Events
Love is a Battle: James Baldwin's Patriotism featuring Nicholas Buccola
Date and Time
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Location
Kirkhof Center
Pere Marquette
Room 2204
Description
What does it mean to love a country when it does not necessarily love you back? Join the Political Science Department as Professor Nicholas Buccola discusses the role love plays in James Baldwin's political philosophy.
Nicholas Buccola is a writer, lecturer, and teacher who specializes in the area of American political thought. He is the author of One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal, which will be published by Princeton University Press in October 2025. Nicholas is the Dr. Jules K. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College. His essays have appeared in scholarly journals including The Review of Politics and American Political Thought as well as popular outlets such as The New York Times, Salon, The Baltimore Sun, and Dissent.
Refreshments will be served!
Sponsored by the Joseph Stevens Freedom Fund.
Contact
GVSU Political Science Department
(616) 331-2320
[email protected]