Saturday, December 5, 2009
$149 (use coupon code: NCC)
To register, call 800.219.1815 or visit www.onedayu.com
We've formed a brand new partnership with One Day University! We worked for months to put this together. And now that the details are set… We're really excited to tell you about them!
One Day University gives you the chance to "Go back to college for a day" attending lectures by the most popular professors at the top schools. But don’t worry—there’s no homework. The three Professors who will be teaching at our upcoming event on December 5th are stars (See full list below). Every school has one or maybe two professors that are wildly popular on campus. Students sometimes sleep outdoors the night before registration in order to get into their classes. Those are the professors who will be teaching on December 5th. These professors have received over 20 teaching awards from the most prestigious institutions!
The three professors who will each make a presentation are literally a One Day University "all star team." See below for a short description of each class and professor. I think you’ll agree the day promises to be absolutely fascinating and enlightening - a very special one-time-only experience.
The price to the general public is $259 -- but the price for members and friends of the National Constitution Center is much less this week - just $149! To register, call 800 219 1815 or visit www.onedayu.com and use Coupon Code NCC.
Constitution 2009 - What Would the Founders say?
Is the United States the democratic republic that our Founders envisioned? Are the "American" principles of government, reflected in our Constitution, still in place today? What would the Founders have to say about the current struggle over war powers between the executive and congressional branches? What would their position be on modern-day gun control, gay marriage, and the role of religion in civil and political life? Wendy Schiller is a six-time recipient of the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award at Brown.
The Untold History of the US Constitution
Few documents in human history have been as momentous or as thoroughly studied as the American Constitution, but at its birth, the Constitution was far more democratic and more pro-slavery than most citizens realize. Beginning with the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, Professor Amar explores the surprising ways major events in American history have shaped the Constitution, from the settling of the West to the Vietnam War. He also explains why the founders thought it imperative that the president be thirty-five years old and a citizen from birth . Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. and is the recipient of the DeVane Medal for Teaching Excellence. He joined the Yale faculty after clerking for Justice Stephen Breyer, and Supreme Court Justices have not hesitated to cite his work in more than 20 cases!
The US Constitution as a Global Document
Constitutions come in a variety of shapes and sizes, yet all seek to limit and regulate the powers of government. This first-time-ever talk examines the US Constitution from a comparative perspective, considering how and why it has has been (relatively) successful at both guaranteeing individual liberties and creating effective governmental structures. We'll see the US Constitution afresh through comparisons with historical attempts at rights guarantees such as the 2500 year old “Cylinder” of Cyrus the Great, the Constitution of Athens, and even the Magna Carta. William Burke-White is a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he recently received the Gorman Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is on leave as a member of the Obama administration Foreign Policy Planning Staff.