BB&T Colloquium Series on Capitalism
Russell Roberts, George Mason University
"Capitalism After the Crisis"

Reception in the Lobby of the Ferguson Music & Theatre Hall

Session 1:         The Unraveling of American Education

Chair:                Dr. Elizabeth Busch, Christopher Newport University

Speakers:          General Josiah Bunting III, Lehrman American Studies Center
                         "The Lion in the Path"

                         Dr. E.D. Hirsch, University of Virginia
                         "Civic Knowledge and the Re-making of Americans"

Session 2:         Literature and History in the Making of Americans

Chair:                Dr. Jonathan White, Christopher Newport University

Speakers:          Dana Gioia, Former Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
                         "Reading, Literature, and Civic Identity"

                         Dr. Wilfred McClay, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
                         "Memory and Sacrifice in the Formation of Civic Consciousness"

Keynote:           Dr. Mark Bauerlein, Emory University
                         "Teen Social Life by Web 2.0"

Session 3:        Cultivating an Engaged American Citizenry

Chair:               Dr. Quentin Kidd, Christopher Newport University

Speakers:         Dr. James Gimpel, University of Maryland at College Park
                        "Political Socialization Inside and Outside the Classroom"

                        Dr. Jason F. Brennan, Brown University
                        "Responsible Voting "

Reception, Washington Room, David Student Union