Weekend Liberty Studies Seminar
February 24th and 25th
University of Illinois, Springfield
Lecture Hall PAC F
The seminar is being held in the Public Affairs building. It is building #9 on campus map.
Weekend on Liberty Lecture Schedule
Friday
Registration 3:00 pm
Lecture 1) What is “Libertarian”? William Kline 4pm -5:15pm
Lecture 2) Self Ownership. Eric Roark 6:15pm – 7:30pm
Lecture 3) Vice, Virtue, and Liberty. Peter Boltuc 7:45pm – 9:00pm
Saturday
Lecture 4) Individualism & Self Reliance. Michael Douma 10:00am-11:15am
Lecture 5) The limits of Government. Geoffrey Lea 11:30am-12:45pm
Lecture 6) Education and Liberty. Michael Douma 1:45pm-3:00pm
Lecture 7) What is a Free Market? Geoffrey Lea 3:15pm-4:30pm
Lecture 8) Left and Right Libertarianism. Eric Roark 5:30pm – 6:45pm
Speakers
Peter Boltuc is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Springfield
Michael Douma is a Post Doctoral Fellow in Liberal & Integrative Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield
William Kline is Assistant Professor of Liberal & Integrative Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield
Geoffrey Lea is a Post Doctoral Fellow in Liberal & Integrative Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield
Eric Roark is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Millikin University
What is Liberty Studies?
Liberty Studies is an inter-disciplinary field of inquiry dedicated to understanding the foundations, meanings, and implications of what it is to be free. It poses the fundamental question of “What can I do with my life?” It questions the power of institutions and the legitimacy of the constraints they impose. It explores freedom and liberty from multiple perspectives, including minorities and women in our own culture, and indigenous peoples of other times and places. Liberty Studies examines the costs and benefits of free human interaction, the need of naturally social animals to be left alone, and ultimately wrestles with the questions of what freedom and liberty are and should be.
