The American Decentralist Tradition

July 8-13

Schedule (Talks in Italics)

Sunday Night – Boone Campus

6:00 Arrive

7:00 Welcome (in the Peace Chapel)

7:45-9:00 “Decentralism and the American Experience” – Carey Roberts in the Peace Chapel

9:00 Discussion and snacks downstairs

Monday – Boone Campus

8:00 Breakfast

9:00-10:15 “Public Goods:’Plato’s Conceit’” – William Charron in the Sappington House

10:30-11:45 “Classical Liberalism: A Review of Philosophical Approaches” – Rachel Douchant in the Sappington House

12:00-1:15 Lunch

1:30-2:45 Jeff Smith as William Clarke of Lewis and Clarke in the Sappington House

3:00-4:15 “Daniel Boone and the American Experience” – Carey Roberts in the Sappington House

4:30-5:30 Tour of Boone Campus

6:00-7:30 Dinner – Dutch oven cooking

8:00-9:00 “Interpreting the Declaration of Independence” – Christopher Anadale in the Peace Chapel

9:00-9:30 Discussion and snacks downstairs

9:30-10:00 “The Devolution of the Missouri Creole” – Sue Tretter

Tuesday – Ste. Genevieve

7:00-7:30 Quick breakfast

7:30-9:00 Drive

9:00-10:00 “A European Perspective: Lord Acton’s Views on the War, 1861 and 1866” – Christopher Anadale in the Garden of the Guilbourd-Valle House

10:00-11:30 House Tours

11:30-1:00 Lunch at the Louisiana Academy

1:00-2:15 “The Battle for the Corporation: Private Property in Peril” - Donna Charron at the Louisiana Academy

2:15-3:00 Tour of the Louisiana Academy

3:00-4:00 Tour of Ste. Genevieve Catholic Church

4:00-6:00 Free time (shopping in Ste. Genevieve for those who wish)

6:00-7:00 “The Webster-Calhoun Debate on the Nature of the Constitution”- Christopher Anadale at the Bequette-Ribault House

7:00-8:00 Dinner at the Bequette-Ribault House

8:00-9:30 Drive home (to the Boone Campus)

9:30 Optional movie night in the Boone Campus Theatre with snacks

Wednesday – Cahokia and Downtown St. Louis

7:30 Breakfast

8:00-9:00 Drive to Cahokia

9:00-10:15 Film and tour of Cahokia

10:30-11:45 “American Indians and Why the [Backward] Europeans Won” – Carey Roberts in Cahokia Conference Room

12:00-2:00 Lunch Downtown

2:00-3:00 Tour of Old Courthouse; Dred Scot discussion

3:00-4:00 Tour of Old Cathedral and Museum

4:00-5:00 “Is Decentralism Good for the Oppressed?” – Rachel Douchant in Old Cathedral Museum

5:00-6:30 Drive back to Boone Campus

7:00-9:00 Dinner at Boone

9:00 Optional movie night in the Boone Campus Theatre with snacks

Thursday – Boone Campus and St. Charles

8:00 Breakfast

9:00-10:15 “’You’re Either With Us or Against Us’ – War vs. Decentralism” – Stephen Carson in the Sappington House

10:30-11:45 “Millenialism and American Foreign Policy” – Carey Roberts in the Sappington House

12:00-1:15 Lunch

1:30-3:00 “Stealing and Killing: A Property Rights Theory of Mass Murder” – Stephen Carson in the Sappington House

3:00-5:00 Free time (shopping in downtown St. Charles for those who wish)

5:30-7:00 Dinner in Downtown St. Charles at the Mother-in-Law House

7:30-8:45 “Decentralism Today” – Rachel Douchant (Location TBA)

9:30 Bonfire and s’mores

Friday – Boone Campus

8:00 Pancake breakfast and farewell