Colloquium on the American Founding Events

This Fall the Colloquium was held on October 13 & 14, 2006.

Talks and Speakers for the Colloquium Weekend

"The Western Way of War"

Date: Friday, October 13

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Description: Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Professor Emeritus at California Univeristy, and nationally syndicated columnist for the Tribune Media Services, will give a talk entitled "The Western Way of War."

Location: Cole Assembly Room

Converse Hall

"The Critic as Moralist"

Date: Friday, October 13

Time: 8:15 p.m.

Description: Terry Teachout of the Wall Street journal, will give a talk entitled "The Critic as Moralist."

Location: Lewis-Sebring

Valentine Hall

"On the Power of the Executive"

Date: Saturday, October 14

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Description: John Yoo, University of California-Berkeley School of Law, will give a talk entitled "On the Powers of the Executive."

Location: Babbott Room

The Octagon

"Challenging the Constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley"

Date: Saturday, October 14

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Description: Michael Carvin, Jones & Day, Washington, will give a talk entitled "Challenging the Constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley."

Location: Babbott Room

The Octagon

"Reading of the Political Landscape from Capitol Hill"

Date: Saturday, October 14

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Description: Noah Silverman '92, Congressional Affairs Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, will give a talk entitled "Reading of the Political Landscape from Capitol Hill."

Location: Alumni House

"Laws of War, Then and Now"

Date: Saturday, October 14

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Description: Victor David Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Professor Emeritus at California Univeristy, and nationally syndicated columnist for the Tribune Media Services, will give a talk entitled "Laws of War, Then and Now."

Location: Alumni House

 

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