The Philadelphia Society National Meeting
April 11-13, 2008
Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Virginia

Europe, the United States, and the Future of Western Civilization

Christopher Dawson in his book, appropriately titled, Understanding Europe, 1952, provides reflections on the common problems of Europe, America, and Western civilization.  It would be worthwhile to read his reflections before coming to the meeting.  

For reflections on the origins and early development of Western Civilization, tying together Alfred the Great, Gregory the Great, St. Benedict, and Charlemagne, click on Alfred the Great.  There is also a link in this document to an important article by Walter McDougall relating Charlemagne to our present situation.  

Mart Laar

Former Prime Minister of Estonia, Europe: Old and New 

Short biography of Mart Laar for the Milton Friedman Prize, Cato Institute
http://www.cato.org/special/friedman/laar/index.html

Video of his acceptance speech:
http://www.cato.org/realaudio/laar-05-18-06.ram
 

Biography of Mart Laar on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart_Laar

George Nash

Good Short Biography of George Nash provided by the Russell Kirk Center:
http://www.kirkcenter.org/bios/georgenash.html

George Nash’s work at ISI with lectures on his book and F.A. Hayek etc.:
http://www.isi.org/programs/conferences/indy04_aa.html
 

George Nash’s The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Intellectual-Movement-America/dp/188292620X
 

George Nash introduces M. Stanton Evans at a 2000 Philadelphia Society Meeting:
http://www.phillysoc.org/Nash.htm
 

George Nash on Herbert Hoover’s bad press:
http://www.gvsu.edu/hauenstein/index.cfm?id=EAB7447A-C440-43CF-A8E43BCE5BDE05B2
 

Gleaves Whitney 

Gleaves Whitney brief biography:
http://www.gvsu.edu/hauenstein/index.cfm?id=3758D832-E86B-D462-8F23F01D797AD1EB
 

William Anthony Hay

Curriculum vitae:
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/whay.htm
 

List of articles in The Foreign Policy Research Institute:
http://www.fpri.org/byauthor.html#hay
 

Samuel Gregg 

Curriculum Vitae at Acton Institute and a list of 42 articles:
http://www.acton.org/about/staff/people64.php
 

Michael Burleigh 

Curriculum Vitae and links to his most recent journalism and books.  
http://www.michaelburleigh.com/cv.shtml

For excellent review by Dan Mahoney (cf. below) of Burleigh's work in the current issue of The Intercollegiate Review:
http://phillysoc.org/mahoneyreview.pdf

Bart Jan Spruyt

Wikipedia on Bart Jan Spruyt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Jan_Spruyt
 

Second RSC Lecture in Transatlantic Relations at the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg:
http://www.roosevelt.nl/en/activities/lecture/new_0/
 

                  Peter W. Schramm                     

Curriculum Vitae and links to articles:
http://www3.ashland.edu/academics/arts_sci/polysci/schramm.html
 

Ashbrook Center with links to many articles and books:
http://www.ashbrook.org/columns/schramm/
 

Richard Pipes 

Random House brief biography with links to his major books:
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=24036
 

Brief biography with links to several articles:
http://www.benadorassociates.com/pipesrichard.php
 

Frontpage Interview with Richard Pipes:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={F5A7A2C6-B022-4616-9E77-CD34FCAE2342

Wikipedia article on Richard Pipes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pipes
 

John Blundell 

Institute of Economic Affairs:
http://www.iea.org.uk/record.jsp?type=news&ID=446
 

Wikipedia article on John Blundell:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blundell_%28economist%29
 

Enrico Colombatto 

Curriculum vitae of Enrico Colombatto with complete list of publications:
http://web.econ.unito.it/colombatto/
 

Two articles in the Ludwig von Mises Institute:
http://www.mises.org/studyguide.aspx?action=author&Id=99
 

Editor of The Elgar Companion To The Economics Of Property Rights:
http://www.buchausgabe.de/shoproot/626item.html
 

Dennis L. Bark

Biography at the Hoover Institution:
http://www.hoover.org/bios/bark.html
 

Articles in the Hoover Digest:
http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/authors?authorID=2806281&c=y

Amazon listing for A History of West Germany: From Shadow to Substance 1945-1963:
http://www.amazon.com/History-West-Germany-Substance-Discontents/dp/1557863237/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202839033&sr=1-2

Daniel Mahoney

Daniel Mahoney, Curriculum Vitae:
http://www.assumption.edu/about/MeetFac/facbios/mahoney.html

For excellent review by Dan Mahoney of Burleigh's work (cf. above) in the current Intercollegiate Review:
http://phillysoc.org/mahoneyreview.pdf

ISI articles and publications:
http://www.isi.org/bios/bio.aspx?id=72f0290c-20f6-48c0-826d-fe8ce57b84f1&source=Books&select=true&detail=1

Google Book Search and excerpts from his, De Gaulle: Statemanship, Grandeur, and Modern Democracy:
http://books.google.com/books?id=hUoEJnXo3AEC&vq=Daniel+Mahoney&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
 

Mark Henrie 

ISI links to biography and clickable articles:
http://www.isi.org/bios/bio.aspx?id=94df135d-97ba-45db-ad8c-2204a47d2746&source=Books&select=true

 Alberto Mingardi 

Brief biography from the Bruno Leoni Institute:
http://www.brunoleoni.it/nextpage.aspx?title=yes&codice=0000002040
 

Bruno Leoni Institute in English:
http://www.brunoleoni.it/nextpage.aspx?title=yes&codice=0000002039
 

Roman Joch

Brief biography from The Neuwaldegg Institute:
http://eicee2.org/e_fac_joch.html
 

Civic Institute: http://www.obcinst.cz/en/

Alexandre Pesey 

Human Events article on Pesey:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=9467
 

ISI working with Pesey and other conservative groups in Europe:
http://judithkratochvil.wordpress.com/isi/cannon/western-civilization/liberty-europe/
 

l'Institut de Formation Politique (in French):
http://www.ifpfrance.org/articles-Qui-sommes-nous--2.html
 

Michiel Visser 

Review of Brad Thompson’s John Adams and the Spirit of America in Modern Age:
http://www.mmisi.org/ma/43_04/visser.pdf
 

Review of American Elections (in Dutch):
http://www.opinio.nu/
 

Steven F. Hayward 

American Enterprise Institute biography with full links to books and articles:
http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.,scholarID.28/scholar.asp
 

Robert R. Reilly 

Brief biography from the Voice of America:
http://ibb7-2.ibb.gov/pubaff/robertreilly.html
 

 “Winning the War of Ideas” for the Claremont Institute:
http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1387/article_detail.asp
 

Recent article, February 9, in The Washington Post on “Britney vs. the Terrorists”:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020801679.html
 

Angelo Codevilla 

Brief biography from Boston University:
http://www.bu.edu/ir/faculty/codevilla.html
 

Biography with full links to books and articles:
http://www.claremont.org/scholars/id.25/scholar.asp

Robert Schuettinger

Washington International Studies Council (WISC):
http://www.wiscabroad.com/acad/message.html

Schuettinger on the Early Education of Lord Acton:
http://www.oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1663&chapter=37644&layout=html&Itemid=27