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