Fall 2016
September 22: Salvatori Center Open House
Fall 2015
Michael McConnell
Constitutional law scholar from Stanford Law School
October 6, 2015
MMC Athenaeum (dinner)
Spring 2015
Workshop
Leo Strauss’s “How to Study Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise”
January 23 – 24, 2015
Participants: Mark Blitz, CMC, Ronna Burger, Tulane University, Michael Kochin, CMC, William Kristol, The Weekly Standard, Steven Lenzner, CMC, Christopher Lynch, Carthage College, Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University, Svetozar Minkov, Roosevelt University, Christopher Nadon, CMC, James Nichols, CMC, Clifford Orwin, Univ. of Toronto, Joshua Parens, Univ. of Dallas, Steven Smith, Yale University, Nathan Tarcov, University of Chicago, Peter Thiel, Thiel Foundation, Bernhardt Trout, MIT, Martin Yaffe, Univ. of North Texas
Harold Rood Memorial Lecture Series
Co-sponsored by the Claremont Institute and the Salvatori Center
Third Annual Lecture
Featuring Dr. Stephen Cambone
“Anticipating History: How Well Can China Control Its Destiny?”
Thursday, January 29, 2015
MMC Athenaeum (dinner)
William Kristol
Founder and Editor, The Weekly Standard
“The Current Political Scene in the United States”
Thursday, January 22, 2015
MMC Athenaeum (luncheon)
Richard Sanders
“Affirmative Action and the Dilemmas of Race in 2015”
February 2, 2015
MMC Athenaeum (dinner)
Michael Barone
American Politics 2015: Looking Forward
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum (dinner)
Co-sponsored with the Rose Institute
Stephen Elkin
Emeritus Professor of Government
University of Maryland
“To Constitute the American Republic: Statesmanship and Other Maladies”
Friday, February 20, 2015
Luncheon Lecture
Kravis Center, Seminar Room 321, CMC
Michael Kochin
Prof. of Political Science Tel Aviv University
Visiting Fellow (2014-2015), The Henry Salvatori Center, CMC
The Constitution Viewed from Without
Friday, February 27, 2015
12:00 p.m., Luncheon Lecture
Kravis Center, Seminar Room 321, CMC
Workshop
Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Idols
March 6 – 7, 2015
Kravis Center 367, CMC
Participants: Nasser Behnegar, Boston College, Murray Bessette, Morehead State University, Mark Blitz, CMC, Michael Kochin, CMC Laurence Lampert, Indiana University, Daniel Tanguay, University of Ottawa, Steven Lenzer, CMC, Chris Nadon, CMC, James Nichols, CMC, Clifford Orwin, University of Tornoto, Richard, Velkley, Tulane University Richard Zinman, Michigan State University, Susan Shell, Boston College
Prof. Jean Yarbrough
Gov Professor, Bowdoin College
March 23, 2015
“Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition”
Lecture Speaker, MMCA, Luncheon
John Eastman
Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University
Immigration and the Constitution
Friday, April 17, 2015
12:00 PM Luncheon Lecture
MMC Athenaeum, Freeberg Room
Steven Hayward
Pepperdine University
Environment and the Constitution
Friday, April 24, 2015
12:00 PM Luncheon Lecture
MMC Athenaeum, Freeberg Room
Waller R. Newell
Wednesday May 6, 2015
“Tyranny Ancient and Modern”
Kravis Center, RM 345
12:00 to 1:15, Luncheon
Workshop
Conservative Professors and the Politics of Higher Education
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Keck Library, CMC
Participants: Gerard Alexander, University of Virginia; Brian Balogh, University of Virginia; Amy Binder, UCSD; Joshua Dunn, University of Colorado; Jonathan Imber, Wellesley College; Jon Shields, CMC; Steven Teles, John Hopkins University; Jon Zimmerman, New York University.
Fall 2014
Constitution Day Speaker
Jeremy Bailey
“Jefferson’s Revolutionary Constitution: Paradox and Potential”
Friday, September 19, 2014
Kravis Center 367 (Luncheon)
Co-Sponsored by the Jack Miller Center and the Salvatori Center
William Deresiewicz
“Leader-sheep and Elite Education””
Monday, November 17, 2014
Athenaeum
Co-Sponsored by the Salvatori Center