An independent academic center that renews culture by fostering the intellectual and moral formation of students, families, and tomorrow’s leaders.
Princeton, New Jersey
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Applications now open! Know an intellectually curious high school student? Encourage them to apply to the Witherspoon Forum, our online seminar series for 10th-12th graders. After last year’s record number of participants, we’re nearly doubling the number of seminars offered, with sessions offered on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Our theme, "Freedom From and Freedom For,” will explore the value and purpose of freedom and our obligations as free people.
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This morning, Princeton students gathered for the first meeting of one of our fall seminars, “Aquinas on Being and Essence,” led by R. J. Snell.
The seminar will meet at 8:15 a.m. every Tuesday that classes are in session. Princeton University students are welcome to join us as we explore some of the most fundamental questions of theology and metaphysics.
Learn more at winst.org/ap.
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What does it mean to love another person? Join us for a seminar on Søren Kierkegaard’s Works of Love, led by RJ Snell, exploring the tensions between duty and feeling, universal and preferential love, and what it means to understand love as a task.
Open to Princeton University and seminary students. Lunch provided.
Learn more at the link below.
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What makes a Witherspoon seminar distinctive? Dr. R. J. Snell recently joined The Mark Swartzberg Show to discuss our seminars, our approach to teaching, and the significance of Witherspoon’s work in the moral and intellectual formation of young people.
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Calling all high school students! Submit your essay to the @publicdiscourse Essay Contest for a chance to be published and win an honorarium. Link in bio.
As we celebrate America's 250th year, we give thanks for the founding ideals of liberty, self-government, and human dignity that continue to shape our nation. Wishing you and your family a safe and joyful Fourth of July.
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23 years of advancing scholarship, cultivating leadership, and promoting human flourishing. Thank you to all who have made the Witherspoon Institute's mission possible.
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Congratulations to the Princeton Class of 2026.
Bearing the name of John Witherspoon, one of @Princeton's early presidents, the Witherspoon Institute is especially grateful for the opportunity to continue, in our own way, a tradition of serious inquiry and moral reflection that has long marked this place.
Through seminars, friendships, and conversations that seek wisdom rather than mere utility, we are honored to participate in Princeton’s enduring intellectual tradition alongside so many thoughtful students over the years.
To all graduates: may your education continue long after commencement.
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Register to join us for two #FidelityMonth events this June! First, our kickoff webinar on Fidelity and the Declaration, featuring @McCormickProf, @erikabachiochi, @RealBenCarson, and @DevGoldman. This Friday at 1 PM ET. (1/2)
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Find out more about our #FidelityMonth #America250 essay contest below!👇
First prize wins $3K and is published in @PublicDiscourse
As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Witherspoon Institute’s Herbert W. Vaughan Senior Fellow, @McCormickProf, will reflect on the Declaration as America’s “promissory note” — a statement of principles the nation has never perfectly fulfilled, yet one that continues to call us toward justice, civic friendship, and the common good.
The lecture will be delivered at Stanford Law School’s Constitutional Law Center during its conference “The Declaration of Independence at 250,” taking place May 15–16.
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This first Alumni Spotlight features three stories from Witherspoon alumni. We’ve gathered a handful of short reflections that capture moments that stayed with them long after their time in our programs. Together, they offer a small but illustrative glimpse into the Witherspoon formation, which unfolds slowly through conversation, friendship, and sustained attention.
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Madison's Notes is out with a new episode: "Frontier Films for America250."
Host Ryan Shinkel (@RyanShinkel) interviewed Matthew J. Franck (@MatthewJFranck), a @WitherspoonInst Senior Fellow.
They talked about Frederick Jackson Turner’s “Significance of the Frontier in American History," novels by James Fenimore Cooper and Mark Twain, the westerns of John Ford, and frontier movies in outer space, science, and technology.
Please enjoy: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Hear from Dr. Ana Samuel, Academic Director at @CanaVox, for a meaningful evening of insight, conversation, and practical guidance. This webinar is designed to equip parents to address today’s questions surrounding sexual identity and attraction with clarity and confidence.
Dr. Samuel will explore the cultural and ethical challenges facing both parents and children today. Drawing from CanaVox’s new book, Courageous Conversations, she will share how embracing truth, love, and natural law can lead to a flourishing life for people of any faith.
CanaVox is a global organization dedicated to advancing the natural law understanding of marriage, family, and human sexuality.
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