Keynote address: Teacher: Willmoore Kendall's Vision for American Education

Keynote speaker: Dr. Christopher Owen, retired professor of history at Northeastern State University.

Speakers

R. J. Pestritto - Hillsdale College
Richard Reinsch - Civitas Institute
Richard Dougherty - University of Dallas
Daniel Burns - University of Dallas
Luke Sheahan - Duquesne University
Matthew Berry - University of Dallas
Tiffany Miller - University of Dallas
Matthew Cantirino - University of Dallas
Rick Farmer - Dean Emeritus of the J. Rufus Fears Fellowship

Schedule

Friday, September 19

Keynote Lecture: 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Christopher Owen, “Teacher: Willmoore Kendall’s Vision for American Education.”

Reception: 8:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 20

Panel 1:    10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 
Moderator: Dr. Christopher Wolfe
R. J. Pestritto: “Willmoore Kendall: The Original, American, Post-Liberal.”
Richard Reinsch: “Willmoore Kendall and the Common Good.”
Richard J. Dougherty: “Willmoore Kendall and Public Order: The Roman Legacy.”
 

Panel 2:    1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 
Moderator: Dr. Thomas Schneider
Daniel Burns: “Ten Things That Federalist #10 Doesn't Say.”
Luke Sheahan: “Liberty, Plurality, and Society: First Amendment Rights as Differentiated Self-Government.”
Matthew Berry: “Kendall Contra Schmitt: Thinking Reasonably about the Limits of Liberalism.”
 

Panel 3:    3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Moderator: Dr. Michael Iachetta
Tiffany Miller: “A Barometer of Regime Change: Willmoore Kendall, Liberalism and Communism in New Deal America.”
Matthew Cantirino: “Kendall’s Concept of ‘Tradition’: A Lament or a Promissory Note?”
Rick Farmer: “Democratic Governance Without Partisan Polarization: Ranney & Kendall 1956.”