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The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy is hosting an event on Oct. 4. Colleen Sheehan will be speaking as an invited guest on behalf of the Visiting Scholars in Conservative Thought & Policy program addressing the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder community with her lecture, Civic Friendship in America.

Sheehan's discussion will cover how conflict has become the norm inside American politics. She will cover how James Madison, a main architect of the Constitution, once envisioned a nation of friends. Sheehan will seek to explain Madison's concept of a harmonious state that promotes the interests and views of citizens while questioning whether or not this blueprint for America is still relevant today.

Sheehan is a former Pennsylvania state representative and former representative of the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. She is a professor of political science and the director of the Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good at Villanova University.  She teaches courses in American political thought & politics and literature.

Sheehan has written multiple books on James Madison, the American Founding, and eighteenth-century politics.  She has articles published on similar topics in accredited journals like William and Mary Quarterly, Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, and American Political Science Review.

Students, faculty, and members of the public are encouraged to attend the lecture. The scheduled presentation will take place in Benson Earth Sciences, Room 180, beginning at 5:30 pm. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session and a small reception that will wrap around 7:30 pm. .