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The CWCTP is launching a national, open-rank search for two Scholars-in-Residence for the 2017-8 Academic Year. The two positions will be affiliated with the Department of Economics and the Department of Art and Art History respectively. To apply, visit CU Careers .
"In August of 2016, we created and produced the regional premiere of a newplaycalled:ElizabethI: In Her Own Words, a collaboration with esteemedElizabethI scholar, Carole Levin, PhD., University of Nebraska- As director of a Center dedicated to fostering intellectual diversity on campus, I constantly have to consider just what sort of diversity we are supposed to be fostering. The upcoming campus visit of Milo Yiannopoulos makes for an excellent example
- It’s difficult to believe that my first semester at the University of Colorado, Boulder is half way completed. So, it’s time to start thinking about Spring 2017, since the university will make the semester schedule available online on Monday,
On October 1, at a dinner in Philadelphia, ISI presentedBradley J. Birzerwith the 2016 Henry and Anne Paolucci Book Award forRussell Kirk: American Conservative.
A distinguished panel of judges chose this masterful biography from among five impressive finalists. TheWall Street Journalhails Birzer’sRussell Kirkas“abeautifully written and deeply insightful biography.”TheLibrary of Law and Libertyproclaims it nothing less than “amasterwork”—“the definitive assessment of Kirk as a social, historical, and political thinker.” Likewise, theClaremont Review of BookscallsRussell Kirk“the definitive book about this important, fascinating, and good man.”
Francis J. Beckwith What an honor it is be the fourth Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought & Policy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Given the accomplishments of my predecessors, the bar has been set pretty high. But I think I’m up