Sep 2024
On Friday, September 20, 2024, the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs hosted a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities was a lecture by Eric Nelson, Robert M. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University, entitled “Of Kings and Presidents: Monarchy and the Framing of the Constitution.”
Prior to the lecture, the UGA Libraries hosted “Constitution on the Quad,” featuring Constitutional trivia and student readings of the Constitution. In addition, historical documents and materials related to the American founding and U.S. Constitution will be displayed at the Chapel from the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library.