Recent Tocqueville Center Events

Ahmed Samatar, James Wallace Professor, and Dean of the Institute of Global Citizenship, Macalester College, St. Paul
"Muslims and the West in the Age of Globalization." Thursday November 8, 12:15-1:30, Coffman Union President's Room

Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University. "The Clash of Orthodoxes," April 19, 2005.Michael Novak , American Enterprise Institute, spoke on "Why the Clash of Civilizations is Not Inevitable." April 21, 2006

Alan Kors , University of Pennsylvania professor, co-author of The Shadow University , and founder of the Foundation for
Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) spoke on "The Betrayal of Freedom on America's Campuses." October 18, 2005.

Jonah Goldberg , nationally syndicated columnist and editor of National Review Online , spoke on "The Federal Government
and Natural Disasters." January 31, 2006.

Scott Johnson , co-founder of Powerline Blog, and Eric Black , reporter for the Star Tribune debated "The Blogosphere and
the Future of Journalism." February 15, 2006.

Ward Connerly , former University of California Regent and founder of the American Civil Rights Institute, spoke on
"America's Promise Realized: Getting Beyond Race." March 29, 2006.

Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute, spoke on "Why the Clash of Civilizations is Not Inevitable." April 21, 2006.

Victor Davis Hanson, Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, spoke on "The Iraq War: Staying the Course." September 19, 2006

Anthony Esolen, Professor of Literature, Providence College, Rhode Island, "Shakespeare's Tempest and the Miseducation of American Youth." Co-sponsored with the MacLaurin Institite. Tuesday October 20, 7:00pm