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Friedrich Nietzsche and the Future of Western Civilization

Tuesday, April 16 5:15 - 7pm Kittredge Central Conference Room N114 C&D (2480 Kittredge Loop Rd. Boulder, CO 80309) Livestream and In-person Presented by: Paul Diduch and Alex Priou, Benson Center faculty fellows Watch Video Here Ronald Beiner Ronald Beiner is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of...

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Mark Lilla | Conversion and Revolution: On Getting a New Life

Tuesday, April 2 5:30 - 7pm MT Wolf Law Room 204 Livestream and In-person Moderated by: Ben Teitelbaum Watch Video Here! About the Event Conversion is an experience but also a metaphor. In Christian and post-Christian societies it affects the way we think about the self and how we might...

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Eugene Volokh | Free Speech Law, Civil Rights, Social Progress, and Minority Groups

Tuesday, March 12 5 - 6:15 pm MT Wolf Law Wittemyer Courtroom | 2450 Kittredge Loop Dr. Boulder, CO Livestream and in-person Moderated by Todd Zywicki , VSCTP fall 2023 Watch Video Here! About the Event Todd Zywicki (VSCTP, fall 2023) is back for a conversation with Eugene Volokh. Come...

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Yoram Hazony | In Defense of Israeli Nationalism

Wednesday, February 28 5:30 - 7 pm MT (doors open at 5 pm) Location: Wolf Law Wittemyer Courtroom | 2450 Kittredge Loop Dr. Boulder, CO Livestream and In-person Moderated by: Brandon Warmke , VSCTP spring 2024 Watch Video Here This event has a clear bag policy that will be enforced...

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Stan Husi: The Ill Humor of the Humor Guard

Tuesday, January 23 5:30 - 7pm Kittredge Central Conference Room N114 D (2480 Kittredge Loop Rd. Boulder, CO 80309) Livestream and In-person Moderated by: Daniel Jacobson Watch Recording Here About the event I wish to understand what went wrong with the recent moral panic we witnessed: Particularly, what is the...

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Christopher Rufo: Laying Siege to the Institutions

Wednesday, January 17 5:30 - 7 pm Chancellor’s Hall/Auditorium, CASE Building, 4th Floor | 1725 Euclid Ave Boulder, CO Watch recording here About the event Why does Chris Rufo say that we need to lay siege to our institutions? Because of what has happened to our institutions since the 1960s...

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John Wallis | Can Democracy and Capitalism Coexist?

Event has been canceled Moderated by: Eric Alston , Benson Center faculty fellow About the Event Recent commentators have questioned whether a capitalist economic system is fundamentally inconsistent with a democratic political system. What history shows is over the last two centuries is that the presence of elections and a...

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Steamboat Institute Presents: Does AI pose a threat to our democracy?

Tuesday, April 9 6:30 - 8 pm MT Chancellor’s Hall & Auditorium (4th floor) | CASE Building, 1725 Euclid Ave. Boulder, CO Livestream and In-person Registration Here About The Event The Steamboat Institute, in partnership with the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization, is proud to present a...

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Patrick Deneen: Forbidden Knowledge: Technology, the Liberal Arts, and the Future of Humanity

Monday, December 11 5:30 - 7 pm Kittredge Central Conference Room N114 A (2480 Kittredge Loop Rd. Boulder, CO 80309) Livestream and In-person Watch recording here About the lecture Humanity both relies upon, and is threatened by the technologies it continuously develops. This threat appears today to be especially pronounced,...

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Carol M. Swain: What my life has taught me about the unintended consequences of identity politics

Tuesday, November 28 5:30 - 7 pm Kittredge Central Conference Room N114 D (2480 Kittredge Loop Rd.) Watch recording here About the lecture Th is presentation will include an overview of Dr. Swain's major publications. It starts with her early life and ends with where she is today intellectually and...

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