Sir Thomas More Lecture Series
The Sir Thomas More Lecture Series of the Conservative Party continues each Friday during the academic year at half after twelve, post meridiem, at Mory's Temple Bar, 306 York Street, New Haven. As Mory's is a private club, a jacket and tie or corresponding ladies' attire is encouraged but not required.
For information about upcoming Sir Thomas More Lectures, please contact the Rt. Hon. Chief Whip.
April 2012
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Professor David Mayhew on The Long 1950s as a Policy EraFriday, April 20, 2012
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Professor Michael della Rocca on F.H. Bradley and the Origins of Analytic PhilosophyFriday, April 13, 2012
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Professor David Brick on The Creative Tension between Householder and World-Renouncer Religion in Classical IndiaFriday, April 6, 2012
March 2012
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Professor Stephen Darwall on What Shame, Disgust, and Guilt Tell Us about the Nature of MoralityFriday, March 30, 2012
April 2011
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Professor Norma Thompson on tbaFriday, April 22, 2011
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Claude Rawson on tbaFriday, April 15, 2011
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Joe Callo on tbaFriday, April 8, 2011
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Charles Walton on tbaFriday, April 1, 2011
March 2011
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Meredith Williams, AMA Board Member on Health Care ReformsFriday, March 25, 2011
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Danilo Petranovich on Lincoln and American NationalismFriday, March 4, 2011
February 2011
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Michael Lebowitz on Detainee Operations from Mission Planning to ProsecutionFriday, February 18, 2011
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Timothy Robinson on Democracy and Duolocracy on the Athenian StageFriday, February 11, 2011
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Howard Bloch on The Restoration of Gothic Cathedrals in 19th century FranceFriday, February 4, 2011
January 2011
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Steven Smith on Moral Paternalism and the proposed Yale ban on smokingFriday, January 28, 2011
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Paul Fry on Constructive Uses of SkepticismFriday, January 21, 2011
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Alexander Nemerov on Books. Why Write Them? Why Not?Tuesday, January 4, 2011
November 2010
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Paul Grimstad on The Genteel Tradition in American PhilosophyFriday, November 12, 2010
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Illan Ben-Meir on Understanding Modern PoeticsFriday, November 5, 2010
October 2010
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Andrew Eberle on Studentenverbindugen and Secret SocietiesFriday, October 29, 2010
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Jeremy Schiffres on Lincoln's Lyceum SpeechFriday, October 15, 2010
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Kathryn Lofton on Political Spirituality: Oprah and ObamaFriday, October 1, 2010
September 2010
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Nuno Monteiro on US Power: The Long-Term ViewFriday, September 24, 2010
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Gilan on 2009 Iranian ElectionsFriday, September 17, 2010
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Donald Kagan on The Practical Value of HistoryFriday, September 10, 2010
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Vladimir Alexandrov on Black Russian: The Remarkable Life of Frederick Bruce ThomasFriday, September 3, 2010
April 2010
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Dean Daniel Tauss on The Development of Morals in the East and WestFriday, April 23, 2010
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Jacob Samuel Abolafia on Philosophy and TechnologyFriday, April 16, 2010
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Ilan Uri Ben-Meir on Historical Treatments of the Rise of HitlerFriday, April 9, 2010
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Professor Tony Kronman on Maistre and BurkeFriday, April 2, 2010
March 2010
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Professor Christine Hayes on God's Critics: Biblical Perspectives in Ancient IsraelFriday, March 26, 2010
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Professor Gary Gorton on The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008Friday, March 5, 2010
February 2010
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Dr. Theodore Bromund on The Grand Strategy in the Lord of the RingsFriday, February 26, 2010
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Professor Akhil Amar on Conservatives and Competence: Some Thoughts on the Production of Principled and Profound LeadersFriday, February 19, 2010
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Professor Sean McMeekin on The Origins of World War IFriday, February 12, 2010
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Professor Carlos Eire on Religious Scholarship in the Secular UniversityFriday, February 5, 2010
January 2010
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Provost Peter Salovey on Emotional Intelligence and Educational ReformFriday, January 29, 2010
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N. Adam Hirst on The Political Philosophy of Eric HofferFriday, January 22, 2010
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Professor Jill North on Explaining the Direction of TimeFriday, January 15, 2010
December 2009
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Professor Robert Grober on Nuclear Arms ReductionFriday, December 4, 2009
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Provost Peter Salovey on Emotional IntelligenceFriday, December 4, 2009
November 2009
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Professor Paul Freedman on Bad Ideas in HistoryFriday, November 20, 2009
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Professor Matthew Kocher on Complicity in International PoliticsFriday, November 13, 2009
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Professor Emily Greenwood on Utopia, Atopia, and the Place for IdeasFriday, November 6, 2009
October 2009
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Professor Donald Kagan on A Practical Use for HistoryFriday, October 30, 2009
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N. Dr. Justin Scott Zaremby on The American JudiciaryFriday, October 23, 2009
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Professor Michael Della Rocca on The Principle of Sufficient ReasonFriday, October 16, 2009
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Admiral Joseph Callo on The Message is the MediumFriday, October 9, 2009
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Professor Steven Pincus on Revolution of 1688-89Friday, October 2, 2009
September 2009
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Professor Charles Hill on Future of the U.S. in the Middle EastFriday, September 25, 2009
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Professor David Bromwich on Poems of War and PeaceFriday, September 18, 2009
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Professor Thomas Pogge on Intellectual Property RightsFriday, September 11, 2009
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Professor Paul Kennedy on U.S. Military and our Defense BillFriday, September 4, 2009
April 2009
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Danilo Petranovich on William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan and Modern U.S. ConservatismFriday, April 24, 2009
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Prof. Paul Bracken on TBAFriday, April 17, 2009
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Prof. Nomi Lazar on TBAFriday, April 10, 2009
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Prof. Greg Gannsle on TBAFriday, April 3, 2009
March 2009
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Mr. Mike Lebowitz on Military Expression in the Modern Armed ForcesFriday, March 27, 2009
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Prof. Sean McMeekin on TBAFriday, March 6, 2009
February 2009
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Mr. Justin Scott Zaremby on Liberalism, Republicanism, and the American JudiciaryFriday, February 27, 2009
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Professor Roy Tsao on TBAFriday, February 20, 2009
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Professor Charles Hill on TBAFriday, February 13, 2009
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Prof. Norma Thompson on The Dignity of Philosophy: Aquinas versus AugustineFriday, February 6, 2009
January 2009
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Professor Pericles Lewis on James Joyce and his Place in the Western CanonFriday, January 30, 2009
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Miss Kathryn Anne Baldwin, SC SY on TBAFriday, January 23, 2009
December 2008
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Dean Daniel Tauss on China's Military Philosophy and Grand StrategyFriday, December 5, 2008
November 2008
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Mr. Matthew Charles Klein on The Far East Origins of the First World WarFriday, November 21, 2008
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Professor Paul Bloom on Bodies and SoulsFriday, November 14, 2008
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Dr. Theodore Richard Bromund on Was Winston Churchill a Neo-Conservative?Friday, November 7, 2008
October 2008
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Master Steven Smith on What is Happening to Political ScienceFriday, October 31, 2008
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Mr. Raymond Kissam Price, Jr. on The Nixon EraFriday, October 24, 2008
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Professor David Blight on First Things: Obama in the Long View of HistoryFriday, October 17, 2008
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Admiral Joseph Callo on Military Heroes: Are they important and what are they telling us?Friday, October 10, 2008
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Professor David Bromwich on Burke's "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol"Friday, October 3, 2008
September 2008
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Kevin Brooke Alexander on The Falsity of the Democratic Peace TheoryFriday, September 26, 2008
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Professor Howard Bloch on Animal Fables and PoliticsFriday, September 19, 2008
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Mr. Jay Fisher on How to Lame a Dragon: An aspect of Indo-European Poetics in Greek PoetryFriday, September 12, 2008
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Professor Minh Luong on China at the Crossroads of the 21st CenturyFriday, September 5, 2008
May 2008
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Prof. Joe Callo on Major Issues of National DefenseFriday, May 2, 2008
April 2008
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Prof. Miroslav Volf on Islam: Religion of Peace?Friday, April 25, 2008
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Prof. Virginia Jewiss on WWII memorials, in particular the use of literature in a German war cemeteryFriday, April 18, 2008
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Prof. Anthony Kronman on The Case for PaganismFriday, April 11, 2008
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Prof. Daniel Sargent on Is the United States a Revolutionary Power?Friday, April 4, 2008
March 2008
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Prof. Daniel Stein-Kokin on Mosaic InversionsFriday, March 28, 2008
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Prof. Jane Levin on Gerard Manley HopkinsFriday, March 7, 2008
February 2008
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Mr. Costin Alamariu on Nietzsche's Advice to ConservativesFriday, February 29, 2008
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CANCELLED on CancelledFriday, February 22, 2008
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Prof. Howard Bloch on The Norman Conquest of 1066Friday, February 15, 2008
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Prof. Margaret Litvin on A Rule of Law education effort in the Middle EastFriday, February 8, 2008
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CANCELLED on CancelledFriday, February 1, 2008
January 2008
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Prof. Celia Schultz on Human sacrifice in ancient RomeFriday, January 25, 2008
December 2006
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Prof. Frances Rosenbluth on Japanese PoliticsFriday, December 8, 2006
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Prof. Carlos Eire on TBAFriday, December 1, 2006
November 2006
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Prof. Jane Levin on Gods, Fate, IlliadFriday, November 10, 2006
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Prof. Steven Smith on Leo Strauss: Neo-Con?Friday, November 3, 2006
October 2006
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Prof. Donald Kagan on TBAFriday, October 27, 2006
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Prof. Maria Menocal on Middle Ages, Political Patterns TodayFriday, October 20, 2006
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Prof. Youval Rotman on Prisoners of WarFriday, October 13, 2006
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Prof. Paul Kennedy on TBAFriday, October 6, 2006
September 2006
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Prof. Gaddis Smith on Moral ObligationsFriday, September 29, 2006
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Prof. Paul Bracken on Democracy and Big BusinessFriday, September 22, 2006
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Prof. David Bromwich on Constitutional OppositionFriday, September 15, 2006
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Prof. Charles Hill on Middle East CrisisFriday, September 8, 2006
December 2004
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Prof. Keri Ames on TBAFriday, December 3, 2004
November 2004
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Prof. Jane Levin on Thetis and AchillesFriday, November 12, 2004
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Prof. Mary Habeck on The Elections and the War on TerrorFriday, November 5, 2004
October 2004
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Prof. Peter Salovey on TBAFriday, October 29, 2004
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Prof. Robert Burt on Law, Morals and Same-Sex MarriageFriday, October 22, 2004
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Prof. Peter Quimby on TBAFriday, October 15, 2004
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Captain Ryan Olivieri on United States Marine Corps Officer ProgramsFriday, October 8, 2004
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Prof. Gregory Ganssle on Theism, Naturalism and Human FlourishingFriday, October 1, 2004
September 2004
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Prof. Carlos Norena on Empires and Imperial Cultures: Ancient Rome and Modern AmericaFriday, September 24, 2004
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Prof. Matthew Smith on Humanitarian Intervention and Domestic RevolutionFriday, September 17, 2004
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Prof. John Hare on Evolution and the Foundations of EthicsFriday, September 10, 2004
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Prof. Charles Hill on The Influence of Foreign Policy on Presidential ElectionsFriday, September 3, 2004
April 2004
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Prof. William Metcalf on Family Values in AntiquityFriday, April 23, 2004
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Mr. Patrick J. Bumatay on Lessons from the West WingFriday, April 16, 2004
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Prof. Kevin Repp on The Politics of German FilmFriday, April 9, 2004
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Prof. Ryan Hanley on Philanthropy and MisanthropyFriday, April 2, 2004
March 2004
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Prof. Norma Thompson on The Flight from JudgementFriday, March 26, 2004
February 2004
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Mr. Larry Cohen on The Media in Modern PoliticsFriday, February 27, 2004
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Prof. Michael Holquist on Kantian LingusticsFriday, February 20, 2004
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Prof. Jane Levin on Sophocles and Human UnderstandingFriday, February 13, 2004
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Mr. Matthew Austin Blomerth, SSCY on Rome: The Political Consequences of GeographyFriday, February 6, 2004
January 2004
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Prof. Celia Schultz on Sallust and the Course of HistoryFriday, January 30, 2004
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Prof. Mary Habeck on What Should we do about Saudi Arabia?Friday, January 23, 2004
December 2003
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Prof. Theodore Richard Bromund on Peace, Love, and Understanding: The Strange Origins and Disgusting Evolution of the Modern OlympicsFriday, December 5, 2003
November 2003
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Prof. Michael Della Rocca on Locke and Personal IdentityFriday, November 14, 2003
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CANCELLED on CancelledFriday, November 7, 2003
October 2003
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Miss Julia Mary Haag on Faulkner and Literature's Defiance of the End of ManFriday, October 31, 2003
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Prof. Cyrus Hamlin on Is there a crisis in the Humanities at Yale?Friday, October 24, 2003
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Prof. Jay Winter on Ethics and Morality in Collective MemoryFriday, October 17, 2003
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Prof. Carlos Eire on Discerning idols: faith and objectivity in the study of religion.Friday, October 10, 2003
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Prof. David Bromwich on Why Liberals are Liberal and Why Conservatives are ConservativeFriday, October 3, 2003
September 2003
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Prof. Jon Butler on Religion and the State in AmericaFriday, September 26, 2003
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Prof. Steven Smith on The Challenges of Capitalism: The Paradox of Organized LaborFriday, September 19, 2003
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Prof. John Gaddis on Americans and the World: How Conservatives are Becoming LiberalsFriday, September 12, 2003
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Prof. Charles Hill on Everything: What Does it All Mean?Friday, September 5, 2003
April 2001
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Miss JoAnne Marie Faupel on Immanentize The EnneagramFriday, April 20, 2001
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Prof. Howard Bloch on The Medieval 401K: Invention Of Purgatory And The Individual Retirement AccountFriday, April 6, 2001
March 2001
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Prof. Michael Weber on Is Patriotism Like Racism?Friday, March 30, 2001
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Prof. Mattias Risse on What's So Good About Equality Of Opportunity?Friday, March 23, 2001
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Prof. Mary Habeck on The Soviets In The Spanish Civil War: The Continuing ControversyFriday, March 2, 2001
February 2001
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Prof. Joseph Gordon on Ladies Of Shalott: 19th-Century Britain Looks At Its Medieval PastFriday, February 23, 2001
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Prof. Steven Smith on A Fool For Love: Thoughts On Isaac Bashevis Singer's SpinozaFriday, February 16, 2001
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Miss Tatiana Sergeyevna Diykova, S.C. on Conservative Gentlemen And The Women Who Made Them Weep - Medieval Ideals Of Courtly LoveFriday, February 9, 2001
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Prof. William Sledge on The Psychiatric Aspects Of Flight CrewsFriday, February 2, 2001
January 2001
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Prof. Leslie Brisman on On Civility And Consensus: The Model Of Judges 19-21Friday, January 26, 2001
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Fr. Peter Rogers on Orthodoxy And Heresy In The Early ChurchFriday, January 19, 2001
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Prof. Daniel Howe on The Confederate ConstitutionFriday, January 12, 2001
December 2000
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Prof. Paul Kennedy on The Global Gap: Ethics And Politics Between WorldsFriday, December 8, 2000
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Mr. Christopher David Arendt on The Traditions Of ChristmasFriday, December 1, 2000
November 2000
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Prof. Francis Fukuyama on Restarting History: Science After The EndMonday, November 13, 2000
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Prof. Annabel Patterson on Sir Thomas More's Great-Great-Nephew, John Donne: Making Poetry Out Of PersuasionFriday, November 10, 2000
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Mr. Justin Scott Zaremby on Max Weber And The Protestant EthicFriday, November 3, 2000
October 2000
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Rabbi Samuel Hecht on A Conversation With Myself: Reflections On The Jewish FaithFriday, October 27, 2000
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Prof. Norma Thompson on The Ship Of State As A Political MetaphorFriday, October 20, 2000
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Prof. Michael Thurston on Breathing Lessons: Poetry As Ethical PracticeFriday, October 13, 2000
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Prof. Rogers Smith on The Challenges Of Genetic EnhancementFriday, October 6, 2000
September 2000
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Prof. Cyrus Hamlin on The Challenge Of Comparing Cultural Discourses: The Hellenic And The Biblical TraditionsFriday, September 29, 2000
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Mr. Morton Klein on Thoughts On The American Zionist MovementFriday, September 22, 2000
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Prof. Charles Hill on Power Is Power PerceivedFriday, September 15, 2000
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Prof. Donald Kagan on While America Sleeps: A Comparison Of American And British Foreign PolicyFriday, September 8, 2000
