2006-2007 Events Archive
October 19-20 Conference: “The Future of Civic Education in America”
- Keynote Lecture: The Honorable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, The United States Supreme Court
- Title: "Constitutional Government and Civic Education in America
- Location and Time: October 19, Gaston Hall, 7 p.m.
- Full schedule of events...
Thursday, October 26
Roundtable: Religion and Politics in America, Past Present and Future: On Michael Kazin’s A Godly Hero
- Participants:
- Wilfred McClay, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- James A. Morone, Professor of Political Science, Brown University
- Elizabeth McKeown, Professor of Theology, Georgetown University
- Michael Kazin, Professor of History, Georgetown University
- Moderator: Patrick J. Deneen, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
- Location and Time: Copley Formal Lounge, 4 p.m.
- Co-sponsored by The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs; Political Philosophy Colloquium; Department of History; American Studies
Thursday, November 16
Political Theory Lecture
- Peter Berkowitz, George Mason University Law School and Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Title: “John Stuart Mill’s Idea of a University, and Our Own
- Location and Time: Mortara Seminar Room, Mortara Center, 5:30pm
Monday, February 12 Cancelled
Inaugural Lincoln Lecture
- James M. McPherson, Professor Emeritus of History, Princeton University
- Title: “Abraham Lincoln's Invention of Presidential War Powers”
- Location and Time: Marriott Conference Center (Leavey Student Center) 4:30 pm
Monday, March 12
Roundtable: Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind After 20 Years
- Michael Zuckert, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
- Norma Thompson, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University
- James Seaton, Department of English, Michigan State University
- Francis Fukuyama, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
- Moderator: Patrick J. Deneen, Department of Government, Georgetown University
- Location and Time: Marriott Conference Center (Leavey Student Center), 4:30 pm
Thursday, March 22
Inaugural Carroll Lecture
- James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University
- Title: “Republicanism and Orthodoxy: The Contribution of John Carroll”
- Location and Time: Gervase Conference Room, 5pm
Thursday, April 18
Political Theory Lecture
- Roger Scruton, University of Buckingham
- Title: “Conservatism as Conservation
- Location and Time: Gervase Conference Room, 5pm