The University of Toledo Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership is launching a Spring Colloquia Series, inviting students to discuss ideas, build community and cultivate the habits of thoughtful civic leadership.<\/p>\n
Institute faculty lead each seminar-style colloquium from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays:<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u00a0Feb. 17: \u201cHelping Hand or \u2018Despot\u2019s Heel\u2019? Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Use of Executive Power,\u201d presented by Dr. Deborah O\u2019Malley;<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u00a0Feb. 24: \u201cUnderstanding Christian Politics: A Conversation About Basic Principles,\u201d presented by Dr. Jonathan Ashbach;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 March 17: \u201cGeorge Orwell\u2019s Animal Farm,\u201d presented by Dr. Jonathan Culp;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 March 24: \u201cDo I Own Myself? A Debate,\u201d presented by Ashbach;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 March 31: \u201cIs Political History a Story of Progress?\u201d presented by Dr. Oliver Traldi;<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 April 7: \u201cHas American Politics Become \u2018Tribal\u2019?\u201d presented by Traldi; and<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0 April 21: \u201cOn Tyranny,\u201d presented by Dr. Michael Gonzalez.<\/p>\n
Dinner is provided during colloquia, and students are asked to register online<\/a> in advance.<\/p>\n The Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership is a multidisciplinary center established at UToledo by the Ohio Legislature in 2023.<\/p>\n It offers a variety of courses on topics like statesmanship, civic discourse and the liberal and conservative traditions in the United States, in addition to facilitating lectures, debates and other public programming, including professional development opportunities for civics teachers across the state through the recently launched Fundamental Principles Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UToledo students are invited to discuss ideas and build community during faculty-led colloquia from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97130,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97051\/revisions\/97130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}