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