Our 2025 Summer Lecture Series will take place once again at the Lebanon Opera House!

 

Summer Lecture Series 2025

PRESERVING AMERICA'S FOUR FREEDOMS: THE HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY

We believe the world and domestic situations today demand that we renew our understanding of the Four Freedoms and the role of our government and political system in ensuring their preservation. The Constitution of the United States contains the political philosophy and a system of checks and balances necessary for the operation of a democratic state to serve all its people. Have we lost the understanding of our individual and collective responsibilities required to make it work? It is time to renew our understanding of what is important to us as individuals and to the future of our country.

Wednesdays, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
July 9 - August 13, 2025
Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, NH
OR Livestream

Attend in-person at the Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, NH, or join us online.

COST:

MEMBERS, FULL SERIES: $135 per person
(price does not include membership purchase or renewal)

MEMBERS, SINGLE SESSIONS: $35 per person, per session

NON-MEMBERS, FULL SERIES: $165 per person

NON-MEMBERS, SINGLE SESSIONS: $45 per person, per session

Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff receive free admission with ID. 

 

Session 1, July 9
The Four Freedoms: History and Relevance to Today

Ronald Edsforth, former Chair of Globalization Studies in MALS, Dartmouth

Session 2, July 16
The Broken Promise of America’s Asylum System

Rachel Rosenbloom, Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law

Session 3, July 23
America’s Best Idea: The First Amendment and the Freedom of Religion

Randall Balmer, John Phillips Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College

Session 4, July 30
The Implications of Trump's Economic Policies

Matthew Slaughter, Dean of the Tuck School at Dartmouth

Session 5, August 6
Can Freedom of Speech Survive?  And Should It?

Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School

Session 6, August 13
The Way Forward

Linda Fowler, Professor of Government and Frank J. Reagan Chair in Policy Studies, Emerita, Dartmouth College