Events

We welcome all to attend our in-person events.

Events are open to the wider BC community and the general public, and many will be streamed online.

What the Constitution Means to Us 2026

The Clough Center is delighted to host its fifth annual “What the Constitution Means to Us” event, in cooperation with the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics. With Doris Kearns Goodwin and Akhil Reed Amar.

09/17/26 Event Details

Fall Colloquium on Democracy at Scale

10/08/26 Event Details

Venice 2025: Virtue and Democratic Resilience

05/25 - 05/30/26 Event Details

Rogers Brubaker: Politics and Governance in the Digital Era

03/18/26 Event Details

We the People with Jill Lepore

12/03/25 Event Details

What the Constitution Means to Us 2025 with Shannon Bream

The Clough Center is delighted to host its 4th annual “What the Constitution Means to Us” event, featuring journalist Shannon Bream. Host of Fox News Sunday, Bream is Fox News Channel Chief Legal Correspondent and a leading expert on the Supreme Court of the United States.

09/04/25 Event Details

Rome 2025: Universities, Elites, and the Future of Liberal Democracy

05/14 - 05/15/26 Event Details

Spring Symposium on Democratic Resilience

03/19/26 Event Details

The Quest for Democracy in North Africa

11/06/25 Event Details

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Reflections on Faith and Public Life

Event Details

Constructing the Constitutional Imagination: A Symposium in Honor of Ken I. Kersch

02/20/26 Event Details

Fall Colloquium on Democratic Resilience

10/09/25 Event Details

Fellows Reception 2024

8/29/24 Event Details

2025 NATO International Legal Conference

4/7-4/11/25 Event Details

A Conference in Honor of Susan Shell

03/10/25 Event Details

Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the Modern State

with Anna Grzymala-Busse

12/05/24 Event Details

Fall Colloquium with Daniel Ziblatt and Theda Skocpol

10/10/24 Event Details

What the Constitution Means to Us 2024 with A.J. Jacobs

09/10/24 Event Details

Venice 2025: Democracy’s Discontent

5/26/25 Event Details

Ireland's Election Result: More of the Same

4/1/25 Event Details

Untangling Germany's Election Results

2/27/25 Event Details

What Comes Next? Assessing a Year of Elections

with Rahsaan Maxwell and Sheri Berman

11/07/24 Event Details

The Constitutional Bind with Aziz Rana

09/26/24 Event Details

Maktoob: Yehuda Shenhav Talks on Translating Arabic Literature in Hebrew

4/22/25 Event Details

Spring Symposium on Envisioning Democratic Futures

3/21/25 Event Details

Spring Seminars

01/21-05/02/2025 Event Details

Religion and Reconciliation: Forging Peace after War

10/24/24 Event Details

On Democratic Participation: A Celebration of Kay Schlozman

09/20/24 Event Details

Fellows Reception 2023

8/31/23 Event Details

Clough Journal Launch and Celebration

04/25/24 Event Details

Spring Symposium 2024: Attachment to Place in a World of Nations

03/14/24-03/15/24 Event Recording

Making the National Geographic with Arjun Appadurai

11/16/23 Event Recording

Dublin Seminar 2024: Dreams of Peace and Realities of War

05/27/24-06/01/2024 Event Details

Can We Talk About Israel/Palestine?

04/08/24 Event Details

The South of Our Imagination with Karen Cox

12/07/23 Event Recording

Attachment to Place in a World of Nations

10/05/23 Event Recording

Water on Fire with Tarek El-Ariss

04/29/24 Event Details

Adaptation: A Lifetime of Building Bridges with Bill Rauch

04/03/24 Event Details

Darwin’s Nightmare with Hubert Sauper

11/30/23 Event Details

What the Constitution Means to Us

9/14/23 Event Recording