Symposium on Civic Virtue & Thought

The Annual Symposium on Civic Virtue & Thought launched in 2016 to promote interdisciplinary conversation on the questions that connect us. The two-day event brings together students and faculty from institutions across the United States to discuss American citizenship and statesmanship.

Previous themes & speakers:

2024: “American Identity” with Dr. Nicholas Buccola, Claremont McKenna College

2023: “Faith in the Public Square” with Dr. Alan Noble, Oklahoma Baptist University

2022 (fall): “Institutions & Inheritance” with Dr. Diana Schaub, Loyola University Maryland

2022 (spring): “Persons and Place” with David Kern, owner of Goldberry Books in North Carolina

2020: “State Power in Crisis” with Dr. Vincent Muñoz, University of Notre Dame

2019: “The Challenges of American Liberalism” with Dr. Samuel Gregg, American Institute for Economic Research

2018: “Shakespeare and Politics” with Dr. Timothy Burns, Baylor University

2017: “Visions of American Democracy” with Dr. Nicholas Buccola, Claremont McKenna College

2016: “Democracy in America” with Dr. Khalil Habib, Hillsdale College