What Kind of Republic? A Discussion on the Constitution and Democracy Today
Sept. 14, 2021
With Princeton professors Ruha Benjamin, Amaney Jamal, Kevin Kruse and Aisha Beliso De-Jesús (moderator)
From left: Ruha Benjamin, Amaney Jamal, Kevin Kruse, Aisha Beliso De-Jesús. Photo of Ruha Benjamin by Cyndi Shattuck; photo of Kevin Kruse by Ricardo Barros; photos of Amaney Jamal and Aisha Beliso-De Jesús by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy
A public occasion to consider the Constitution and its lived implications throughout United States history.
Presented by the Effron Center for the Study of America. Supported by the Office of the Provost.
Princeton University’s annual Constitution Day lecture commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution and explores permutations of constitutional law to the present day.
Recent Lectures
- AffiliationSyndicated ColumnistPresentation“Is Constitution Day Unconstitutional?”
- AffiliationPresident, Princeton University
- AffiliationAssistant Professor of PoliticsPresentation“Constituting Justice: Ida B. Wells’s Anti-Lynching Campaign”
- Hendrik Hartog (respondent)AffiliationClass of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty
Syndicated columnist George F. Will and Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber in conversation with the audience following Will’s delivery of the 2019 Constitution Day lecture.
Photo by Sarah Malone