Richard Spencer

April 28, 2008

The Academy of Philosophy and Letters will hold its second annual meeting at the end of May, and the line up looks great: Desch, Bacevich, Gottfried, Bandow, Hadar, Kurth and more. Plus, many in the Takimag circle will be there, so APL would be a good chance to meet us in the flesh. If you’re interested in attending, you can contact [email protected] 

THE ACADEMY OF PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS
Announces its Annual Meeting
At the Holiday Inn, Baltimore/Washington International Airport,
890 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum Heights, Maryland/410-859-8400
May 30-June 1, 2008

CRISIS AND RENEWAL

Friday, May 30, 5:00-6:00 PM.  Registration          

6:00-7:30 PM.  Reception/Cash Bar

7:30-9:00 PM.  Dinner

        Welcome
        ?Rethinking It All: Now Will They Listen??
        Remarks by APL president Claes Ryn and APL vice president Paul Gottfried
                                       
9:00-11:00 PM.  Hospitality Suite

Saturday, May 31

8:00-8:30 AM.  Late registration  

8:30-10:30 AM.  Panel                                

AMERICA AND THE QUESTION OF EMPIRE: HISTORY, IDEOLOGY, PROJECTION

Chair: David Jordan
Panelists:
        Michael Desch, ?America’s Illiberal Liberalism?
        Lowell Gustafson, ?The Presidential Campaign and the Future of U.S. Middle East Policy?
        Cliff Kiracofe, ?Christian Zionism and American Foreign Policy?

10:30-11:00 AM.  Break/Refreshments

11:00 AM-1:00 PM.  Panel

AMERICA?S ELITES AND THE SHAPING OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

Chair: Phillip Henderson
Panelists:
        Doug Bandow, ?Mearsheimer-Walt and Their Critics?
        Leon Hadar, ?The Neoconservative Moment: Past or Present??
        Antony Sullivan, ?Broken Glass: The Tragedy of America’s Best and Brightest in the Middle East?

1:00-1:15 PM.  Break

1:15-2:30 PM.  Lunch
                                 
Speaker: James Kurth, ?A Failure of Nerve: From American Elite to Global Class?

2:30-3:30 PM.  Break

3:30-5: 30 PM.  Panel                                

AMERICA?S CULTURE IN CRISIS: IRVING BABBITT?S LITERATURE AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE: 100 YEARS LATER

Chair: TBA
Panelists:
        Justin Garrison, ?Ronald Reagan the Leftist: A Babbittian Perspective?
        Ryan Holston, ?Babbitt on Positivism: The Pseudo-Conservatism of Originalist Jursiprudence?
        Peter Stanlis, ?Irving Babbitt and the Degeneration of American Education?

5:30-6:30 PM.  Break

6:30-7:30 PM.  Reception/Cash Bar                                  

7:30-9:00 PM.  Dinner                                    
                             
Speaker: Andrew Bacevich, ?The Crisis of American Profligacy?

9:00-11:00 PM.  Hospitality Suite                                

Sunday, June 1, 9:00-10:00 AM.  Members? breakfast
.                                 
10:00-noon.  Panel                                          

PROSPECTIVE RETROSPECTIVES

Chair: TBA
Panelists:
        William F. Byrne, ?Plutocracy, Socialism, and Empire: William Graham Sumner on the Death of the American Republic.?
        Paul Gottfried, ?High Noon at Harvard: 100 Years Ago?
        Mark Malvasi, ?American Values: William Dean Howells and What Went Wrong?

1:00-3:00 PM. APL Board of Directors meeting                

Dress code: coat and tie