Panel Schedule for 2012 Ciceronian Society Annual Meeting at UVA:
Friday, March 30th (All are welcome to attend and view the panels.):
All Panels are in Newcombe Hall South Meeting Room, UVA Campus.
8:30 to 10:00 am: Greek and Roman Thought:
Jerry Sayler (Public Intellectual, Front Porch Republic)- “Returning to the Path of Wisdom: Plato, Tolkien, and Techne”
Anthony DeBonis (Villanova University)- “Augustinian Reflections On Love and Localism”
Dr. Peter Daniel Haworth (Ciceronian Society)- “The Longing For Home Over Glory: Examining themes in Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey”
Discussant: Dr. Macon Boczek (Kent State University)
10:00 to 10:30 am: Break
10:30 am to 12:00 pm: Human Scale, Decentralism, and Federalism:
Jennifer Griffin (Hartman-Cox Architects)- “The Art of Building: The Importance of Tradition and the Sacred in Making Place“
Dr. Joseph Devaney (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)- “David Hume, James Madison, Federalist No. 10, and the Constitution”
Dr. Donald Livingston (Emory University, Emeritus)- “American Republicanism and the Question of Size”
Discussant: Dr. Luke Philip Plotica (Virginia Tech University)
12:00 to 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 to 3:30 pm: American Thought/ Experience, Tradition, and Place:
Dr. Joseph Devaney (University of Wisconsin, Green Bay)- “Recent Cases Commerce Clause Cases Regarding Healthcare Legislation”
Col. David Jonathan White (Virginia Tech University)- “The Wayward Sisters: North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Ratification Process”
Dr. Clark Carlton (Tennessee Tech University)- “Imperial Propaganda and Local Realities: Christianity as the Sacrament of the Particular”
Discussant: Dr. Peter Daniel Haworth (Ciceronian Society)
3:30 to 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 to 5:30 pm: Place, ‘Things Divine,’ and Tradition in Ancient and Medieval Thought:
Dr. William Batchelder (Independent Scholar)- “‘The Most Pleasant Place By Far:’ Expressions of Affection for Place in English Historical Writing of the Twelfth Century”
Dr. Steven Brust (Independent Scholar)- “Natural Law and Divine Law”
Esteban Freeman (American University)- “Examining the Liberal Arts both in Medieval and Modern Thought”
Discussant: Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski (Wyoming Catholic Collge)
Saturday, March 31st (All are welcome to attend and view the panels.):
All Panels are in Newcombe Hall South Meeting Room, UVA Campus.
8:30 am to 10:00 am: The Relationship of Modern Thought to Tradition and the Divine:
Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski (Wyoming Catholic College)- “The Theological Origin, and End, of Modernity”
Dr. Ryan Holston (Virginia Military Institute)- “Radical Democracy’s Critique of Tradition”
Dr. Luke Philip Plotica (Virginia Tech University)- “Living with the Past: Michael Oakeshott on the Status of Tradition”
Discussant: Dr. Steven Brust (Independent Scholar)
10:00 to 10:30 am: Break
10:30 am to 12:00 pm: Literature, Localism, and the Divine:
Mark A. Signorelli (Public Intellectual, Front Porch Republic)- “The Poet as Namer”
Dr. James Matthew Wilson (Villanova University)- “Literature Between Theology and Religion”
Dr. Clark Carlton (Tennessee Tech University)- “A Feudal Society without a Feudal Religion: Rethinking Tate’s Criticism of Southern Religion”
Discussant: Dr. William Wilson (University of Virginia)
12:00 to 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 to 3:30 pm: Social-Political Theology:
Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski (Wyoming Catholic College)- “Scapegoating, Then and Now”
Coyle Neal (Catholic University)- “Historical and Intellectual Foundations for the Political Theology of Jonathan Edwards”
Joshua Horner-Kaufman (Eucharism)- “Faithful Presence or Faithful Interventionists?: Responding to Hunter, Hauerwas, and Niebuhr”
Discussant: Patrick Bracy Bersnak (Christendom College)
3:30 to 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 to 5:30 pm: Agrarianism, Localism, and Economics:
John Medaille (University of Dallas)- “The Great Economy and the Little Economies: Wendel Berry and Economic Order”
Dr. Jeff Taylor (Dordt College)- “Dissident Political Voices in an Age of Centralization”
Dr. Peter Daniel Haworth (Ciceronian Society)- “Traditionalist Localism: The Path Less Taken In The American Political Tradition”
Discussant: Jeremy Geddert (Catholic University)
2011 APSA Panels:
Rights, Place, and Alienation in America : Co-sponsored with the Politics, Literature, and Film Division of the American Political Science Society. Panelists included Sean Busick, Carol McNamara, Coyle Neale, Robert Schaefer, Joseph Devaney, Justin Vaughn, Drew Thompson, and Peter Haworth
The Roman Knows : Co-sponsored with the Society for Greek Political Thought. Panelists included Rouven Steeves, Jed William Atkins, Justin Litke, Andrew Hertzoff, J. Jackson Barlow, and Jason Caro.
2011 Inaugural Ciceronian Society Conference at UVA:
Our inaugural Ciceronian Society Conference occurred at the University of Virginia, March 17-20, 2011. The panels examined issues related to Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine” within the arts, literature, philosophy, and social/political thought. Participating scholars included the following: Patrick Deneen, Donald Livingston, John Medialle, John Mueller, Jeff Taylor, William Luckey, David Mitch, Ellis West, Tom Landess, Nathan Coleman, Michael Schwarz, Jerry Salyer, Thomas Storck, William Wilson, Kevin Honeycutt, Rex Martin, Joseph Devaney, Jeremy Geddert, Lewis McCrary, Dwight Lindley, Coyle Neal, Erik Root, Glenn Moots, and Peter Haworth.
Conference Schedule:
Thursday, 3/17:
5:00-6:00- Drink and Greet. Colonnade Hotel- Garden Room
6:00-8:00- Dinner Together. Colonnade Hotel- Garden Room
8:00-9:30- Lecture by Donald Livingston, “The Question of Republicanism and Human Scale.” Colonnade Hotel- Garden Room
Friday, 3/18, Minor Hall, Room 125, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
9:00-10:30- Traditionalist Critique of Enlightenment Political Thought: Dwight Lindley, Coyle Neal, Ryan Holston (Kevin Honeycutt, Discussant)
11:00-12:30- Human Scale and Decentralism: Kevin Honeycutt, Rex Martin, Thomas Storck (Peter Haworth, Discussant)
12:30-2:00- Lunch: On Own
2:00-3:30- Human Scale and The American Experience: Nathan Coleman, Michael Schwarz, and Joe Devaney (Ellis West, Discussant)
4:00-5:30- Symposium (Roundtable): Economics and Human Nature- John Mueller, David Mitch, Glenn Moots, John Medialle, and William Luckey.
Dinner: On Own
Saturday, 3/19, Ruffner Hall, Room 0004A, 8:00 am — 5:30 pm
8:00-9:30- Traditionalism in Literature and the Arts: Lewis McCrary, Jerry Salyer, and Peter Haworth (William Wilson, Discussant) (James Matthew Wilson, Discussant)
10:00-11:30- Traditionalism and Modern Thought: Steve McGuire, Ellis West, Daniel McCarthy (Erik Root, Discussant) (Ryan Holston, Discussant)
11:30-1:30- Lunch: On Own
1:30-3:00- Agrarianism, Place, and Economics I: Jeff Taylor, Thomas Storck, and Glenn Moots (William Wilson, Disussant) (Dwight Lindley)
3:30-5:30- Agrarianism, Place, and Economics II: John Medaille, Patrick Deneen, and Christopher Anadale (Jeff Taylor, Discussant) (Jeremy Geddert, Discussant)
5:30-6:00- Cocktails. Colonnade Hotel- Garden Room
6:00-8:00- Dinner: Together. Colonnade Hotel- Garden Room
8:00-9:30- Lecture by Tom Landess, “The Agrarians: A Personal Perspective.” Colonnade Hotel- Garden Room
Sunday, 3/20: Depart.
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