Lehrman American Studies Center Summer Institute in partnership with the James Madison Program in American Ideals AND Institutions Princeton University June 15-27, 2009 Monday, June 15, 2009 5:30pm Reception, Dinner, and Hospitality Welcoming Remarks Josiah Bunting, Lehrman American Studies Center Bradford Wilson, Princeton University Why the Pursuit of Happiness? Alan Charles Kors, University of Pennsylvania Lobby II and, Nassau Inn Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast, Nassau Inn 9:00-10:00am 10:15-11:45am Introduction to the Lehrman American Studies Center Josiah Bunting, Richard Brake, Kelly Hanlon, and David Kidd The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Four-Act Drama Gordon Lloyd, Pepperdine University 12:00-1:00pm 1:15-2:45pm Seminars on Gordon Lloyd s Presentation Group A: Gordon Lloyd and Walter McDougall Group B: Alan Charles Kors and Jean Yarbrough, Nassau Inn, Nassau Inn 2:45-4:45pm 4:45-5:45pm Liberal Arts in an Illiberal Age Susan Hanssen, University of Dallas David Whalen, Hillsdale College Page 1
Books and the Founding Fathers George H. Nash, Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal, Princeton University Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Promised Land or Dangerous Nation? Crisis Statesmanship in Early American Diplomacy Walter McDougall, University of Pennsylvania Seminars on Walter McDougall s Presentation Group A: Alan Charles Kors and Jean Yarbrough Group B: Walter McDougall and Gordon Lloyd 12:30-1:30pm 1:30-4:45pm 4:45-5:45pm Brief Remarks Stephen Balch, National Association of Scholars Thinking About Technology and Teaching Phillip Hamilton, Christopher Newport University Gerson Moreno-Riano, Regent University Reception and Dinner Palmer House, Princeton University Thursday, June 18, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast The Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson Jean Yarbrough, Bowdoin College Seminars on Jean Yarbrough s Presentation Group A: Jean Yarbrough and Randall Strahan Group B: Walter McDougall and Phillip Hamilton 12:30-1:30pm Page 2
1:30-2:30pm 2:30-3:30pm 3:30-5:45pm Course Development and Implementation Jeremy Mhire, Louisiana Tech University Carl Scott, Hampden-Sydney College Matthew Sitman, University of Virginia Future Projects of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute* Mark Henrie, Intercollegiate Studies Institute *Please see enclosed letter for further detail about participating in this focus group. Reception, Dinner, and Hospitality Introductory Remarks Josiah Bunting Democracies at War Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution Friday, June 19, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Founding Principles and the Statesmanship of Henry Clay Randall Strahan, Emory University Seminars on Randall Strahan s Presentation Group A: Randall Strahan and Gerson Moreno-Riano Group B: Allen Guelzo and Joseph Fornieri 12:30-1:30pm 1:30-2:30pm 2:30-5:45pm Teaching the Millennial Generation Phillip Hamilton, Victor Davis Hanson, Jeremy Mhire, Gerson Moreno-Riano, Carl Scott, and Randall Strahan The Shattering of the Republic: Abraham Lincoln and the Crisis of Fort Sumter Bradley Birzer, Hillsdale College Page 3
Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Lincoln and Liberalism, Too: Abraham Lincoln in the Context of Nineteenth-Century Liberal Democracy Allen Guelzo, Gettysburg College Seminars on Allen Guelzo s Presentation Group A: Randall Strahan and Joseph Fornieri Group B: Allen Guelzo and Bradley Birzer 12:30-1:30pm Afternoon and Evening Open Sunday, June 21, 2009 All Day Open Monday, June 22, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Tocqueville and Lincoln on Religion and Democracy in America Joseph Fornieri, Rochester Institute of Technology Seminars on Joseph Fornieri s Presentation Group A: Joseph Fornieri and Lee Trepanier Group B: Matthew Spalding and Carson Holloway 12:30-2:00pm 2:15-3:15pm 3:15-5:45pm Republic of Letters : Restoring the American University James Piereson, William E. Simon Foundation The Scholarly Life: From Interviewing to Securing Tenure Carson Holloway, University of Nebraska at Omaha Page 4
College Teacher or Faculty Member? Josiah Bunting Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Natural Law, God, and Human Rights Robert George, Princeton University Seminars on Robert George s Presentation Group A: Hadley Arkes and Joseph Fornieri Group B: Robert George and Stephen Balch 12:30-1:30pm 1:30-4:15pm 4:15-5:45pm Brief Remarks Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation Publishing with Academic and Commercial Presses Paul DeHart, Texas State University Jed Donahue, ISI Books Stephen Wrinn, University Press of Kentucky Lincoln and Slavery Michael Burlingame, University of Illinois at Springfield Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Beyond the Constitution Hadley Arkes, Amherst College Seminars on Hadley Arkes Presentation Group A: Matthew Spalding and Lee Trepanier Group B: Hadley Arkes and Joseph Fornieri Page 5
12:30-2:00pm Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence: From Peoria to the Presidency Lewis Lehrman, L.E. Lehrman and Company 2:00-2:15pm Group Photograph Lobby II 2:30-2:45pm 2:45-3:45pm 3:45-5:45pm Brief Remarks M. Edward Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center Navigating Professional Association Conferences and Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals Donald Critchlow, St. Louis University Alan Petigny, University of Florida Lee Trepanier, Saginaw Valley State University Prelude to the Fourteenth Amendment: The Roots of Reconstruction Joseph Fornieri Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Private Property, Liberalism, and Economic Sustainability Sophia Aguirre, Catholic University of America Seminars on Sophia Aguirre s Presentation Group A: Sophia Aguirre and John Mueller Group B: Gary Scott and Stephen Balch 12:30-1:30pm 2:00-3:00pm 3:00- Funding Research Projects: Perspectives from Grantors and Grantees Montgomery Brown, Earhart Foundation Paul DeHart, Texas State University Brian Domitrovic, Sam Houston State University Khalil Habib, Salve Regina University William Craig Rice, National Endowment for the Humanities Page 6
Statesmanship and Imagination Gary Gregg, University of Louisville Friday, June 26, 2009 8:00-9:00am fast Conservative Statesmanship and the American Presidency Gary Gregg Seminars on Gary Gregg s Presentation Group A: Sophia Aguirre and Joseph Fornieri Group B: Gary Gregg and Alan Petigny 12:30-1:30pm 1:30-2:30pm 2:30-5:45pm Summer Institute Review and Continuation Lee Trepanier and Alan Petigny Reception, Dinner, and Hospitality Introductory Remarks John David Dyche, Author Keynote Address Mitch McConnell, United States Senate Concluding Remarks Josiah Bunting Saturday, June 27, 2009 All Day Participants Depart Page 7