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)