The United States Constitution:
A Living Legacy:
Connecticut and the Constitution with Chris Collier
Sunday, February 3, 2-4 pm
Scholarly speaker series sponsored by Wilton Historical Society and Wilton Library. Chris Collier, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Connecticut and the official CT State Historian will speak about Connecticut and the Constitution. Why is Connecticut the "Constitution State"? What role did Connecticut play in the Constitutional Convention? What were the issues that gave rise to a constitution in the first place? Q&A session. Additional dates in series: February 28, 7:30 pm: Akhil Amar, Yale Law, The Founding. March 16, 2 pm at Wilton Historical Society: Panel Discussion at Wilton Historical Society, The Constitution, As Amended in the Nineteenth Century. May 1, 7:30 pm at Wilton Historical Society: Sandy Levinson, University of Texas/Harvard/Yale Law Schools, Interpreting the Constitution. Series made possible by grants from Devereaux A. Clifford and Family and The Wilton Bank. Advance registration recommended. More information.

The United States Constitution:
A Living Legacy:
The Founding with Akhil Amar
Thursday, February 28, 7:30 pm
Scholarly speaker series sponsored by Wilton Historical Society and Wilton Library. Akhil Amar, the Southmayd Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, will speak on constitutional law and history. What are the defining elements within America's most cherished document? What are the various schools of analysis when interpreting the Constitution? What issues came close to preventing the formation of a national government? Q&A session. Additional dates in series: March 16, 2 pm at Wilton Historical Society: Panel Discussion at Wilton Historical Society, The Constitution, As Amended in the Nineteenth Century. May 1, 7:30 pm at Wilton Historical Society: Sandy Levinson, University of Texas/Harvard/Yale Law Schools, Interpreting the Constitution. Series made possible by grants from Devereaux A. Clifford and Family and The Wilton Bank. Advance registration recommended. More information.

The United States Constitution:
A Living Legacy:
Panel Discussion at Wilton Historical Society
Sunday, March 16, 2 pm
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Scholarly speaker series sponsored by Wilton Historical Society and Wilton Library. Panel discussion at Wilton Historical Society. Panelists: Mark Graber, Professor of Law and Government at the University of Maryland School of Law; and Owen Williams, Raoul Berger Fellow at Harvard Law School. How did the Constitution evolve during the first hundred years? To what extent did the Civil War shape the Constitution? How did the Constitution change in the twentieth century? Is the Constitution the right document to lead twenty-first century America? Q&A session. Additional date in series: May 1, 7:30 pm at Wilton Historical Society: Sandy Levinson, University of Texas/Harvard/Yale Law Schools, Interpreting the Constitution. Series made possible by grants from Devereaux A. Clifford and Family and The Wilton Bank. Advance registration recommended. More information.

The United States Constitution:
A Living Legacy:
Interpreting the Constitution at Wilton Historical Society
Thursday, May 1, 7:30 pm
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DATE CHANGED FROM APRIL 24. Scholarly speaker series sponsored by Wilton Historical Society and Wilton Library. Session to be held at Wilton Historical Society. Sandy Levinson, University of Texas/Harvard/Yale Law Schools will speak about interpreting the Constitution. How should we read the Constitution? What are the different methods by which the Supreme Court interprets the document? Is the Constitution the best guide for twenty-first century America? Q&A session. Series made possible by grants from Devereaux A. Clifford and Family and The Wilton Bank. Advance registration recommended. More information.