The Philadelphia Society
Meetings and Topics
1964-2005

1964 "The Crisis of Western Civilization"
(Indianapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco)

1965 "The Future of Freedom: The Problems and the Prospects"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1965 "Religion and the Crisis of the 20th Century"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1966 "Civil Rights and Individual Responsibilities"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1966 "Which Way United States Foreign Policy?"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1966 "The New Left in the United States"
(San Francisco, California)

1967 "The American Tradition and the Great Society"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1967 "Religion and the Free Society"
(New York, New York)

1967 "Law and Order: Crisis in the American Political Tradition"
(Los Angeles, California)

1968 "A Free Society in Ferment"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1968 "The Road Back: Paths to Freedom"
(New York and San Francisco)

1969 "The Dearth of Higher Education"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1969 "The Outlook for Freedom in the Seventies"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1970 "Enduring Values in a World of Change"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1970 "Discrimination: Legitimate and Illegitimate, Public and Private; Direct and Indirect"
(Atlanta, Georgia)

1971 "A Post?Liberal America"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1971 "Conservatives and the Media"
(New York, New York)

1971 "The Future of Conservatism: Principles, Strategies, Perspectives"
(Los Angeles, California)

1972 "Social Order and Institutional Crisis"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1973 "Equality"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1974 "New Directions in Social Thought"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1974 "The Best of Times, the Worst of Times"
(San Francisco, California)

1974 "The Future of Representative Government"
(New York, New York)

1975 "Freedom and Order''
(Chicago, Illinois)

1975 "The State of the Union"
(New York, New York)

1976 "The State of the Union"
(Los Angeles, California)

1976 "American Institutions: The Performance and the Prospects"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1976 "The Bureaucracy: Servant or Master?"
(Dallas, Texas)

1977 "The Future of Freedom: The Problems and the Prospects"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1978 "The American Heritage"
(Alexandria, Virginia)

1978 "What is to be Done"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1978 "Tax Limitation and American Political Institutions"
(Los Angeles, California)

1979 "Conservatism and Libertarianism"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1979 "The South and American Conservatism"
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

1980 "Religion in the Contemporary Free Society"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1980 "U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security"
(New York, New York)

1980 "The Intellectual Defense of the Free World"
(Dinner Meeting, Palo Alto, California)

1981 "The Philosophy of Law"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1981 "Dinner in Honor of Russell Kirk"
(Washington DC)

1982 "Changes in the Intellectual Environment Since World War II"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1982 "The Reagan Administration: A Report Card"
(San Francisco, California)

1982 "An Evening with William F. Buckley, Jr."
(Indianapolis, Indiana)

1983 "The Future of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and International Lending" (Co-sponsored with The Heritage Foundation)
(Washington DC)

1983 "Do Conservative Ideas Necessarily Have Conservative Consequences?"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1983 "Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society: An Update"
(New York, New York)

1984 "Intellectual Resistance to the Wave of the Future"
(Chicago, Illinois)


1984 "Conservatism After Reagan"
(Alexandria, Virginia)


1985 "Many Voices: Varieties of Conservative Thought in the 80s"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1985 "Unfinished Business: Problems in Policy for a Conservative Majority"
(Dallas, Texas)

1986 "Conservatism: Identity and Its Limits"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1986 "Canada and The United States: A North American Agenda"
(Toronto, Canada)

1987 "Constitutional Government: The Design, The Reality, The
Prospect"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1988 "Charity, Philanthropy and the Welfare State"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1988 "Keeping the Tablets: A Conference on the Future of
American Conservatism" (Co-sponsored by The Claremont Institute)
(New York, New York)

1989 "The Reagan Years as Prologue"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1989 "The Southwestern Frontier Prospects For the l900s"
(Co-sponsored with The Landrum Society)
(Irving, Texas)

1989 "Crisis in The Red Empire" (Co-sponsored with The Indiana Policy Review)
(Dinner meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana)

1990 "The Trouble with the Academy"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1990 "Conservatives and The Media"
(Baltimore, Maryland)

1991 "Freedom and the Future of American Foreign Policy"
(Boston, Massachusetts)

1991 "Freedom and Federalism: Does Anybody Care?"
(Co-sponsored with The Claremont Institute)
(Marina Del Rey, California)

1992 "The Culture of Statism--Communism is Dead: Long Live the State!"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1992"Life, Liberty and Property: Are Political and Economic Rights in Conflict?"
(Orlando, Florida)

1993 "Europe and America Common Heritage, Uncommon Rivalry"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1993 "The Conservative Mind--40Years Later" (Co-sponsored with The Heritage Foundation, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Young America's Foundation and The Institute for Humane Studies)
(Dearborn, Michigan)

1994 "The USA: An Idea or a People?"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1994 "The Legacy of M.E. Bradford"
(North Charleston, South Carolina)

1995 "Thinking the Unthinkable: The Successful Challenge to the Welfare State"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1995 "The Legacy of Pierre F. Goodrich"
(Indianapolis, Indiana)

1996 "Is There Still a Legal Order?"
(Chicago, Illinois)

1996 "Recovering Our Past: New Perspective on the Founding"
(Williamsburg, Virginia)

1997 "The Religious Roots of Liberty"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
 

1997 "The Future of Freedom in the Americas"
(San Antonio, Texas)

1998 "The Environmental Revolution"
(Oak Brook, Illinois)

1998 "The Humane Economy: Visions and Prospects"
(Wilmington, Delaware)

1999 "Will Western Civilization Survive the 21st Century?"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1999 "California and the Formation of the American Spirit"
(Los Angeles, California)

2000 "The Conservative Intellectual Movement in the Year  2000"
(Chicago, Illinois)

2000 "In God We Trust? Covenant, Character & Virtue in the American Republic"
(Grand Rapids, Michigan)

2001 "The United States in the World Arena"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2001 "Taming Leviathan: The Decentralist and Regionalist Vision"
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

2002 "Sources of American Renewal"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2002 "The Creation, Transmission, and Renewal of Culture"
(Cleveland, Ohio)

2003 "The Rule of Law"
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

2003 "To The Republic For Which It Stands"
(Williamsburg, Virginia)

2004 "The Conservative Movement for Forty Years: Achievements and Prospects"
(Chicago, Illinois)

2004 "Black History and Conservative Principles"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2005 "What Is An American?"
(Miami, Florida)

2005 "The Ownership Society and Conservative Principles"
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

2006 "The Role of the U.S. in the World Today"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2006 "The Contested Roots of American Liberty"
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

2007 "Challenges to Conservatism"
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)