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Classical Theory and Practice and the American Founding.

June 16-18, 1988


First Day - Thursday, June 16

ROOTS OF THE PRESENT-DAY CONCERN WITH OUR THEME

Session One - 10:00 to 12:15
The Recovery of Classical Political Philosophy and Classical Politics

Chairman:Joseph Cropsey,
Dept. of Political Science, University of Chicago
Paper on Leo Strauss:Christopher Bruell,
Dept. of Political Science, Boston College
Paper on Hannah Arendt:Ronald Beiner,
Dept. of Political Science, University of Toronto
Response (both papers):Jean Yarbrough,
Dept. of Political Science, Loyola University of Chicago

Session Two - 2:15 to 4:30
The Recovery of Classical Republicanism

Chairman:Nathan Tarcov,
Dept. of Political Science, University of Chicago
Paper:Bruce James Smith,
Dept. of Political Science, Allegheny College
Responses:Clifford Orwin,
Dept. of Political Science and St. Michael's College, University of Toronto

Nancy Rosenblum,
Dept. of Political Science, Brown University


Second Day - Friday, June 17

THE VIEW FROM THE FOUNDING

Session Three - 10:00 to 12:15
Classical Theory and Practice in the Self-Understanding of the Founding Generation

Chairman:Eugene Miller,
Dept. of Political Science, University of Georgia
Paper:John Zvesper,
School of Economic & Social Studies, University of East Anglia
Responses:Marvin Meyers,
Emeritus, Dept. of History, Brandeis University

Sheldon Wolin,
Clark Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Session Four - 2:15 to 4:30
Classical Republicanism in the Early Republic
A Roundtable Discussion
Chairman: J. David Greenstone,
Dept. of Political Science, University of Chicago
Discussants:Lance Banning,
Dept. of History University of Kentucky

Ralph Lerner,
Comm. on Social Thought, University of Chicago

Richard Matthews,
Dept. of Government Lehigh University

Gordon Wood,
Dept. of History, Brown University

Third Day - Saturday, June 18

THE VIEW FROM 1988

Session Five - 10:00 to 12:15
Classical Political Philosophy and the Understanding and Evaluation of the Founders' Regime

Chairman:Richard Zinman,
James Madison College, Michigan State University
Paper:Thomas Pangle,
Dept. of Political Science and St. Michael's College, University of Toronto
Responses:David Epstein,
Office of Net Assessment, U.S. Department of Defense

Wilson Carey McWilliams,
Dept. of Political Science, Rutgers University

Session Six - 2:15 to 4:30
Classical Citizenship and Statesmanship in Contemporary America
A Roundtable Discussion

Chairman:Allan Bloom,
Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
Discussants:John Diggins,
Dept. of History, University of California, Irvine

William Galston,
Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies

William Kristol,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

Michael Sandel,
Dept. of Government, Harvard University

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