Colloquium on the American founding
This Spring the Colloquium was held on April 26 & 27, 2002.
Speakers and Talks for the Colloquium Weekend.
"Natural Rights and National Sovereignty: The View from the American Founding"
Date: Thursday, April 25
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Description: Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Government, Cornell University will give a talk.
Location: Cole Assembly Room
Converse Hall
"From the Law of Nations to Global Governance --Is the U.S. Constitution Getting Lost Along the Way?"
Date: Friday, April 26
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Description: Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Government, Cornell University will give a talk.
Location: Babbott Room
The Octagon
Midge Decter
Date: Friday, April 26
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Description: Midge Decter, author of An Old Wife's Tale will give a talk.
Location: Lewis-Sebring
Valentine Hall
"A Constitution of Character"
Date: Saturday, April 27
Time: 9:20 a.m.
Description: David Forte, Cleveland Marshall School of Law will give a talk.
Location: Babbot Room
The Octagon
[The sessions in the morning and afternoon will be in the Babbott Room; the lunch will be at the Garden Room of the Lord Jeffrey Inn, and the dinner in the evening, will be at the Cadigan Religious Center on Woodside Avenue]
"Remembering Things Past: Edmund Burke, the Enlightenment, and Tradition as a Way of Postmodern Knowing"
Date: Saturday, April 27
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Description: Daniel Ritchie ‘78, Professor of English, Bethel College will give a talk.
Location: Babbott Room
The Octagon
"The Lengthening Shadow of Ronald Reagan"
Date: Saturday, April 27
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Description: Steven Hayward, the Weyerhauser Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, and the author of "The Age of Reagan" will give a talk.
Location: Lord Jeffery Inn
"On Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure"
Date: Saturday, April 27
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Description: Pamela Jensen, Clor Professor of Political Science, Kenyon College will give a talk.
Location: Babbott Room
The Octagon
"After 9/11"
Date: Saturday, April 27
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Description: Jeremy
3:00 p.m. –Jeremy Rabkin will give a talk.
Location: Babbott Room
The Octagon