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CONFERENCE TACKLES PROGRESSIVE, CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT |
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March 29, 2010
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College will host a two-day conference, “Train Wreck: Progressive Liberals Surge, Conservatives Crack Up?” April 15 and 16 on campus. Registration is required.
The conference examines the clash between the philosophies and policies of progressives and conservatives. The annual event sponsored by The Center for Vision & Values, the campus think tank, features numerous scholars and commentators.
Speakers include: Amity Shlaes, a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg, author and senior fellow at the Council for Foreign Relations; George Nash, author and a senior fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal; Nick Eicher, publisher of WORLD Magazine; Michael Medved, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and best-selling author; and Dr. Paul Kengor, executive director of The Center for Vision & Values and professor of political science at Grove City College. The conference will also feature more than 20 other speakers.
Shlaes, former columnist for the Financial Times and member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, is author of “The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression.” A two-time finalist for the Loeb Prize in commentary, she also was co-winner of the Frederic Bastiat Prize in 2002.
An intellectual historian and lecturer, Nash is the author of several books, including one considered the definitive study of conservatism in America during the last half-century: “The Conservative Intellectual Movement since 1945.” Author of “Reappraising the Right: The Past and Future of American Conservatism,” Nash is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Historical Society, the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, the Churchill Centre and is past president of the Philadelphia Society. Nash graduated from Amherst College and received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University.
The cost of the conference is $25 per day, plus $50 per day for lunch and dinner. The total cost for the two-day event with all meals is $150. Those interested in registering can log on to the conference’s Web site at http://grovecityconference.com/conference/ or contact Brenda Vinton at blvinton@gcc.edu.
The conference schedule follows. All lectures will be in Sticht Lecture Hall of the Hall of Arts and Letters unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, April 15
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Mary Anderson Pew South Dining Hall
Complimentary breakfast for all registered attendees; sponsored by WORLD Magazine.
“Journalism: The Database of Democracy” by Nick Eicher, publisher, WORLD Magazine
10 – 10:10 a.m. Opening remarks by Grove City College President Richard G. Jewell ’67 and Dr. Paul Kengor
10:15 – 11:15 a.m. “The Progressives from Dewey to Obama,” a Q&A with Dr. L. John Van Til and Dr. John A. Sparks ‘66
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch in Mary Anderson Pew South Dining Hall (for registered attendees only)
“You Say You Want a Revolution? On Campus with the ’60s Left” by Michael Medved
1 – 2:15 p.m. Simultaneous Lectures
“To Infinity and Beyond: Soros, Progressives and the Power of the Web” by Jennifer Biddison and Kevin Mooney, investigative reporter/staff writer for the Cybercast News Service
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Christianity and Progressives” by Dr. Gary Scott Smith ’72 and Dr. Paul Kemeny
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Simultaneous Lectures
“The Progressives and Education” by Dr. Jason R. Edwards and Dr. Robert L. Jackson, associate professor of education and English at The King’s College
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Progressive Economics” by Dr. Jeffrey M. Herbener and Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson
3 – 6 p.m. Live national radio broadcast of “The Michael Medved Show” with Michael Medved, Hall of Arts and Letters Atrium
4 – 5 p.m. “Student Fellows Forum” by Daniel Hanson ’11, Alexander Pepper ’11 and Dr. Steven L. Jones
5 – 6:45 p.m. Dinner in Mary Anderson Pew South Dining Hall (for registered attendees only)
“Progressives vs. Conservatives: The Supreme Court Rules” by Grove City College President Richard G. Jewell ‘67
7 – 8 p.m. Conference Keynote Address
“FDR and the Forgotten Man” by Amity Shlaes
Friday, April 16
9 – 9:50 a.m. Simultaneous Lectures
“Progressives and the Constitution” by Joseph Postell, assistant director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and Dr. Michael L. Coulter ’91
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Progressives and the Culture of Death” by Dr. Andrew J. Harvey
10 – 10:50 a.m. Simultaneous Lectures
“The 2008 Presidential Election: A Progressive Mandate? A Hard Look at the Polling Data” by Dr. David J. Ayers
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Progressivism and the Redefining of the Church” by Dr. T. David Gordon
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch in Mary Anderson Pew South Dining Hall (for registered attendees only)
“The Brit Weighs In: G.K. Chesterton and the Meaning of Progress” by Joseph Pearce, writer-in-residence and associate professor of literature at Ave Maria University
1 – 1:50 p.m. Simultaneous Lectures
A Q&A with National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez and Dr. Paul Kengor
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Contemporary Progressives and National Security” by Dr. Earl H. Tilford
2 – 2:50 p.m. Simultaneous Lectures
“The Progressives: Personal Responsibility and Education Reform” by Michelle Bernard, president and CEO of the Independent Women’s Forum
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Herbert Croly: The Making of a Progressive” by Dr. Gillis J. Harp
3 – 3:50 p.m. Simultaneous Lectures
“The Supreme Court During the Progressive Era – Unfairly Maligned” by Dr. John A. Sparks ‘66
Pew Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
“Paths to Utopia: Bellamy and Marx” by Dr. Marvin J. Folkertsma
5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Dinner in Mary Anderson Pew South Dining Hall (for registered attendees only)
“Potemkin and Obama Progressives” by Dr. Paul Kengor
7 – 8 p.m. Conference Keynote Address
“Reappraising the Right: Conservatism in a Progressive Era” by Dr. George H. Nash
8 p.m. Closing remarks by Grove City College President Richard G. Jewell ‘67 or Dr. Paul Kengor
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