History & Liberty
June 14 – 19, 2010

Location: Students will be housed at The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta.  The seminar will take place in the Georgia-Pacific building.

Monday, June 14

Evening: Are We Going the Way of Rome? (Lawrence W. Reed)

Tuesday, June 15

Morning: Classical Liberal Theories of Class (David Hart)
Morning: The Meaning of Liberty During the American Founding (Brad Birzer)
Afternoon: Jacksonian America and the Rise of the Democratic Man (Brad Birzer)
Afternoon: The Myth of the Robber Barons (Burt Folsom)
Evening: Discussion Groups

Wednesday, June 16

Morning: One Nation Under Bigger Government: The Civil War (Brad Birzer)
Morning: The State Against Blacks (David Beito)
Free Afternoon and Evening

Thursday, June 17

Morning: TBA
Morning: FDR and the Great Depression (Burt Folsom)
Afternoon: Progressivism in the 20th Century (Ron Pestritto)
Afternoon: Radical Ideologies and the Killing Fields of the 20th Century (Brad Birzer)
Evening: Discussion Groups

Friday, June 18

Morning: History of Institutions of Limited Government and Property (Tom Palmer)
Morning: Theory of Rights and Property (Tom Palmer)
Afternoon: Liberty and the Long Run Growth of Government (Robert Higgs)
Afternoon: Progressivism in the 20th Century (Ron Pestritto)
Evening: Faculty Panel Discussion

Saturday, June 19

Breakfast and Departure

Most lectures are one hour in length, with additional time for Q&A. These schedules are not final, and are only intended to show the substance of the week. Final schedules will be posted within two weeks of the seminar.