Events
Upcoming Spring 2010 Events:
"The Permissive Society: America, 1941-1965"
"Catholicism: Last Hope for a Dying Culture"
"New Urbanism"
"Civic Communitarian Conservatism"
"A Roundtable Response to Phillip Blond"
"Student Conference on the American Polity"
Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. Award for Teaching and Humane Letters
Past Fall 2009 Events
"Ecological Decline and Wendell Berry's Vision of Hope"
FORUM LECTURE featuring Dr. Jason Peters, Professor of English at Augustana College
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Inter Cultural Center
"The Moral Dimensions of the Economic Crisis"
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)
"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