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The Claremont Institute sponsored 15 panels at this year's meeting in Boston, August 29-September 1. Among these participants were prominent academics and authors such as Eloise Anderson, Joseph Bottum, Angelo Codevilla, Francis Fukuyama, Philip Hamburger, William Kristol, Mackubin Owens, Thomas G. West, and James Q. Wilson. They were joined by a diverse array of other scholars, established and junior. Topics included the Founders' view of religion and politics, the war, bioethics, property rights, military academies and American foreign policy, heroism and the American political tradition, and the American family.
Go to:
- Official Program, Including "Leo Strauss, 1899-1973" by Harry V. Jaffa (pdf format)
- From Precepts: The Real Political Science
- The American Political Science Association website
Contact Panel Organizer Ken Masugi at (909) 621 6825.
Panel 1 Thursday, Aug 29, 8:45 a.m.
Reason and Revelation in the American Founding: A Roundtable on Philip Hamburger's Separation of Church and State
Chair:
- John C. Eastman, Chapman University
Participants:
- Daniel L. Dreisbach, American University
- Thomas G. West, University of Dallas
- Philip Hamburger, University of Chicago
On Amazon:
- Separation of Church and State, by Philip Hamburger
Panel 2 Thursday, Aug 29, 10:45 a.m.
New Studies on Leo Strauss
Chair:
- George Anastaplo, Loyola University, Chicago
Papers:
- "Was Leo Strauss Wrong About John Locke?"
James R. Stoner, Louisiana State University - "Author as Educator: Leo Strauss's Twofold Treatment of Maimonides and Machiavelli"
Steven J. Lenzner, Harvard University
Discussants:
- William Kristol, The Weekly Standard
- Charles R. Kesler, Claremont McKenna College
Panel 3 Thursday, Aug 29, 1:30 p.m.
The Political Philosophy of John Locke
Chair:
- Michael Zuckert, University of Notre Dame
Papers:
- "Locke on Filmer and the Bible"
Robert K. Faulkner, Boston College - "Locke's Doctrine of Human Action"
Mark Blitz, Claremont McKenna College - "Locke and the American Founding"
Thomas G. West, University of Dallas
Discussant:
- Peter C. Myers, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Panel 4 Thursday, Aug 29, 3:30 p.m.
Reason and Revelation: The Legacy of Ernest Fortin
Chair:
- Robert K. Faulkner, Boston College
Papers:
- "What Does Ernest Fortin Have to Say to Americans?"
Vincent Phillip Munoz, North Carolina State University - "What Does Ernest Fortin Have to Say to Catholics?"
Walter J. Nicgorski, University of Notre Dame - "What Does Ernest Fortin Have to Say to Political Philosophers?"
Douglas Kries, Gonzaga University
Discussant:
- Patrick J. C. Powers, Anna Maria College
Go to:
- Ernest Fortin's Collected Essays
Panel 5 Friday, Aug 30, 8:45 a.m.
Shakespearean Warriors
Chair:
- Bradley C .S. Watson, St. Vincent College
Papers:
- "Of Philosophers and Kings: The Case of Richard II"
Leon Craig, University of Alberta - "Re-Thinking the Values of War: The Trojan Battle Deliberations in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida"
Henry Edmondson, Georgia College and State University - "Civil Blood: The Political Science of Romeo and Juliet"
David M. Wagner, Regent University
Discussants:
- John Alvis, University of Dallas
- Pamela K. Jensen, Kenyon College
Panel 6 Friday, Aug 30, 10:45 a.m.
Progressiveism and Contemporary Politics
Chair:
- Glenn Ellmers, Claremont Institute
Papers:
- "Modern Political Science and Its Progressive Roots"
John Marini, University of Nevada, Reno - "A New Look at the New Freedom"
Ronald J. Pestritto, University of Dallas - "Progressivism and the Party System" (pdf file)
Scot J. Zentner, California State University, San Bernardino
Discussant:
- Will Morrisey, Hillsdale College
Panel 7 Friday, Aug 30, 1:30 p.m.
Roundtable: Can Military Virtue Be Taught? What the American Military Learns in Its Schools and How It Affects American Foreign Policy
Chair:
- Elizabeth E. Spalding, Claremont McKenna College
Participants:
- Stephen F. Knott, University of Virginia
- Mackubin T. Owens, Naval War College
- Karl F. Walling, Naval War College
- Donald M. Snider, United States Military Academy
Panel 8 Friday, Aug 30, 3:30 p.m.
Property: Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary
Chair:
- Ken Masugi, The Claremont Institute
Papers:
- "Cicero's Defense of Property Rights"
J. Jackson Barlow, Juniata College - "Savages, Barbarians, Property, and Philosophy: Montesquieu's Escape"
William B. Allen, Michigan State University - "Property, Morality, and Society in Founding Era Legal Treatises"
Eric Claeys, St. Louis University
Discussant:
- Dennis J. Coyle, Catholic University of America
A reception for friends and associates of the Claremont Institute will be held on Friday, August 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Solon G. Room of the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
Panel 9 Saturday, August 31, 8:45 a.m.
Natural Right and Biotechnology: A Roundtable on Francis Fukuyama's Our Posthuman Future
Chair:
- Kenneth Blanchard, Northern State University
Participants:
- Kenneth Blanchard, Northern State Univesity
- David Sloan Wilson, State University of New York, Binghamton
- Francis Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins University
On Amazon:
- Our Posthuman Future, by Francis Fukuyama
Panel 10 Saturday, August 31, 10:45 a.m.
The American Hero in Literature and Politics
Chair:
- Douglas A. Jeffrey, Hillsdale College
Papers:
- "The Man Without a Country, and Other American Effusions"
Joseph Bottum, The Weekly Standard - "Why the Open American Frontier is Still Populated by Democratic, Christian, Hero Knights: How High Culture Has Come to the Breathtaking Rescue of Popular Culture Once Again"
Thomas S. Engeman, Loyola University, Chicago - "Preparing for the Crowded Hour: Courage and Heroism in the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt"
Lance Robinson, United States Air Force Academy
Discussant:
- Diana J. Schaub, Loyola College
Panel 11 Saturday, Aug 31, 1:30 p.m.
Islam, Christianity, and Natural Right: A Roundtable
Chair:
- Jeffry H. Morrison, Regent University
Participants:
- Joseph N. Kickasola, Regent University
- Hillel Fradkin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
- David Forte, Cleveland State University
- Muqtedar Khan, Adrian College
Panel 12 Saturday, Aug 31, 3:30 p.m.
The Family as the Molder of Citizens: James Q. Wilson's The Marriage Problem
Chair:
- Susan Orr, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Papers:
- "The Marriage Problem"
James Q. Wilson, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussants:
- Joel Schwartz, National Endowment for Humanities
- Eloise Anderson, Claremont Institute
On Amazon:
- The Marriage Problem by James Q. Wilson
Panel 13 Sunday, September 1, 8:45 a.m.
Roundtable: A Foreign Policy for the United States of America
Chair:
- Brian Kennedy, The Claremont Institute
Participants:
- Angelo Codevilla, Boston University
- TBA
Panel 14 Sunday, September 1, 10:45 a.m.
Roundtable: The Administrative State Goes to War
Chair:
- Ken Masugi, The Claremont Institute
Participants:
- John C. Eastman, Chapman University
- Mackubin T. Owens, U.S. Naval War College
Panel 15 Sunday, Sep 1, 10:45 a.m.
Morality and Politics
Chair:
- Sean D. Sutton, Rochester Institute of Technology
Papers:
- "The Morality of the Second Amendment"
Jeffrey Jay Sikkenga, Ashland University - "The Challenge of Sustaining Morality in a Democracy: Insights Drawn from Tocqueville's Democracy in America"
Elizabeth Eastman, California State University, Fullerton - "Herbert Croly's Transformation of the American Regime"
David Alvis, Fordham University - "The Mind and Mood of Shakespeare's Henry Tudor"
Morton J. Frisch, Northern Illinois University
Discussants:
- Filippo A. Sabetti, McGill University
- Daniel Palm, Azusa Pacific University
