The American Experiment: Right or Wrong from the Start?

Drs. Patrick Deneen and Vincent Phillip Munoź of the University of Notre Dame will join us on our stage to discuss their competing understandings of the American Founding

Where
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
303 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504

When
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Private Friends of Ford Member Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Public Program: 6:30 p.m.
NOTE THE NEW START TIME!

Please RSVP by October 13, 2023

Reservations are accommodated on a first come, first served basis for the member reception. To best work with our caterers we will not be accepting reservations after the deadline or the day of the event. 

A Zoom alternative is available here.

Lectures are free and open to the public. Since seating is limited, reservations are strongly encouraged. Lecture walk-ins will be accommodated first come, first served.

*You must be a current member to attend the Friends of Ford reception. Need to check your status? Please contact Abby Vander Vliet at (616) 254-0396 or ford@38foundation.org.

Patrick J. Deneen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. From 1997-2005 he was Assistant Professor of Government at Princeton University.  From 2005-2012 he was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, before joining the faculty of Notre Dame in Fall 2012.

Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He is the Founding Director of ND’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government.