Wilson Center Media and News
Alumni, faculty, experts, and students at the Wilson Center endeavor to connect theory and practice.
Lectures and Presentations
Watch the latest lectures and presentations on YouTube:
The Everlasting Security Challenge: 25 Years After 9/11 | Dr. John Hillen
Dr. John Hillen addressed the Hampden-Sydney community on September 10, 2026, in the Schoellkopf Family & Friends Lounge in Venable Hall, discussing security challenges in the years following the events of 9/11.
2025 Constitution Day Lecture | Yuval Levin
On September 17, Hampden-Sydney community members gathered in the Scheollkopf Family & Friends Lounge in Venable Hall to hear a Constitution Day lecture from Yuval Levin.
Creative Destruction: Remaking Politics and Media in the New Roaring 20s | Chris Stirewalt '97
On April 16, 2025, Christ Stirewalt ’97—political editor and anchor of The Hill Sunday on NewsNation, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and contributing editor and columnist for The Dispatch—delivered a lecture on politics and the media. The event was held in the Schoellkopf Family & Friends Lounge at Venable Hall.
Why Study War | Aaron MacLean
On April 9, 2025, Aaron MacLean, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and host of the School of War podcast, delivered a lecture on studying war and why it remains relevant today. The event took place in the Schoellkopf Family & Friends Lounge at Venable Hall.
Civil Discourse and the American Civic Order | Dr. Robert George
On February 13, 2025, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University Dr. Robert George delivered a lecture on civil discourse and the American civic order at the Schoellkopf Family & Friends Lounge in Venable Hall. The lecture was sponsored by the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest.
Podcasts
Dr. John Hillen, Former Wheat Professor
August 24, 2026
The Honorable Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr. ’88, James C. Wheat Jr. Chair in Leadership
August 10, 2026
Dr. John Hillen, Former Wheat Professor
March 4, 2025
Vinton Bruton, Director of the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest
November 20, 2024
Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson, Lecturer
September 18, 2023
Past News and Media
2023
- The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership: former Trustee of H-SC
"Age of Reagan Conference", August 3-5, 20maifesto23 - Dr. David Marion, Elliott Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow,
"Commentary: America has a Constitutional Soul", July 28, 2023 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership: former Trustee of H-SC
"Remembering D-Day -and What Came After", National Review, June 6, 2023 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership: former Trustee of H-SC
"The China Speech a President Should Give", National Review, February 16, 2023
2022
- The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership: former Trustee of H-SC
"Can Tom Cotton's Manifesto for American Strength Unify the Right?", National Review, November 10, 2022 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership: former Trustee of H-SC
"Economic Strategy and Statecraft: From Engagement to Decoupling", Reagan Institute, October 2022 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"The Miracle at Philadelphia", National Review, September 17, 2022 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Make America Lead Again," PodBean: Reaganism, August 15, 2022 - Dr. David Marion, Elliott Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow,
"Preparing the Republic for a Re-Structured Global Order", Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 2022 - Dr. David Marion, Elliott Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow,
"Preparing the Republic for a Re-Structured Global Order", April 2022 - Chris Peace ’98, "Protecting Virginia's internet-related jobs", Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 14, 2022
- The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"How Russia’s War on Ukraine Will Change the World", National Review, March 26, 2022
2021
- Dr. Ryan Pemberton '00, Director of the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest
"General Sam Exhibit Open at Hampden-Sydney Museum," Farmville The Magazine, September, 2021 - Dr. David Marion, Elliott Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow,
“ Voting rules and rational self-government,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 18, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
“ The End of an Era or the Middle of the Long War?”, National Review, September 10, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Federal contracting’s prominence in Northern Virginia has its roots in the 9/11 aftermath," Washington Business Journal, September 8, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Don't take political freedom for granted," Duke Magazine, August 23, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Words matter: The responsibility of public rhetoric," Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 24, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Chief Executive Activist," National Review, June 10, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"What to Watch or Read to Commemorate Memorial Day," National Review, May 30, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Internal Memo to Beijing: China’s Competitive Advantage against America," National Review, May 11, 2021 - Dr. David E. Marion, Elliott Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow
"The founders' republic and young Americans," Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 30, 2021 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Restoring Trust and Leadership in a Vacuous Age," Law & Liberty, April 27, 2021 - Dr. David E. Marion, Elliott Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow
">The Risky Rhetoric of Global Citizenship," National Review, January 23, 2021
2020
- Constitution Day 2020 articles and speeches, Collected Remarks and Readings (pdf)
- Dr. David E. Marion,Elliott Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow
“Civic Education for a Madisonian America: An Essay in Honor of Ronald L. Heinemann,” December 2020 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
" How to Remember Pearl Harbor Day," National Review, December 7, 2020 - Col. William Anderson ‘67, former member, Wilson Center Board of Advisors
" Candid advice for those wanting to pursue legal careers with overseas organizations," Lawfire, November 30, 2020 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Don’t add elections to the eroding trust in American institutions," Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 28, 2020 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Dueling Visions: America’s Role in the World and the 2020 Election," Foreign Policy Research Institute, YouTube, November 11, 2020 - The Honorable John Hillen, James C. Wheat Jr. Professor in Leadership; former Trustee of H-SC
"Dueling Visions: America’s Role in the World and the 2020 Election," Foreign Policy Research Institute, October 13, 2020 - Colin Woodward, Bortz Library Project Archivist
"Fort Bragg Should Be Named After Farmville Native," The Farmville Herald, June 24, 2020 - Dr. David E. Marion, Elliott Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow
"Scope of government's power to regulate affairs of the people must never be unlimited," The Washington Times, June 9, 2020 - Christopher K. Peace '98, former member, Wilson Center Board of Advisors
"Hope for the Poor," Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 7, 2020 - Henrik Rasmussen ’03, Wilson Center Board of Advisors
"A Free-market Agenda for Rebuilding from the Coronavirus," Transatlantic Blog, April 24, 2020 - Brad Israel ’04, Wilson Center Board of Advisors
"How Abundance Can Ignite Compassion," TEDx Pensacola, January 15, 2020 - Dr. David E. Marion, Elliott Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow
" Preserving 'American way of life' During the COVID-19 Pandemic," The Washington Times, March 30, 2020 - Drew Prehmus ’08, Wilson Center Board of Advisors
"Capturing Sam: An Interview with Drew Prehmus," General Sam: Documenting the General Sam V. Wilson Papers Project, April 24, 2020
2019
- Dr. David E. Marion, Elliott Emeritus Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Wilson Center faculty fellow
"The Declaration's 'one people,'" Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 12, 2019 - The Honorable John Hillen, former Trustee of H-SC
" The American Experiment and The Role of the Hampden-Sydney Man in Preserving It," Hampden-Sydney College 2019 Baccalaureate Address, May, 2019 - The Honorable John Hillen, former Trustee of H-SC
"Who Should Lead Us?" National Review: The Battle of Covid-19, May 4, 2020 - The Honorable John Hillen, former Trustee of H-SC and Ryan Pemberton '00, Director of the Wilson Center
"Engaged Citizenship and the Liberal Arts Tradition," American Council of Trustees and Alumni, December 13, 2019
2017
- Craig Osth '73, Wilson Center Board of Advisors
"35 Years with the CIA: Enemies, Adversaries and Threats to Freedom," The Hill, November 19, 2017
Leadership in the Idaho Wilderness
10/5/2026
8/10/2026