Conference on American conservatism
Sandy Levinson
Apropros of Ken Kersch's posting below, I thought I would let readers know of a conference to be held next week at the University of Texas Law School on "Whither American Conservatism?" It will obviously examine some of the strains and tensions that Ken discusses. The schedule is as follows. (The titles of the presentations can be found after the schedule.)
Schedule of Events
Friday, Sept 14, Eidman Courtroom
8:30am: Continental Breakfast
9:00am:
Introductory comments: Sanford Levinson
9:15-11:00am: James Kurth and Ken Anderson
11:15am-12:15pm:
Alan Gilbert
Discussant: Sandy Levinson
2:00-3:45pm:
Carl Bogus and Ingrid Creppell
(discussant: Eldon Eisenach)
3:45pm:
Afternoon Break
4:00-5:45pm:
Jerry Gaus and John Holbo
(discussants: Melissa Williams and Jeffrey Abramson)
Saturday, September 15, Sheffield Room
9:15am: Continental Breakfast
9:45-11:30am : Ken Kersch and Johnathan O’Neill
(discussant: Lino Graglia)
Ken Anderson: The New Class, and Conservative and Liberal Conceptions of Elites
Carl Bogus: Fighting for the Conservative Banner.
Ingrid Creppell: "Religious Freedom and Anti-governmentism in Conservative Thought"
Gerald Gaus: The Role of Conservatism in Securing and Maintaining Just Moral Constitutions
Alan Gilbert: An etiology of authoritarianism: Schmitt, Strauss, and bipartisan commander in chief power
John Holbo: Liberal, Conservative, Utopian: Political Philosophy and its Missed Contents
Ken Kersch: Constitutive Stories About the Common Law in Modern American
Conservatism
James Kurth: A History of Inherent Contradictions: The Origins and End of American Conservatism
Johnathan O’Neill: Constitutional Conservatism and American Conservatism
Posted
1:16 PM
by Sandy Levinson [link]