Mark Pennington, Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at King’s College London, spoke at Wabash College’s Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism on October 28. In his new book, Foucault and […]
In Washington, D.C., the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue from Dupont Circle to Chinatown has long been a street lined by public policy research institutes. Along with the Cato Institute, Brookings Institution, and […]
Read More - From Wabash to Washington: Stephenson Institute Students in D.C.
Between four European countries, six Wabash students studied classical-liberal ideas in historic cities this summer. As they considered the past and future of a free society, it was all made possible thanks […]
Read More - London, Prague, Vienna, and Rome: Discovering Classical Liberal Ideas Across Europe
When Brandon Ruder ’27 started his summer internship on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, he didn’t know quite what to expect. EdChoice was bringing in the Wabash College rising junior as a […]
Read More - Two Students, Two Capitals: Stephenson Interns Learn State-Based Policy and Beyond
In summer 2025, the Stephenson Institute completed an incredible summer seminar series—as we look forward to the next lineup in 2026. From Crawfordsville to Chicago, Springfield to Charlottesville, students explored classical liberalism […]
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Eric Wilhelm, a new scholar-in-residence at the Stephenson Institute, recently discussed his research on medieval guilds and their impact on economic growth with Marcus Shera of The Econ Playground. Wilhelm explained that […]
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Brandon Ruder is a communications intern at EdChoice, with his summer 2025 experience sponsored by the Stephenson Institute. His post originally appeared at EdChoice. Does school choice have racist roots? Critics claim […]
Wabash College President Scott Feller has announced a $14.7 million gift that will continue the work of the Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism. The gift from Richard J Stephenson ’62, his wife, […]
Read More - Historic Gift Continues Funding for Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism
The week before the 2024 election, Dr. Musa Al-Gharbi, assistant professor of Journalism and Communication (and by courtesy Sociology) at Stony Brook University, visited Wabash and the Stephenson Institute to present his […]
What is the best way to foster society and resist hate? In mid-October, Nadine Strossen, former President of the ACLU and lifelong feminist, spoke about why free expression—in all of its forms—needs […]
From here to far, 11 Stephenson Institute students spent the summer of 2024 outside Wabash classrooms. Now in its third class of internships, these placements deepened their practical application of classical liberal […]
What is the right balance between liberty and safety? This month, Sam Director, assistant professor at the University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies, visited our campus to ask this philosophical […]
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