is quoted in a New York Times article titled "The Reality Behind Russia’s Talk About Nuclear Weapons."
BBC Radio 4 Interviews Matthew Crawford
Matthew Crawford spoke with BBC Radio 4 Today presenter Justin Webb for a February 6 2023 segment titled "Driverless cars: a loss of human autonomy?"
Olivier Zunz Wins 2022 Grand Prize for Political Biography from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville by Senior Fellow Olivier Zunz has been awarded the prestigious Le Touquet Paris-Plage 2022 Grand Prize for Political Biography.
James Mumford in Newsweek Opinion
James Mumford wrote about the abortion debate for Newsweek Opinion October 25, 2022.
A&S Magazine Highlights Work of Joseph E. Davis
Colloquy Chair and Research Director Joseph E. Davis's work on social media and self-diagnosis was featured in the November-December 2022 Edition of Arts & Sciences Magazine in "Calling Dr. Tiktok: Experts Weight in on an Alarming Social-media Trend."
Matthew Crawford on CBS Sunday Morning with Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel spoke with Senior Fellow Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft, about American class bias against manual work as part of a CBS Sunday Morning segment titled "Trade Secrets."
James Davison Hunter Interviewed by CBS Mornings
CBS Mornings interviewed Institute Executive Director James Davison Hunter about the “combustibility” of today’s culture wars, the possibility of future violence, and the debate over woke politics. The interview aired October 13, 2022.
Emma Bedor Hiland Wins 2022 David Roscoe Award from The Hastings Center
Emma Bedor Hiland has been awarded The Hastings Center's 2022 David Roscoe Award for an Early-Career Essay on Science, Ethics, and Society for her essay, "How Smart Tech Tried to Solve the Mental Health Crisis and Only Made It Worse."
James Davison Hunter Interviewed by Le Figaro
In an interview with Le Figaro published September 30, Institute Founder James Davison Hunter discussed the evolution of the culture war he identified in his landmark 1991 book, Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America.
Why Learning From Our Emotions Requires Resisting Talk of Diagnoses
Joseph Davis published "Why Learning From Our Emotions Requires Resisting Talk of Diagnoses" in his blog for Psychology Today, "Our New Discontents," October 5 2022.
William Walldorf in International Security
William Walldorf published "Narratives and War: Explaining the Length and End of U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan" in the Summer issue of International Security, July 1 2022.
Tarek Masoud reviews Zunz Tocqueville Biography
"Cancel Tocqueville?" Tarek Masoud reviews Olivier Zunz's Tocqueville biography in Journal of Democracy.
Stephanie Muravchik and Jon A. Shields in NYT Opinion
Fellow Stephanie Muravchik and co-author Jon A. Shields wrote about Liz Cheney's defeat for The New York Times August 17 2022.
The Growing Self-Diagnosis of Mental Health Conditions
On his Psychology Today blog, Joseph Davis explains consequences of the growing trend of "self-diagnosis" among young people on social media.
Tomorrow's Troubles: Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance
Georgetown University Press published a new book by Paul Scherz titled, Tomorrow's Troubles: Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance.
Johann Neem Reviews "This Earthly Frame: The Making of American Secularism"
Johann Neem reviewed "This Earthly Frame: The Making of American Secularism" in the Los Angeles Review of Books July 15, 2022.
Ross Douthat on Matthew Crawford's "Why We Drive" in The New York Times
Writing for The New York Times, Ross Douthat explores the continuing importance of Senior Fellow Matthew Crawford's book, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road.
Tocqueville 21 Publishes Book Forum on Olivier Zunz's "The Man Who Understood Democracy"
Tocqueville 21 published a Book Forum on Senior Fellow Olivier Zunz's The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville. The Forum was published July 15, 2022.
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