The Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy presents:

Civil-Military Relations in The Trump Era 

Thursday, December 7, 2017
5:15 PM-7:15PM
Eaton Humanities 150
University of Colorado Boulder

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Dr. Owens is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in Philadelphia, and editor of Orbis, FPRI's quarterly journal.  He recently retired as Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. At the War College he specialized in the planning of US strategy and forces, especially naval and power projection forces; the political economy of national security; national security organization; strategic geography; and American civil-military relations. In addition to the NWC core course, he has taught electives on The American Founding, Strategy and Policy of the American Civil War, The Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln, Sea Power and Maritime Strategy, Strategy and Geography, and US Civil-Military Relations.  From 1990 to 1997, Dr. Owens was Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly defense journal Strategic Review and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Boston University.

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The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy

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The Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy presents:

The Demographics of Red and Blue America

Wednesday, 11/29/2017
5:15 PM-7:15PM
Hales Sciences 230
University of Colorado Boulder

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Michael Franc is the Hoover Institution’s director of DC programs, where he oversees research and outreach initiatives to promote ideas and scholarship in our nation’s capital. He holds a dual appointment as a research fellow. Mike Franc is a longtime veteran of Washington, DC policymaking. 

Prior to joining Hoover, Franc served as policy director and counsel for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. He also served as the Vice President of government relations for the Heritage Foundation from 1997-2013. During this time he managed all the think tank’s outreach with Capitol Hill and the Executive Branch. 

He also completed a tour of duty as communications director for former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) and worked for the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He has been quoted widely in the print and broadcast media, and was a regular contributor to The National Review Online and other publications.

Franc has a BA from Yale University and a JD from Georgetown University.

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The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy

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The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy Presents:

Do Law Professors Really Understand American Law?

Thursday, 11/16/2017
5:15 PM-7:15PM
Hales Sciences 230
University of Colorado Boulder

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, Candidate for Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought & Policy 2018-9

Stephen Presser is a leading American legal historian and expert on shareholder liability for corporate debts. He is frequently an invited witness before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on issues of constitutional law. He holds a joint appointment with the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and also teaches in Northwestern's history department.

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The Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy presents:

The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age

Wednesday, 11/15/2017
5:15 PM-7:15PM
Eaton Humanities 150
University of Colorado Boulder

Directly followed by a , with books available for purchase from the CU Bookstore.

Once the world’s bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest. The old pathologies of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression are threatening to tear the European postwar consensus apart. In riveting dispatches from this unfolding tragedy, James Kirchick shows us the shallow disingenuousness of the leaders who pushed for “Brexit;” examines how a vast migrant wave is exacerbating tensions between Europeans and their Muslim minorities; explores the rising anti-Semitism that causes Jewish schools and synagogues in France and Germany to resemble armed bunkers; and describes how Russian imperial ambitions are destabilizing nations from Estonia to Ukraine. With President Trump now threatening to abandon America's traditional role as upholder of the liberal world order and guarantor of the continent's security, Europe may be alone in dealing with these unprecedented challenges.

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, Journalist, Visiting Fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe and Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. Author of The End of Europe: 

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The Western Civ Dialogue Series presents:

What is Academic Freedom?

Thursday, 11/9/2017
5:15 PM-7:15 PM
Hale Sciences 270
University of Colorado Boulder

What kinds of behavior is academic freedom supposed to protect?  What kinds of restrictions on behavior is it supposed to allow?  Why does academic freedom matter in the first place?  This panel will feature a variety of views on this hotly-contested subject.

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Brian Leiter, University of Chicago Law School
Regina Rini, New York University
Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars
Michele Moses, University of Colorado Boulder

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Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy (CWCTP), Center for Values and Social Policy

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The Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy presents:

Two Kinds of Patriotism: Immigration, Nationalism, and Multiculturalism in American Politics

A conversation with Reihan Salam, interviewed by , focusing on how immigration affects the contest between ethno-nationalists and multiculturalists.

Thursday, 10/26/2017
5:15:00 PM- 7:15:00 PM
Hale Sciences 270
University of Colorado Boulder

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Reihan Salam, Executive Editor at the National Review, Columnist for Slate, National Review Institute Policy Fellow

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Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy (CWCTP)

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The Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy presents:

Nationalism and Globalism in American Foreign Policy

Wednesday, 10/18/2017
5:15 PM-7:15PM
Eaton Humanities 150
University of Colorado Boulder

Trump says he is a nationalist and globalist. And he is. But he envisions a globalism rooted in nationalism not a globalism that replaces nationalism. Professor Nau, a former White House official in the Ronald Reagan presidency, offers a constructive understanding of Trump's foreign policy that draws from his scholarly work on the US foreign policy traditions of nationalism, realism, liberal and conservative internationalism. 

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, a rare conservative scholar in the academic world, is professor of political science and international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University.  The author of numerous books and articles, he also served in the White House under President Ronald Reagan. He has a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.A. and Ph.D degrees from The Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

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The Center for Western Civilization, Thought & Policy

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Cosmic Faith in the Anthropocene Age

Wednesday, 10/11/2017
11:45AM
University Memorial Center Aspen Rooms
University of Colorado Boulder

Humanity has become a geologic force shaping this planet. What wisdom do religious traditions bring to this crisis, especially about how we should live?

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, Ph.D. (Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, 2006-2015)

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Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy (CWCTP), St. Aidans' Episcopal Church of Boulder, CO

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The Western Civ Dialogue Series presents:

Animals, Fetuses, and Morality 

Tuesday, 10/10/2017
5:15 PM
Eaton Humanities 150
University of Colorado Boulder

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If you’re committed to supporting animal rights, does this mean you should also be committed to supporting fetal rights?  If you’re opposed to abortion, does this mean you should also be opposed to eating meat?  This panel will focus on the relationship between debates about abortion and debates about animal rights and will feature two legal scholars and two theology scholars, all of whom have written about these issues.

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Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy (CWCTP), The Center for Values and Social Policy

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The Western Civ Dialogue Series presents:

Science, Religion, and Land: the West and the Rest

Monday, 10/9/2017
5:15 PM
Eaton Humanities 150
University of Colorado Boulder

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We will explore the varied approaches of science and religion to human relationships with the land, taking both historical and planetary views. This lecture will focus on western frameworks, broadly understood, yet consider how interplay with other perspectives might prompt creative adaptation, particularly in regard to land ethics. 

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, Ph.D. (Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, 2006-2015)

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Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy (CWCTP), St. Aidans' Episcopal Church of Boulder, CO

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