The Academy sponsors an annual conference to encourage an open and vigorous civil exchange of views regarding moral, religious, epistemological, literary, artistic, and scientific issues, including their relation to politics and economics.

Past Conferences:

• 2019: “America the Beautfiful”
• 2018: “Populism and the Failure of Elites”
• 2017: “Man as Political Animal: Person, Family, Polis … Empire?”
• 2016: The Benedict Option: The Problems of Culture in Times of Crisis
• 2015: Brave New World: Finding Calm Amidst the Rage of Ideology
• 2014: Civil Religion and American Self-Understanding
• 2013: Cheerfulness Keeps Breaking In: Light in the Darkness
• 2012: Globalization and the Fragmenting of America: The Problem of Disconnectedness
• 2011: The Battle for America’s Soul: Restoring the Foundations
• 2010: Creeping Tyranny: From Constitutionalism to Arbitrary Power
• 2009: Defending America in an Age of Heists, Hustlers, and Unnecessary Wars
• 2008: Crisis and Renewal