Tocqueville Forum

“America and the World”

FORUM LECTURE  featuring: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Leavey Chair in the Foundations of American Freedom, Georgetown University  

Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Location: ICC Auditorium

The Moral Dimensions of the Economic Crisis

ROUNDTABLE featuring:
Dr. David Schindler, Provost and Dean, Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America
Dr. Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University, and Director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies
Dr. Eugene McCarraher, Professor, Department of Humanities, Villanova University

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 pm, Location: Lohrfink Auditorium, Rafik B. Hariri Building (School of Business)

Directions:

From the Southwest Garage on campus, take the elevator up to the main floor and exit, walking down the street, passing the football field on your right. Continuing straight ahead, enter the first building on the right, the Rafik B. Hariri Building, which houses the McDonough School of Business. The entrance to the Lohrfink Auditorium is on the second floor.

From the front gates of Georgetown (if you park on the street), take the diagonal path to the right past Healy Hall (the dark grey building straight ahead). Walk through Red Square and through the breezeway covered in fliers, continue on the same path, and enter Leavey Center.  Pass the bookstore on your right, pass through the student lounge, and walk down the corridor with the Faculty Club restaurant on your right.  Then, take a left and exit onto the balcony with a walkway to the business school. From there, you will descend the stairs and see the foyer of the new business school auditorium.

Upcoming Spring 2010 Events
“Catholicism: Last Hope for a Dying Culture”

FORUM LECTURE  featuring: Dr. Anthony Esolen, Department of English, Providence College

Thursday, February 4, 2010, 7:00 p.m., Location: ICC Auditorium

Past Fall 2009 Events
Freedom, the Human Vocation, and the Catholic University

FORUM LECTURE featuring Dr. Mark Shiffman, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Villanova University

To be human is to be free, but the fulfillment of this freedom requires learning our human possibilities.  The university is the institution that provides the greatest scope for such learning.  How does the Catholic university fulfill this mission?
Thursday, September 24, 2009, 5:30 p.m., Location: Philodemic Room

“Is the Constitution Relevant Today?”

FORUM LECTURE featuring Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III

How does an 18th century document provide for a government in the 21st century and in an era of globalization? To celebrate Constitution Day, Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III will give a lecture concerning the Founding of the , the Constitution and the current American political order. Edwin Meese III holds the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based public policy research and education institution.  He is also the Chairman of Heritage’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California .
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 5:00 p.m., Location: ICC Auditorium

"What is College For?"

WELCOME WEEK DISCUSSION featuring Tocqueville Forum Director Patrick J. Deneen and Matthew Crawford, author of current bestseller Shop Class as Soul Craft

Patrick Deneen, Associate Professor of Government and Founding Director of the Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy, will host a discussion about the aims and reasons for college with Matthew Crawford, author of the current bestselling book Shop Class as Soul Craft.  Professors Deneen and Crawford will discuss and explore some of the Big Questions of College: e.g., What is college for? What should students aim to get out of their four years at university? Is college ultimately about getting a job? Students will have ample time to pose questions and engage in the discussion.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 5:00 p.m., Mortara Center Conference Room