Events - Spring 2013
PUBLIC TALKS
All talks are held at 5:30pm, Liberal Arts Building #236, UNO Lakefront Campus
Free parking is available in the Founders Road lot.
See the campus map for more details.
Thursday, January 24
"Religious Liberty and the Human Good"
Robert P. George
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence
Princeton University
Friday, February 22
"An Amazing Year at the Supreme Court: Affirmative Action and Marriage Equality"
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Thursday, March 14
"The Role of Incarceration in Tocqueville's America"
Daniel D'Amico
William Barnett Assistant Professor of Free Enterprise Studies
Loyola University
Thursday, April 4
"Race, Class, and the Meaning of American Freedom"
Melissa Harris-Perry
Professor of Political Science
Tulane University
(Talk will be rescheduled.)
SEMINARS IN PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS
All seminars are held at 4:00pm, Liberal Arts Building #194, UNO Lakefront Campus
Papers are available to participants approximately one week before each session.
Tocqueville Project seminars are open to all faculty members, graduate students, and Tocqueville Project Undergraduate Fellows, as well as to other undergraduates and community members by invitation. Undergraduate students interested in joining our Undergraduate Fellows program should apply here.
Thursday, January 17
"Kant and Biblical Hermeneutics"
Lawrence Pasternack
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Oklahoma State University
Thursday, February 28
"Unified Wholes as Substances"
Kathrin Koslicki
Associate Professor of Philosophy
University of Colorado-Boulder
Friday, March 22
"Adapting Plato's Cardinal Virtues for Democratic Leadership"
Eric Thomas Weber
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Leadership
University of Mississippi
Tuesday, April 2
"Morality, Self-Respect, and the Priority of Liberty"
J.P. Messina
MA Candidate in Philosophy
Georgia State University
Friday, April 12
"Apology and the False Dream of Integration"
Lionel McPherson
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Tufts University
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Past Events
2012
"The Tyranny of Freedom: How Too Much Choice Can Make Us Miserable," Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore
"When Justice Demands Inequality," John Thrasher, Arizona
"Civic Religion in a Free Society: Perspectives from Rousseau and Smith," Charles Griswold, Boston University
"The Real Fiscal Cliff: How to Spot the Ledge and Protect Your Liberty," Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital
"Selfishness, Selflessness, and Lives Worth Living," Jay C. Zainey, US Court for the Eastern District of LA
"Slavery and the Rule of Law in Colonial Virginia," David B. Lyons, Boston University
"Autonomy and God's Commands, " John E. Hare, Yale University
"Rousseau, Positive Freedom, and Party Government," Joseph R. Reisert, Colby College
"The Extinction Crisis and the Limits of Human Freedom, " Elisabeth H. Ellis, Texas A&M University