Colloquium on the American Founding Events
This Fall the Colloquium was held October 1 & 2, 2004.
Talks & Speakers for the Colloquium Weekend.
"Seeing the Regime in the American City"
Date: Friday, October 1
Time: 7:15 p.m.
Description: Professor Carroll William Westfall, Department of Fine Arts and Architecture, Notre Dame University will give a talk entitled “Seeing the Regime in the American City”
Location: Lord Jeffery Inn Ballroom
"Neither Victory Nor Peace?: An Assessment of the War in Iraq"
Date: Saturday, October 2
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Angelo Codevilla, Professor of International Relations, Boston University will give a speech entitled “Neither Victory Nor Peace?: An Assessment of the War in Iraq.”
Location: Babbott Room
The Octagon
“Religion and our Politics: A Reading of Landscape in this Political Season"
Date: Saturday, October 2
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Description: William McGurn of the Wall Street Journal will give a talk entitled “Religion and our Politics: A Reading of Landscape in this Political Season."
Location: Babbott Room
The Octagon
"A view of the Political Landscape from Capitol Hill"
Date: Saturday, October 2
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Description: Over the last year, we’ve asked Noah Silverman ’92 to give us his reading of the political landscape in the capital from his vantage point as a key staffer in the Senate. Noah has shown a remarkable political sense, amplified by a vast fund of information that he has managed to incorporate. Beyond that, he has shown an uncommon knack for drawing just about everyone into the discussion.
Location: Lord Jeffery InnBallroom
"Natural Law and the Restraint of Judges"
Date: Saturday, October 2
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Description: Russell Hittinger, Warren Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Tulsa will give a talk entitled “Natural Law and the Restraint of Judges.”
Location: Lord Jeffery Inn Ballroom
"Democratic Desire and the Culture of Entitlement"
Date: Saturday, October 2
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Description: Stephen Gardner, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tulsa will give a talk entitled “Democratic Desire and the Culture of Entitlement.”
Location: Lord Jeffery Inn Ballroom