The conference examined the moral, social, and political foundations for liberty among Black Americans through reading fiction, essays, and autobiographies written by Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison.
This conference explored the thought of Alexander Hamilton with regard to politics, human nature, and economics with special attention to the relationship of liberty and order in the American Constitution.
Through a close study of the opera Aida's music and libretto, along with associated readings, this colloquium investigated the difficult and thought-provoking intersection between individual liberty and public responsibility.
Shakespeare's thoughts on liberty and responsibility often finds dramatic focus in his plays that deal with the killing of monarchs. In addition to posing a course of considerations on political liberty, each of the dramas in this conference provoked one to think about human freedom in its metaphysical nature: that…
This conference examined the purposes of education in a free society, exploring its past and looking toward the future. Main topics included the changing views of education’s purpose, from ancient philosophers to current thinkers; contrasting views (among classical theorists, Marxists, progressives, and traditionalists) regarding the education of American youth; and…
This conference examined the continuing debate surrounding the level of influence that Native American ideas of federalism and political alliance had on the Founders, while placing focus on broader issues. What do the ideas and political forms of Native American cultures imply for our thinking about liberty and the institutional…
This conference examined the rise and fall of Rome as analyzed by Machiavelli and Montesquieu.