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Addressing politics, history, and political philosophy, Claremont Institute panels bring together some of America's leading professors and public intellectuals. This year a record number of panels will feature an impressive array of scholars.
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Panel Schedule
Thursday, August 30, 8:00am
Location: Sheraton - Missouri
THE CLASSICS AND WAR
Chair: Anthony Peacock, Utah State University
Papers:
James Nichols, Claremont McKenna College
"Government and the Military in Tacitus"
Timothy Burns, Skidmore College
"What War Discloses in Thucydides"
Chistopher Nadon, Claremont McKenna College
"Xenophon and the Spirit of Sparta"
Discussant: Mark Blitz, Claremont McKenna College
Thursday, August 30, 10:15am
Location: Sheraton - Superior A
DRED SCOTT AT 150
Chair: Stanley Brubaker, Colgate University
Panelists:
David Raney, Hillsdale College
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ludwig von Mises Institute
Thomas Krannawitter, Hillsdale College
Thursday, August 30, 2:00pm
Location: Sheraton - Ballroom 3
THE STATE OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM
Chair: Brian Janiskee, California State University, San Bernardino
Panelists:
William Voegeli, The Claremont Institute
Charles R. Kesler, Claremont Review of Books
Will Marshall, Progressive Policy Institute
Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago School of Law
Thursday, August 30, 4:15pm
Location: Sheraton - Missouri
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: ITS RECENT TERM AND ITS NEW JUSTICES
Chair: Bradley C.S. Watson, Saint Vincent College
Panelists:
Eric Claeys, George Mason University School of Law
Paul Moreno, Hillsdale College
Adam Samaha, University of Chicago School of Law
Richard Garnett, University of Notre Dame School of Law
Friday, August 31, 8:00am
Location: Hyatt - Dusable
RECENT BOOKS ON LEO STRAUSS
Chair: Tom Karako, The Claremont Institute
Panelists:
Catherine Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
Michael Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
Thomas Pangle, University of Texas, Austin
Jean Yarbrough, Bowdoin College
Daniel Mahoney, Assumption College
Friday, August 31, 10:15am
Location: Hyatt - McCormick
IS SOCIAL CONSERVATISM GOOD FOR CONSERVATISM?
Chair: Bruce Sanborn, The Claremont Institute
Panelists:
Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation
Hadley Arkes, Amherst College
Peter Lawler, Berry College
David Boaz, Cato Institute
Friday, August 31, 2:00pm
Location: Hyatt - Ogden
ROUNDTABLE ON ERLER, MARINI, WEST, EDS., THE FOUNDERS ON CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Chair: Brian T. Kennedy, The Claremont Institute
Panelists:
Thomas West, The Claremont Institute
John Marini, The Claremont Institute
John Fonte, Hudson Institute
Noah Pickus, Duke University
Friday, August 31, 4:15pm
Location: Hyatt - Toronto
ROUNDTABLE ON JAMES CEASER'S NATURE AND HISTORY IN AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
Chair: David Alvis, University of West Florida
Panelists:
Charles R. Kesler, Claremont Review of Books
Dan Carpenter, Harvard University
Karen Orren, University of California, Los Angeles
James Ceaser, University of Virginia
Friday, August 31, 4:15pm
Location: Hyatt - Grand Ballroom B
ROUNDTABLE ON THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Chair: John B. Kienker, Claremont Review of Books
Panelists:
John J. Pitney, Jr., Claremont McKenna College
Gerard Alexander, University of Virginia
Andrew Busch, Claremont McKenna College
Steven Hayward, American Enterprise Institute
Friday, August 31 7:00 - 8:30pm
Claremont Institute Reception
Join friends and fellows of the Claremont Institute for drinks and hors d'oeuvres
Location: Hyatt Regency - Comiskey
Saturday, September 1, 8:00am
Location: Sheraton - Parlor A
LIBERALISM AND LOCKE'S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Chair: Robert Faulkner, Boston College
Papers:
Steven Forde, University of North Texas
"The Liberal Morality of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
Nasser Behnegar, Boston College
"Epistemology and Freedom"
Peter Josephson, Saint Anselm College
"Locke's Liberal Defense of Natural Philosophy, and Its Limits"
Discussants:
Peter Myers, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Thomas West, The Claremont Institute
Saturday, September 1, 10:15am
Location: Sheraton - Columbus B
EXECUTIVE POWER AND THE CONSTITUTION
Chair: Ralph Rossum, Claremont McKenna College
Papers:
Tom Karako, The Claremont Institute
"Executive Agreements and the Constitution"
Melanie Marlowe, Miami University
"Executive Orders and the Rule of Law"
Richard Dougherty, University of Dallas
"Presidential Appointment and Removal Power: Revisiting the New Deal"
Discussants:
Louis Fisher, Library of Congress
John Yoo, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Saturday, September 1, 2:00pm
Location: Sheraton - Parlor A
WESTERN FILMS AND AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Chair: Will Morrisey, Hillsdale College
Papers:
David Livingstone, Malaspina University
"John Ford's Socratic Argument: Reason, Spiritedness, and the Rule of Law in
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
Sam Ratcliffe, Southern Methodist University
"John Ford on Government and Society"
John Marini, The Claremont Institute
"Saving the West: John Ford and the Epic Western"
Saturday, September 1, 4:15pm
Location: Sheraton - Columbus A
ROUNDTABLE ON REFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION & THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
Chair: David DesRosiers, Manhattan Institute
Panelists:
Nathan Tarcov, University of Chicago
Michael Poliakaoff, University of Colorado
Patrick Deneen, Georgetown University
Brian T. Kennedy, The Claremont Institute
Sunday, September 2, 8:00am
Location: Hyatt - Wright
GERMAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE AMERICAN REGIME
Chair: Timothy Caspar, Hillsdale College
Papers:
Tiffany Jones Miller, University of Dallas
"A New Birth of Freedom: The Hegelian Origin and Character of the Progressive
Conception of Freedom"
Christopher Burkett, Ashland University
"Richard Ely's Synthesis of Socialism, Idealism, and German State Theory"
Kevin Portteus, Belmont Abbey College
"Hegel, Historicism, and Herbert Croly"
Discussant: Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation
Sunday, September 2, 10:15am
Location: Hyatt - Wright
HISTORY AS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Chair: Paul Rahe, Hillsdale College
Papers:
Richard Samuelson, University of California, San Bernardino
"The History of the United States: Henry Adams' Lab Report in American
Political Science"
Ronald J. Pestritto, Hillsdale College
"Woodrow Wilson's American History"
Justin Lyons, Ashland University
"Winston Churchill and the Writing of Political History"
Discussant: Paul Rahe, Hillsdale College
