Schedule

June 5-6, 2025
Penrose House at El Pomar Foundation

 

June 5

  • 9:30-10:10:  Coffee and Light Breakfast, Penrose Pavilion

  • 10:10:  Opening Remarks—Steven Pittz

  • 10:30 – Noon:  “Common Ground: A Civil Conversation with Dr. Cornel West & Dr. Robert George”

  • 12:15-1pm:  Lunch Buffet for Attendees

  • (12:15- 2 pm):  VIP Lunch with CU System Leadership

  • 1:15 – 2:45:  Program for attendees by Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)

  • 3:00-4:45:   Free Speech on University Campuses and Beyond (Mod: Josh Vandiver)

    • Greg Lukianoff (FIRE): “Cancel Culture & The Conformity Gauntlet in Higher Education”

    •  Alexandra Lysova (Simon Fraser): “The Slow Creep of Ideological Control: Warnings from Russia's Past for Canadian and Western Universities.”

    • Keith Whittington (Yale):  TBA

  • 5:00-6:30:  Cocktails and Appetizers

 

June 6

  • 9:15-9:50:  Coffee and Light Breakfast

  • 10:00 – 11:45:  The Role of Civics Education in Liberal Democratic Society (Mod: Constantine Vassiliou)

    • Paul Carrese (ASU): “Colleges and Universities Owe America, and Students, a Civic Education of Reflective Patriotism and Preparation for Civic Leadership”

    • Joshua Dunn (Tennessee):  “A New Civics Education for a Wholly New World?”

    • Shilo Brooks (Princeton):  “Liberal Education and the Life of Freedom”

  • 12:00 – 1:00:  Lunch Buffet

  • 1:15 – 3:15:  Academic Freedom and the Mission of the University (Mod: Taylor Jaworski)

    • Nadine Strossen (NYU): "Challenges to Expression on Campus and Beyond"

    • Martha McCaughey (Wyoming): “The Distinction Between Scholarship and Activism".

    • George Yancey (Baylor):  “How Losing Academic Freedom Harms Science.”

  • 3:15 – 3:30:  Concluding Remarks -- Steven Pittz

  • 3:30:  Conference Adjourns