Society of Fellows Summer Seminar 2017

Tuesday, August 8th: Registration: 3:00-4:00 The Tiger Hotel Lobby Overview: 4:30-5:15 The Black and Gold Room Dr. Carli N. Conklin and Dr. Thomas Kane

Introduction to the 2017 Summer Seminar and the 2017-18 Journal on Constitutional Democracy

Group Picture: 5:15-5:30 The Tiger Hotel Lobby Staircase (Business Attire) Reception: 5:30-6:15 The Vault at The Tiger Hotel Dinner: 6:15-8:30 The Black & Gold Room at The Tiger Hotel

Keynote Lecture, “Imagined Romes and Virtuous Republics” by Dr. Dennis Trout, Classical Studies

Wednesday, August 9th: Breakfast: 7:00 - 9:00 The Tiger Hotel (The Black & Gold Room will be open.) Seminar 1: 9:00 - 10:10 Dr. Justin B. Dyer, Political Science

Political Philosophy and the Declaration of Independence Break: 10:10 – 10:30 Seminar 2: 10:30 – 11:40 Dr. Jay Dow, Political Science Federalist and Anti-Federalist Republican Visions: Virtue, the Good, and Tyranny Lunch: 11:40 – 1:20 The District Seminar 3: 1:30 – 2:40 Dr. Marvin Overby, Political Science An Introduction to Alexis de Tocqueville Break: 2:40 – 3:00 Seminar 4: 3:00 – 4:10 Dr. Jeffrey L. Pasley, History Back to the Future/Forward to the Past: The American Political Press in Historical Perspective Dinner: 5:30 - Sycamore Restaurant, 800 E. Broadway (Meet in Tiger Hotel Lobby at 5:15)

Society of Fellows Summer Seminar 2017 Thursday, August 10th: Breakfast 7:00 – 9:00 The Tiger Hotel (The Black & Gold Room will be open.) Seminar 5: 9:00 – 10:10 Dr. Carli Conklin, Law The American Experiment Break: 10:10 – 10:30 Seminar 6: 10:30 – 11:40 Dr. Jeff Milyo, Economics

A Social Science Perspective on the Voter ID Debate Lunch: 11:40 – 1:20 The District Seminar 7: 1:30 – 2:40 Craig Forrest, Ph.D. Candidate in History We Are Not Children: College Students and Constitutional Rights Break: 2:40 – 3:00

Seminar 8: 3:00 – 4:10 Dr. Jay Sexton, History

Crisis in U.S. History Dinner: 5:15 - Broadway Brewery, 816 E. Broadway (Meet in Tiger Hotel Lobby at 5:15) Friday, August 11th:

Breakfast: 7:00 – 9:00 The Tiger Hotel (The Black & Gold Room will be open.) Seminar 9: 9:00 – 10:10 Dr. Andrew W. Robertson, History Democracy: America’s Other “Peculiar Institution” Check-out: 10:10-11:30

The following Seminars will be held at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, 410 Jesse Hall. Seminar 10: 12:00-12:50 Director Tim Parshall, Fellowships Office Lunch will be provided. Seminar 11: 1:00-3:00 Dr. Carli Conklin and Dr. Thomas Kane The 2017-18 Society of Fellows program and the 2017-18 edition of the Journal on Constitutional Democracy