Inaugural Churchill Institute Colloquium

Tenth Annual Carl B. Menges Colloquium

 “Western Civilization, Diversity, and the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century”

March 30-April 2, 2017

Location:  Hilton Hotel, 315 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103

Phone:  860-728-5151

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Schedule

 

Thursday, March 30

3:00 PM: Hotel check-in

4:30 – 6:00 PM: Cocktail reception

6:00 PM: Recognition Ceremony/Commencement Banquet

7:00 PM: Keynote Address – Robert P. George, Princeton University

9:30 PM: Hospitality Suite

 

Friday March 31

8:00 – 9:30 AM Breakfast

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session 1: “Origins of the Attack on Western Civilization”

12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 – 4:00 PM Session 2: “Broadening and Intensification of the Attack”

5:30 – 7:00 PM: Cocktail reception

7:30 PM: Dinner

9:30 PM: Hospitality suite

 

Saturday April 1

8:00 – 9:30 AM Breakfast

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Session 3: “Origins of the Western Liberal Arts Tradition”

12:30 – 2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00 – 4:00 PM Session 4: “Reconstituting the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century”

4:30 – 6:30 PM: Hospitality Suite

Dinner can be done independently at many restaurants within walking distance of the Hilton.

 

Sunday April 2

11:00 AM Hotel check-out

 

List of Sponsors:

The Churchill Institute for the Study and Extension of Western Civilization

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization

 

Interested Faculty should contact Gregory B. Smith at Gregory.smith@trincoll.edu

Interested Students should contact Julia Gorka at Julia.gorka@trincoll.edu