Events

Sep

17

Lecture

“Get Together and Bind Themselves Through Promises”: Arendt’s American Revolution, the Constitution of Freedom, and the Problem of Collective Self-Binding

Location:

303 Maginnes Hall

September 17, 2025, 12 - 1pm

Join political theorist Jan Smoleński for a provocative exploration of Hannah Arendt’s overlooked idea of self-binding—and how it reshapes our understanding of the AmericanRevolution, constitutional freedom, and the durability of democracy.

College of
Arts and Sciences

Political Science

Events

Sep

17

“Get Together and Bind Themselves Through Promises”: Arendt’s American Revolution, the Constitution of Freedom, and the Problem of Collective Self-Binding