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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 new听play听called:听Elizabeth听I: In Her Own Words, a collaboration with esteemed听Elizabeth听I 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鈥檚 difficult to believe that my first semester at the University of Colorado, Boulder is half way completed. 听So, it鈥檚 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 presented听Bradley J. Birzer听with the 2016 Henry and Anne Paolucci Book Award for听Russell Kirk: American Conservative.听
A distinguished panel of judges chose this masterful biography from among five impressive finalists. The听Wall Street Journal听hails Birzer鈥檚听Russell Kirk听as听鈥渁听beautifully written and deeply insightful biography.鈥澨齌he听Library of Law and Liberty听proclaims it nothing less than 鈥渁听masterwork鈥濃斺渢he definitive assessment of Kirk as a social, historical, and political thinker.鈥 Likewise, the听Claremont Review of Books听calls听Russell Kirk听鈥渢he definitive book about this important, fascinating, and good man.鈥
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鈥檓 up