Office of College Engagement

Founders Day Lecture: Lincoln and the Other Douglass
Thursday, February 15,2024, 5:00 p.m. Central Time
Muelder Reading Room, Seymour Library or via Livestream

Presented by Dr. Diana J. Schaub

An expert in political philosophy, Dr. Schaub has lectured on a variety of topics and participated in conferences around the country.

She has contributed chapters to multiple books on Shakespeare, liberal education, women, and religion, and she is the author of three books:

• His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation, (St. Martin’s Press, 2021)
• What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song, coedited with Amy and Leon Kass (ISI Books, 2011)
• Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu’s “Persian Letters”, (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995)

Her monograph Emancipating the Mind: Lincoln, the Founders, and Scientific Progress (AEI, 2018) is based on her remarks at the 2018 Walter Berns Constitution Day Lecture.

Dr. Schaub has also been published in the popular press, including in the Baltimore Sun, the Claremont Review of Books, Commentary, and the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Schaub has a PhD and an MA in political science from the University of Chicago. Her BA in political science is from Kenyon College.

Please join us for this very special Founders Day presentation! If you're near campus, we invite you to join us in person at Seymour Library.

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