2006 MOA Conference
Theme: Conservatism in the 21st Century
Venue
Thursday 8th-Saturday 10th June 2006Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
USA
Note: The conference had originally been scheduled for Tulane University, New Orleans, in 2005, but was postponed due to the damage wrought on that city by Hurricane Katrina.
Sponsors
- The President of Colorado College
- The Dean of Colorado College
- The Political Science Department of Colorado College
- Individual Member Donors
Conference Photos
Pending.
Available Papers
- Ivo Mosley, Imprint Academic: A Dark Age Devoted to Barbaric Affluence: Oakeshott's Verdict on the Modern World
Conference Program
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
Arrival and check in throughout the day at Clarion Hotel, Colorado Springs
Transportation provided from the Clarion Hotel to the Colorado College campus
6:30 PM: Opening reception at Bemis Hall on the Colorado College campus
7:15 PM: Dinner, Bemis Hall, followed by Post-Dinner Welcome by Timothy Fuller, President, Michael Oakeshott Association
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
Breakfast is provided with room at the Clarion Hotel. Transportation to the College campus provided. All panels will be held in Gaylord Hall in the Worner Campus Center.
8-9 AM: Coffee service at Gaylord Hall in the Worner Center
9-10:15 AM: Presidential Address
Timothy Fuller, Colorado College:
The Relation of Philosophy and Conservatism in the Thought of Michael Oakeshott
10:30-12: FIRST PANEL: The Conservative Disposition
Dr. Elaine Sternberg, Research Fellow in Philosophy, Leeds University:
On Being a Conservative Philosopher
Professor Stephen Turner, Philosophy, U. Of South Florida:
The Conservative Disposition and the Precautionary Principle
Dr. Michael Henkel, U. Of Jena:
Otto Gierke's Genossenschaftslehre and Oakeshott's Concept of Liberty
LUNCH
1:15-3:00: SECOND PANEL: Conversing, Conserving, Educating
Professor Richard Flathman, The Johns Hopkins University:
Conversation, Conversion, Conservation: Oakeshott, Arendt and a Little Bit of Cavell
Professor Martyn Thompson, Tulane University:
The Voice of Hobbes in the Conversation of Mankind
Ferenc Horcher, Professor of Aesthetics, Pazmany Peter University, Hungary:
The Ciceronian Element in Oakeshott's Concept of Conversation
3:15-5:00: THIRD PANEL: Ryle and Oakeshott
Leslie Marsh, University of Sussex:
Oakeshott and Ryle on the Know-How/Know-That Distinction
Discussants: Professor John Coats, Connecticut College, Professor Richard Flathman, The Johns Hopkins University; Mr. Mark North, Independent Scholar
5:15-6:45: FOURTH PANEL: Religion and Morals
Dr. Corey Abel, Metropolitan State College of Denver:
The Theological Analogue of the Civil Condition
Todd Breyfogle, Director, University Honors Program, U. Of Denver:
Language and the Conservation of the Religious Disposition
Dr. Ian Tregenza, Macquarie University, Sydney:
Sceptical Religion and the Idea of Tradition
Discussant: Dr. Elizabeth Corey, Baylor University
EVENING
Transportation to the Clarion. Executive Committee meets for dinner.
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
Transportation from the Clarion
8-9 AM: Coffee Service at Gaylord Hall
9-10:30: FIFTH PANEL: Politics and Culture
Kenneth McIntyre, Centre College:
One Hand Clapping: The Reception of Oakeshott's Work by American Conservatives
George Feaver, Professor Emeritus, U. Of British Columbia
On Being English: The Enduring Witness of Churchill, Orwell and Oakeshott
Byron Kaldis, Philosophy, The Hellenic Open University, Greece:
Conservative Antinomies and Modes of Experience: The Case of Religion and Art
10:45-12: ADDRESS
Dr. Andrew Sullivan, Senior Editor, The New Republic:
Oakeshott and Today's Conservative Crack-Up
LUNCH
1:15-2:45: SIXTH PANEL: Oakeshott Modern and Post-Modern
Ivo Mosley, Imprint Academic: A Dark Age Devoted to Barbaric Affluence: Oakeshott's Verdict on the Modern World
Professor Karoly Attila Molnar, Eotvos University, Budapest:
Conservatism's Paradox in Post-Socialism
Jeff Rabin, Blythwood Academy:
Richard Rorty, Michael Oakeshott & Liberalism without Foundations
Professor Roy Tseng, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan:
Philosophical Conservatism and Modernity
3-4:30: SEVENTH PANEL: Oakeshott on Modality and Law
Josiah Lee Auspitz, Michael Oakeshott Fellow (2006-7):
The Concept of Modality in the Philosophy of Institutions
Eugene Callaghan, London School of Economics:
Geography Cannot Replace History
Discussant: Mr. Justin Shubow, Yale Law School
CLOSING RECEPTION
Transportation to the Clarion Hotel