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2014 Conference
CIVIL RELIGION AND AMERICAN SELF-UNDERSTANDING THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY OF PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS BWI DOUBLETREE BALTIMORE, MDJUNE 6-8, 2014 Friday 5:00-6:00 PM. Registration6:00-7:00 PM. Reception/Cash bar (Harbor Room)7:00-9:00 PM. Dinner (Harbor Room) Welcome Speaker: Patrick Deneen, Notre Dame, “Liberalism as a Civil Religion” 9:00-11:00 PM. Hospitality Suite (Billie Holiday) hosted by The Imaginative Conservative. Saturday 8:00-8:30 AM. Late registration 8:30-10:30 AM. …
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2015 Conference Schedule
BRAVE NEW WORLD: FINDING CALM AMIDST THE RAGE OF IDEOLOGY THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY OF PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS BWI DOUBLETREE BALTIMORE, MD JUNE 12-14, 2015 Friday, June 12 5:00-6:00 PM. Registration 6:00-7:00 PM. Reception/Cash bar (Billie Holiday Room) 7:00-9:00 PM. Dinner (Billie Holiday Room) Welcome: Michael P. Federici, APL President Chair: Dan McCarthy,…
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2016 Conference Schedule
The Benedict Option The Problems of Culture in Times of Crisis (Conference Dress Code: Coat and Tie) Friday, 27 May 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Registration 6:00-7:00 p.m.: Reception/Cash Bar 7:00-9:00 p.m.: Dinner Welcome: Michael P. Federici, Mercyhurst University, President of the APL Chair: Daniel McCarthy, The American Conservative Speaker: Rod Dreher, The American Conservative, “What Is the…
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2008 Conference
Crisis and Renewal Conference Program (PDF) Crisis and Renewal 2008 Conference of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters May 30 – June 1, 2008 Baltimore, MD Conference Audio (Listening to these requires the free RealPlayer, available here.) Welcome and Invocation Invocation America and the Question of Empire America’s Elites and…
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2017 Conference Schedule
The Academy of Philosophy & Letters June 2-4, 2017 at Villanova University “Man as Political Animal: Person, Family, Polis … Empire?” Modern democratic societies hold themselves up as the singular type of regime that allows human beings to fulfill their political natures. One representative of this type of thinking is Francis Fukuyama, who argued that with…
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2018 Conference Schedule
The Academy of Philosophy & Letters 2018 Annual Conference June 1-3, 2018 College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, College Park, MD “Populism and the Failure of Elites” It is no secret that political events of the past two years, including Brexit and of course Donald Trump’s nomination and election, have thrown a spotlight on “populism.” Long…
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2019 Conference Schedule
THE ACADEMY OF PHILOSOPHY & LETTERS 2019 Annual Conference “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL?” June 7-9, 2019 Hotel Revival, Baltimore, MD The 2019 conference theme was “America the Beautiful?” Much about the U.S. has long been recognized as beautiful, and much has not. Beauty—and ugliness—take many forms, and are encountered in many ways: in artistic works and…