Life, Liberty & Happiness with Jeffrey Rosen

In celebration of Religious Freedom Day, join the Valentine for the first lecture in this season of Life, Liberty & Happiness with Jeffrey Rosen, President & CEO of the National Constitution Center and host of the We the People podcast. In his recent book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, Rosen considers what pursuing happiness meant for the founders, and how these Enlightenment notions continue to shape our lives today.

Life, Liberty & Happiness: New Perspectives on Founding Ideas explores the evolution and contemporary relevance of America’s founding philosophies and highlights scholars whose work contributes to reinterpreting what “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” means today.

This is a ticketed event – $15.00 for Adults and free for Valentine Members, teachers and students. Pre-purchase a signed copy of Rosen’s book at checkout and pick it up at the lecture!

This event will be hosted at the Library of Virginia at 800 E. Broad Street. Visitors can park in the Library of Virginia’s garage or find street parking. The Library of Virginia is also a quick two block walk from the Valentine.

About Jeffrey Rosen:

Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, where he hosts We the People, a weekly podcast of constitutional debate. He is also a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. He was previously the legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Rosen is a graduate of Harvard College; Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and Yale Law School.