Conservative Thought

When Russell Kirk wrote The Conservative Mind in 1953, his work was greeted with unexpected praise from individuals of left-leaning and traditionalist outlooks. His masterpiece brought the essence of American Intellectual Conservatism out of the shadows and into the spotlight. This original study of conservatism did not attempt to identify an ideology, as Whittaker Chambers noted. Instead, Kirk examined a "cast of intellect or type of character, an inclination to cherish the permanent things in human existence."

	Name	Possible Lectures
	Peter Berkowitz Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University	Constitutional Conesrvatism Israel and the Struggle over the International Laws of War Reclaiming Liberal Education
	William Campbell Professor Emeritus of Economics, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana	The Education of a Local Conservative The Achilles' Heel of Federalism The Market Economy and Capitalism
	John C. Chalberg Professor, Normandale Community College Bloomington, Minnesota	History on Stage: G.K. Chesterton History on Stage: George Orwell History on Stage: Teddy Roosevelt
	H. Lee Cheek Professor of Political Science and Religion, University of North Georgia Gainesville, Georgia	American Federalism and Public Administration Rethinking Liberty The Western Tradition
	Ian Crowe Associate Professor of History, Brewton-Parker College Mount Vernon, Georgia	Edmund Burke, Patriotism, and the Pursuit of Ordered Liberty Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk: A Comparison of Two Conservative Lives Russell Kirk's 'Little Platoon'
	Dinesh D'Souza Author and Speaker New York, New York	Why America Is Loved, Why America is Hated The Moral Case for Capitalism Has Science Refuted Religion?
	Patrick J. Deneen David A. Potenziani Memorial Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies, University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana	Tocqueville and the American Founding Vision Education in the Mass Age: Why Scale Matters Civil Religion and American Democracy
	John Dyche Columnist, Louisville Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky	Mitch McConnell Kentucky Politics Constitutional Law
	Mallory Factor John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government, The Citadel Charleston, South Carolina	Shadowbosses--How Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind Money Wars--The 21st Century Global Power Game The Shadow Government--How Government Employee Unions Compromise National Security
	Michael P. Federici Professor of Political Science, Mercyhurst University Erie, Pennsylvania	Alexander Hamilton and American Constitutionalism Modest Republicanism and American Empire In Defense of the Electoral College
	Daniel Flynn Writer Arlington, Massachusetts	Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America
	William Gairdner Freelance Writer	The Trouble with Democracy The War Against the Family The Rise of Libertarian Socialism
	Jonah Goldberg Contributing Editor, National Review Washington, District of Columbia	It's No Great Accomplishment to be Young: The Folly of Youth Politics The Tyranny of Cliches The Future and Past of Conservatism
	Samuel Gregg Director of Research, Acton Institute Grand Rapids, Michigan	Benedict XVI and the Crisis of Europe The Financial Crisis: Its Causes and the Future Europe: A Continent in Cultural and Economic Crisis Thomas More and the Crisis of Faith and Morals
	Marc Guerra Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Theology, Ave Maria University Ave Maria, Florida	Christianity and Democracy Revisited Good and Bad De-Hellenization The University in a Pluralistic Society
	Vigen Guroian Professor of Religious Studies in Orthodox Christianity, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia	The Moral Imagination in the Age of Sentiments Why Should Businessmen Read Great Literature? Dorm Brothel: The New Debauchery and the Colleges That Let It Happen
	Ralph Hancock Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University Provo, Utah	Faith and Reason in the Public Square Reason, Rationalism and Morality Has the Tocquevillean Moment Passed?
	John Hardin Program Manager, Charles Koch Foundation Washington, District of Columbia	Economic Freedom: The Rise, Fall, & Future of Prosperity
	Steven Hayward Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Washington, District of Columbia	The Legacy of Ronald Reagan Is "Conservative Environmenalist" an Oxymoron? Is Statesmanship Possible in the Post-Modern World?
	Mark Henrie Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Intercollegiate Studies Institute Wilmington, Delaware	Rethinking American Conservatism Understanding the Core Curriculum: How You Are Being Short-Changed in Your College Education The Tradition of Catholic Social Thought
	John Hittinger Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Thomas, Houston Houston, Texas	Pope John Paul II on Religious Liberty and Respect for Conscience Maritain and Simon on the Thomistic Argument for Limited Government Kirk and Kolnai on the Meaning of Conservativism
	James Kalb Attorney and Independent Scholar Brooklyn, New York	God in the Liberal State Liberalism's Self-Demolition After Liberalism: Toward Reconstruction
	Paul Kengor Professor of Political Science, Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania	What Is a Reagan Conservative? Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century The Crusader: Ronald Reagan & the Fall of Communism
	Stephen M. Krason Professor and Director of the Political Science Program, Franciscan University Steubenville, Ohio	The Transformation of the American Democratic Republic: What Has Happened to the Political Order Established by the Founders? The First Amendment: Free Speech, Religion, and the Reach of Government Regulation What Does Catholic Social Teaching Have to Offer America?
	Peter Lawler Dana Professor of Government, Berry College Rome, Georgia	Tocqueville and Individualism Indefinite Longevity and the Birth Dearth Walker Percy
	Daniel Lowenstein Director, UCLA Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions Los Angeles, California	Law and Mercy in "The Merchant of Venice"; Sex, Chastity, Marriage, Justice, Mercy, Corruption: Is "Measure for Measure" a Comedy? What's the Point of an Undergraduate Education? The Case for the Traditional Liberal Arts
	Rich Lowry Editor, National Review New York, New York	What is American Exceptionalism? Why Does It Matter? 2012 and Beyond The Case for Conservatism
	Ted McAllister Edward L. Gaylord Chair, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University Malibu, California	The Problem of History in America Is Conservatism Possible in Liberal America? Modern America and the Crisis of Authority
	Daniel McCarthy Editor, The American Conservative Arlington, Virginia	Liberty, Order, or Fusionism? The Conservative-Libertarian Debate Red Toryism vs. Liberal Empire: America's Exceptional Dilemma The Case for Conservative Modernism: From Burke and Hume to Today
	Wilfred McClay SunTrust Chair of Excellence in Humanities, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	The Persistence of Guilt in the Modern World Why Place Matters Tocqueville's Dilemma....and Ours
	Susan McWilliams Associate Professor, Pomona College Claremont, California	Redeeming Democracy in America What Happened to the Obama Generation? On Hookup Culture
	John Miller Director of the Dow Journalism Program, Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan	How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football Conservative Philanthropy
	Glenn Moots Professor, Northwood University (Michigan) Midland, Michigan	America and Christendom John Locke's Appeal to Heaven Good Work: Recovering the Call of Vocation
	Charles Murray WH Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Washington, District of Columbia	Coming Apart: The Rise of Cultural Inequality Why the BA Is the Work of the Devil and What to Do About It
	George H. Nash Senior Fellow, Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal South Hadley, Massachusetts	Reconsidering FDR, World War II, and the Cold War: The Perspective of Herbert Hoover Reappraising the Right: The Past and Future of American Conservatism Ronald Reagan's Vision of America
	Joseph Pappin Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina	Edmund Burke on Natural Law and Rights Edmund Burke on Liberty and Empire Edmund Burke and John Locke on Property and Rights
	R. J. Pestritto Graduate Dean and Associate Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College	Progressivism and the Origins of Big Government in America How Today's Bureaucratic State Undermines the Constitution Woodrow Wilson and the Origins of Modern Liberalism
	Paul Rahe Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage, Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan	Soft Despotism, Liberal Democracy's Drift Republicanism: Ancient, Modern, and American Don Corleone, Multiculturalist
	Mark J. Rozell Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia	The President's Czars: Undermining Congress and the Constitution Executive Privilege: Secrecy v. Democratic Accountability
	Claes G. Ryn Professor of Politics, The Catholic University of America Potomac, Maryland	Varieties of Conservatism The Power of the Imagination: For Good or Ill Political Morality: Real and Imaginary
	William Saunders Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Americans United for Life Washington, District of Columbia	The Threat to Our Constitutional Liberty Posed by the HHS Mandate on Preventive Services International Law, Judicial Activism & Abortion: A Lethal Cocktail Killing, Caring or Curing? - Is There a "Human Right" to Assisted Suicide? Should There Be?
	David Schaefer Professor of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Massachusetts	Judicial Activism and the Bill of Rights: The Irony of the Antifederalists Uncovering and Transforming the Wisdom of the Ancients: An Introduction to Montaigne's "Essays." The Fallacy of Liberal Egalitarianism: A Critique of John Rawls's "Theory of Justice."
	Gregory Schneider Professor of History, Emporia State University Emporia, Kansas	The Protean Character of American Conservatism The Conservative Century
	Dr. Colleen Sheehan Professor of Politics, Villanova University; Director, Matthew J. Ryan Center Villanova, Pennsylvania	Why the American Founding Still Matters James Madison's Ideas for America Jane Austen: Character, Friendship, and Freedom
	James Stoner Professor of Political Science, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Progressivism Versus Common Law: The Struggle to Define the Constitution Catholic Social Teaching and American Constitutional Development More's Utopia and the Rise of Modern Liberty
	William Voegeli Senior Editor, Claremont Review of Books Claremont, California	The 99% and the 1% All Politics is Fiscal
	James Matthew Wilson Assistant Professor of Literature, Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania	The Drama of Cultural Conservatism What Is the Western Tradition? Retelling the Story of Reason
	Christopher Wolfe Co-Director, Thomas International Center	Can (and Should) We Legislate Morality? From Judicial Interpretation to Judge-Made Law: How Did It Happen? The Supreme Court and Changing Social Mores