Classical Heritage, Western Civilization, The Future: America @ 250

Speakers for Ideas That Made U.S.: Dialogues on Freedom, are seen in Hauck Auditorium on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin speaks at Ideas That Made U.S.: Dialogues on Freedom in Hauck Auditorium on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Pamphlets for Ideas That Made U.S.: Dialogues on Freedom are seen on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Senior Fellow Dan Edelstein speaks at Ideas That Made U.S.: Dialogues on Freedom in Hauck Auditorium on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Senior Fellow Barry Strauss speaks at Ideas That Made U.S.: Dialogues on Freedom in Hoover’s Hauck Auditorium on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Hoover Research Fellow Jonathan Gienapp speaks in Hauck Auditorium on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)

A student asks a question of panelists at Ideas That Made U.S.: Dialogues on Freedom held in Hauck Auditorium on February 11, 2026. (Patrick Beaudouin)