Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies
Hauenstein Center event to examine significant conservative writing, 60 years later
Still considered his seminal work more than half a century after it was first published, Russell Kirk's "The Conservative Mind" will be the focus of a discussion at an event hosted by Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
Nov 6, 2013
Hauenstein Center to host first Coffeehouse Debate on Election Day
The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will host its first Coffeehouse Debate on Tuesday, November 5. The Election Day debate will focus on the role of government in society and try to answer the question, "Has government gotten too big?"
Nov 4, 2013
Psychologist explores what
About 500 people of all ages and political stripes packed the L.V. Eberhard Center on Grand Valley's Pew Grand Rapids Campus Tuesday night to hear social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explore why politics and religion have the power to divide people, during his presentation "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion."
Oct 23, 2013
Renowned psychologist to discuss religion, politics, and why they divide us
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt will explore why politics and religion have the power to divide people, and how understanding moral intuition can help point the way toward mutual understanding at the next "American Conversations" event hosted by Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.
Oct 14, 2013