Harry Jaffa and Our Present Crisis
The Claremont Institute would like to invite you to join us for a special event at our Washington D.C. branch, The Center for the American Way of Life. We will host a private talk Thursday, October 7, with Senior Fellow Glenn Ellmers. Dr. Ellmers will give remarks titled “Harry Jaffa and Our Present Crisis,” followed by a discussion of his new book, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America. There will be a cocktail reception before and after the discussion.
Due to COVID restrictions, this event is by invitation-only.
Speakers
Arthur Milikh
Executive Director of the Center for the American Way of Life
Arthur Milikh is the executive director of The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life. He specializes in American political thought.
Milikh has advised elected political leaders at the highest national and state levels, and has lectures across the country at the nation’s top universities.
Previously, he was the Associate Director of the Center for American Studies and AWC Family Foundation Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Prior to Heritage, he worked at the House Committee on Armed Services and at The Hudson Institute.
Milikh’s writings have appeared in The Claremont Review of Books, National Affairs, City Journal, Real Clear Politics, Law & Liberty, and American Greatness. He is the editor of Up from Conservatism: Revitalizing the Right after a Generation of Decay (Encounter, 2023).
Milikh was educated at Emory University, the University of Chicago, The Catholic University of America.
Milikh has advised elected political leaders at the highest national and state levels, and has lectures across the country at the nation’s top universities.
Previously, he was the Associate Director of the Center for American Studies and AWC Family Foundation Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Prior to Heritage, he worked at the House Committee on Armed Services and at The Hudson Institute.
Milikh’s writings have appeared in The Claremont Review of Books, National Affairs, City Journal, Real Clear Politics, Law & Liberty, and American Greatness. He is the editor of Up from Conservatism: Revitalizing the Right after a Generation of Decay (Encounter, 2023).
Milikh was educated at Emory University, the University of Chicago, The Catholic University of America.
Glenn Ellmers
Visiting Research Scholar at Hillsdale College
Glenn Ellmers is a Visiting Research Scholar at Hillsdale College, and is writing a book on the scholarship of Harry V. Jaffa. He served as a speech writer for the U.S. Secretary of Energy and as the Director of Research at the Claremont Institute, and worked for the Republican Caucus of the California Assembly. He has contributed to various publications, including Claremont Review of Books, Modern Age, Law & Liberty, and American Greatness.
Ellmers received a B.A. in International Relations from Boston University, and an M.A. in Political Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School.
Ellmers received a B.A. in International Relations from Boston University, and an M.A. in Political Philosophy from Claremont Graduate School.
