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Monday Coffeehouse

We hold Coffeehouse every Monday from 4-5pm in the lobby of Rosenkranz Hall during the semester. Yale students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Upcoming Events

How do humans talk to one another, with Professor Jad Abumrad (Vanderbilt University)

March 26, 2026 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Merit: Meaningful or Myth?- The Hyper Selective Admissions Process and Its Role in Modern Society, with Professor Daniel Markovits (Yale University) & Dean Jeremiah Quinlan (Yale University)

March 30, 2026 5:00 pm—6:30 pm

Past Events

The Radical Fund and the Lost Origins of American Liberalism, with Professor John Witt (Yale University)

March 5, 2026 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
Has college become too individualistic? Could it be rebuilt around a common life?, with Laura Marcus (Tidelines Institute)

March 2, 2026 5:00 pm—6:30 pm
Fellows Intensive: Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

February 21, 2026 1:00 pm—4:30 pm
Fellows Intensive: Constitutional Democracy in America at 250

February 21, 2026 9:00 am—12:30 pm
From The Unwinding to The Emergency with George Packer (The Atlantic), co-sponsored by Grace Hopper College

February 19, 2026 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
Can the Faculty Lead the Contemporary University?, with Professor Sarah Igo (Vanderbilt University)

February 12, 2026 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Is there a civic remedy for the restless soul?, with Jenna Storey (American Enterprise Institute)

February 9, 2026 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Does love have a future?, with Samuel Kimbriel (Aspen Institute)

February 6, 2026 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Are "We the People" still capable of constitutional reform?, with Professor Jill Lepore (Harvard University, The New Yorker)

February 5, 2026 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Fellows Intensive: The Role of Universities in Civic Life

January 31, 2026 11:00 am—2:30 pm
Universities and Humility, with Professor Andrew Delbanco (Teagle Foundation, Columbia University)

January 22, 2026 4:15 pm—5:45 pm
Fellows Intensive: Humanity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

December 5, 2025 1:00 pm—5:00 pm
The Media Fracture, with Governor Christopher Christie

December 4, 2025 11:30 am—1:00 pm
A Conversation on Capital Punishment, with Elizabeth Bruenig (The Atlantic), co-sponsored by Grace Hopper College

December 3, 2025 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
How should universities think about pluralism?, with Laurie Patton (American Academy of Arts & Sciences)

December 3, 2025 9:00 am—10:30 am
Fellows Intensive: The Role of Universities in Civic Life

November 21, 2025 1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Fellows Intensive: Constitutional Democracy in America at 250

November 15, 2025 1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Reforming universities through executive action: A view from the White House, with Daniel Wasserman '19

November 3, 2025 5:00 pm—6:30 pm
Should Universities Reform Themselves? An Opening Discussion, with Professor Beverly Gage (Yale University)

October 28, 2025 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal, with Professor Nicholas Buccola (Claremont McKenna College)

October 10, 2025 12:30 pm—2:00 pm
Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump, with Professor Molly Worthen (UNC-Chapel Hill)

September 19, 2025 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
Rediscovering the Civic Constitution: Beyond Veneration and Legalism to Citizenship

September 17, 2025 4:30 pm—8:00 pm
Are Men Necessary?, with Ross Douthat (The New York Times)

April 18, 2025 12:00 pm—1:30 pm
Real News: Challenges in Covering Politics Today, with Molly Ball (The Wall Street Journal)

April 10, 2025 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
Happiness in Action, with Professor Adam Sandel (Harvard Law School)

February 28, 2025 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
Grunt-work and Citizenship, with Sam Ayres

February 13, 2025 4:30 pm—6:00 pm
Executive Power in the Founders’ Constitution and the American Constitution Today, with Professor Murray Dry (Middlebury College)

February 7, 2025 2:00 pm—3:30 pm
What Just Happened?: The Significance of the 2024 Presidential Election

November 21, 2024 4:30 pm—8:00 pm
How Best to Combat Polarization?, with Laura-Kristine Krause (Founding Director, More in Common Germany)

November 8, 2024 4:00 pm—5:30 pm
On the Future of Content in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, with Professor Luciano Floridi (Yale Digital Ethics Center, Cognitive Science Program)

October 31, 2024 4:00 pm—5:30 pm