America’s Divides: A Political Lunch Series with Yuval Levin

Join us for an opportunity to engage directly with leading political figures and gain a clearer understanding of the fissures shaping American politics today.

Conservatives control the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Supreme Court. Yet this apparent unity masks deep divisions within conservatism itself, with major philosophical and policy disagreements. This lunch series brings activists, a retired lawmaker, and a leading thinker to campus to explore the competing visions of conservatism, as well as the broader fractious moment in American politics. Drawing on their diverse roles in the political sphere, speakers will shed light on the complexities of the political process.

Location: 1 College Hall, Room G09F

Lunch will be provided.

Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder and editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, and a contributing editor at .

Dr. Levin served as a member of the White House domestic policy staff under President George W. Bush. He was also executive director of the President’s Council on Bioethics and a congressional staffer at the member, committee, and leadership levels.

In addition to being interviewed frequently on radio and television, Dr. Levin has published essays and articles in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times,Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Commentary. He is the author of several books on political theory and public policy, most recently (Basic Books, 2024).

He holds an MA and PhD from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.

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