Save the Date: NAS Conference

National Association of Scholars

Join us as we celebrate NAS’s thirtieth anniversary! We are delighted to partner with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs for our 2017 conference in Oklahoma City.

Securing Liberty: Rebuilding American Education in an Era of Illiberal Learning

Saturday, January 21, 2017
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Advance Center for Free Enterprise
415 NE 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

We will host Paul Rahe, the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, as our evening keynote speaker. Dr. Rahe, a Rhodes Scholar, is the author of many books, including the classic trilogy Republics Ancient and Modern. Yale University Press will release Dr. Rahe’s most recent book, The Spartan Regime: Its Character, Origins and Grand Strategy, in September 2016. 

Wilfred McClay, the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma, will deliver the luncheon address. Dr. McClay, a noted intellectual historian, has written a number of books, including most recently Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America.

Update: See the complete schedule and register here

Image: “Declaration of Independence - National Archives - Washington, DC” by Josh Hallett / CC 2.0

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