April 15-18, 2026 - American Presidents | Kirby Center

Beginning with George Washington, America has had several significant presidents over the course of its history, including Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. Held at Hillsdale’s Kirby Center in Washington, D.C., this seminar will consider the achievements of these presidents, including especially how their administrations marked a continuation or a repudiation of the American Founders’ constitutionalism, as well as their lasting impact on American politics. 

May 15-18, 2026 - Historical Issues and  Controversies | Rockwell Lake Lodge

Held at the College’s Rockwell Lake Lodge in Luther, Michigan, this seminar will consider historical issues and controversies since the turn of the 20th century, including constitutionalism vs. statism, affirmative action, education, and terrorism.

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June 7- 9, 2026 - The American Founding | Mini-Hostel* | Main Campus

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June 10-12, 2026 - The American Founding | Mini-Hostel* | Main Campus

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June 21-27, 2026 - Constitutional Issues and  Controversies | Main Campus

For 237 years, the American Constitution has served as a bulwark of limited government. Over the last century, its authority has been challenged by proponents of progressivism. This seminar will contrast the Founders’ view with the progressive view of topics such as the family, civil rights, free speech, foreign policy, and religious liberty.

June 21-27, 2026 - The Great Conversation in Western Literature | Main Campus

Great literature reflects and shapes the character of a civilization and of its citizens. Thus Homer was called the “schoolteacher of the Greeks.” Who have been the schoolteachers of America, and more generally, of the citizens of the West? This seminar will examine the great conversation in Western literature, beginning in ancient Greece and Rome and continuing through Renaissance Europe, Elizabethan England, and the United States.

July 12-18, 2026 - The Civil War | Main Campus

The principal cause of the Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was the crisis over slavery, which had its roots in the American Founding. This seminar will consider the Founders on slavery, the “positive good” school, the rise of sectionalism, the secession controversy, the statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln, the Constitution in wartime, and Reconstruction.

July 12-18, 2026 - Economic Theories and Controversies | Main Campus

The idea that the free market is the best way to arrange the exchange of goods and services in a free society, an idea embraced by the American Founders, is not without controversy. This seminar will consider the theories of free market economics, theories that oppose the free market, and important economic controversies of the 20th century and  of today.

July 26-Aug. 1, 2026 - Making of Today’s America | Main Campus

Over the course of the 20th century, the federal government grew dramatically, as did divisions in American political and social life. Abroad, America emerged as the world’s greatest power, fighting and winning two World Wars and a Cold War. This seminar will consider the major political and historical developments and events of the previous century, including the rise of progressivism, liberalism, and the administrative state and the revolutions of the 1960s.

July 26-Aug. 1, 2026 - History of Christianity | Main Campus

Christianity is over 2,000 years old, with theological roots stretching back to the time of the ancient Hebrews. Despite widespread persecution, Christianity spread quickly and has had a profound impact on the development of Western Civilization. This seminar will consider the history of Christianity, beginning with the early Church and continuing through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and into the modern world.

August 7-10, 2026 - Historical Issues and Controversies | Rockwell Lake Lodge

Held at the College’s Rockwell Lake Lodge in Luther, Michigan, this seminar will consider historical issues and controversies since the turn of the 20th century, including constitutionalism vs. statism, affirmative action, education, and terrorism.

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August 11-14, 2026 - Historical Issues and Controversies | Rockwell Lake Lodge

Held at the College’s Rockwell Lake Lodge in Luther, Michigan, this seminar will consider historical issues and controversies since the turn of the 20th century, including constitutionalism vs. statism, affirmative action, education, and terrorism.

ALSO OFFERED IN MAY! 

August 15-18, 2026 - Historical Issues and Controversies | Rockwell Lake Lodge

Held at the College’s Rockwell Lake Lodge in Luther, Michigan, this seminar will consider historical issues and controversies since the turn of the 20th century, including constitutionalism vs. statism, affirmative action, education, and terrorism.

ALSO OFFERED IN MAY! 

October 21-24, 2026 - The American Revolution | Kirby Center

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*Mini-Hostels follow a shorter format than our traditional Hillsdale Hostels.