Hillsdale & Statesmanship

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The study of statesmanship is central to the teaching mission of Hillsdale College, and the classics teach that the art can be best understood by studying those who have a reputation for it.

 

Why Churchill?

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Churchill’s career presents an unsurpassed opportunity for the study of statesmanship, for he faced the great crises of the twentieth century and left behind one of the richest records of human undertaking.

 

Churchill & Hillsdale

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Hillsdale College will promote a proper account of this record by combining the College’s educational expertise with its work both as publisher of Churchill’s Official Biography and as the repository of the Martin Gilbert papers.

 

Support the Churchill Project

for the Study of Statesmanship

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Your generous support will build an endowment to fund national conferences, student scholarships, a faculty chair, and the completion and publication of The Official Biography of Winston Churchill.

Recent Articles

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26
Mar
2024
Poland vs. Russia & Germany: Did Churchill Pick the Right Enemy?

In June 1941, with Russia invaded and America still neutral, Churchill was desperate for allies. Until 1939, the Russians had not moved beyond their own territory. He had long concluded that Germany not Russia was the main expansionist threat. No one could see far ahead, yet no one worked harder than he for Poland’s independence after the war, and those efforts are on record.

Posted in: Churchill in WWII, Q & A,
19
Mar
2024
Great Contemporaries: Edmund Murray, Churchill’s Ubiquitous Bodyguard

“The Churchill I knew was the epitome of all that was ever good and fine in our island race and he was always proud of his American heritage. Always his aim was to make Britain great, and to join all European countries in peace and freedom…. We all have a job to do and indeed the tools to do it are in your hands. Vivre a jamais dans l’esprit des gens, n’est-ce pas l’immortalite? There is the heritage he left us, our raison d’etre. May we all be worthy of his trust.”

Posted in: Explore, Great Contemporaries,
14
Mar
2024
The Lion and the Mouse: Did Churchill Desecrate Rubens?

Did the Prime Minister defile a Rubens? Technically it was possible, especially if Churchill used tempera. But official biographer Sir Martin Gilbert was doubtful: “This story, charming though it is, and often retold, may be typical of (dare I say it?) the wilder shores of oral evidence. Churchill was surely too great an art lover to ‘touch up’ a Rubens.”

Posted in: Churchill's Art, Q & A,

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