The department hosted the first Inklings gathering of the semester on Thursday, October 12th. Dr. John Kitch, who joined the faculty this fall, spoke about “Eisenhower and the Empowered Judiciary.” This talk explored how Dwight D. Eisenhower shaped the postwar Supreme Court. After the presentation, the faculty and grad students who were in attendance, were able to ask questions and talk with Dr. Kitch about his research.
Kyle Turner, one of the grad students who attended, described the presentation as “insightful,” noting that it was “interesting to learn more about the Eisenhower Administration’s posture towards the Civil Rights Movement.”
The original Inklings consisted of a small group of intellectuals (whose ranks included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis) who met weekly at Oxford University to read aloud and discuss their works in a spirit of fellowship and civil conversation. In the spirit of these Inklings, the Department of Political Science at Texas State University has held similar gatherings for more than two decades.
For more information on the series, please contact Dr. Arnold Leder atal04@txstate.edu.
