James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in the Department of Politics at Princeton University is dedicated to exploring enduring questions of American constitutional law and Western political thought. The Program is also devoted to examining the application of basic legal and ethical principles to contemporary problems.
How Should We Celebrate America's 250th? with Yuval Levin
Jews, Judaism, and the American Founding with David Dalin
Aristotle and Tocqueville on the Preservation of the American Republic at 250 with Jean M. Yarbrough
What is a University and How Can We Recover It? with Jennifer A. Frey
Do We Still "Hold these Truths"? The Declaration of Independence at 250
The State of Civil Discourse on Campus with Keith E. Whittington (2025 James Q. Wilson Award)
S4E40 Interpretations of the Second Amendment: A Conversation with Joel Alicea
S4E39 Executive Power and the President Who Would Not Be King: A Conversation with Michael McConnell
Truth Matters: Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division with Cornel West and Robert George
Adam Smith on the Death of Nations with Ryan Patrick Hanley
S4E38 False Dawn: A Conversation with George Selgin on Recovering from the Great Depression
S4E37 Threats to Universities and What We Can Do: A Conversation with Brandice Canes Wrone
Bruen and the Founding-Era Conception of Rights with J. Joel Alicea
Threats to Universities and What We Can Do with Brandice Canes-Wrone
S4E35 Slacking: A Guide to Ivy League Miseducation
The Institutional Corruption of News Media with William English
S4E34 Constitutional Private Law: A Conversation with Garrett West
Woke is Not Dead: The Future of Cancel Culture with Eric Kaufmann
S4E33: The World of Academic Publishing: A Conversation with Robert Dreesen
Constitutional Private Law with Garrett West
Class, Status, and Luxury Beliefs with Rob Henderson
S4E32: Мы никогда не были разбужены: беседа с Мусой аль-Гарби
S4E31 The Free Speech and Poetry of Ana Blandiana
S4E29 Pt. 2 In Covid’s Wake: How our Politics Failed Us: A Conversation with Stephen Macedo
Lecture 2/2 - In Covid's Wake: Science, Liberal Democracy, and Elite Failure
S4E29 Pt. 1 In Covid’s Wake: How our Politics Failed Us: A Conversation with Frances Lee
Lecture 1/2 - In Covid's Wake: Science, Liberal Democracy, and Elite Failure
S4E28 Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law--A Conversation with Janie Nitze
S4E27 Religious Freedom: A Conversation on the Conservative Tradition with John D. Wilsey