Colloquium on the American Founding Events
This Spring the Colloquium was held on April 20 & 21, 2007.
Talks & Speakers for the Colloquium Weekend
"The Tangle of War: Islam Against Itself"
Date: Friday, April 20
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Description: Bret Stephens, member of the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal, will speak.
Location: Cole Assembly Room
Converse Hall
"Character and the Drama"
Date: Friday, April 20
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Description: Thomas Turgeon '64, professor of Drama at Kenyon College, will speak.
Location: Lewis Sebring
Valentine Hall
"The Political Craft of the Founders: Shaping Coalitions at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, 1787"
Date: Saturday, April 21
Time: 9:30 p.m.
Description: John Londregan, professor of Politics at Princeton University, will speak.
Location: Porter Lounge
Converse Hall
"Red, Blue, or Something New? The 2006 Midterm Elections, Party Reversal, and the Uncertain Future of American Parties"
Date: Saturday, September 21
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Description: Daniel Di Salvo, Andrew R. Mellon, visiting Assistant professor for the American Founding, will speak.
Location: Porter Lounge
Converse Hall
"The View of the Political Landscape from Capitol Hill: The Bumps and Starts of the New Democratic Congress"
Date: Saturday, April 21
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Description: Noah Silverman '92 will speak.
Location: Lewis Sebring
Valentine Hall
"An update on the Litigation over Marriage in the Courts"
Date: Saturday, April 21
Time: 2: 00 p.m.
Description: Maggie Gallagher, author of The Abolition of Marriage, will speak.
Location: Lewis Sebring
Valentine Hall
"Romney, the Republicans, and the Churning over the Issue of Marriage"
Date: Saturday, April 21
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Decription: Matthew Spalding, Director of the Heritage Foundation's Center on the American Founding and advisor to Mitt Romney, will speak.
Location: Lewis Sebring
Valentine Hall