Somerville Consortium

June 29 -July 2, July 6-9, 2009

Sunday, June 28, 2009
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Registration and check-in at Princeton University residence hall
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm A Princeton-Style Welcome and Reception
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Opening Banquet


Monday, June 29, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: The Constitution and the “Social Question” (Prof. Paul Moreno)
noon - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 3:30 pm Historical Writing (M. Ruben)


Tuesday, June 30, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: Progressivism (Prof. Moreno)
noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Presentation: “The Progressives and the Ideas of the Founders” (Prof. Pestritto)


Wednesday, July 1, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: The New Deal (Prof. Moreno)
noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Historical Writing (M. Ruben)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Outdoor Barbeque


Thursday, July 2, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: The Constitution and the “Culture War” (Prof. Moreno)
noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Historical Writing (M. Ruben)


Monday, July 6, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: Constitutional Politics and Constitutional Law in the Gilded Age (Prof. Benedict)
noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Reticence, Exposure, and the First Amendment (Rochelle Gurstein)


Tuesday, July 7, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: The Constitutional Sources of the Culture Wars (Prof. Poelvoorde)
noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm District Adaptation


Wednesday, July 8, 2009
8:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of American Art 8:30 a.m.: Leave from Robertson Hall, Corner of Washington Road and Prospect Avenue


Thursday, July 9, 2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - noon Presentation: A Republic If You Can Keep It (Prof. Poelvoorde)
noon - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 3:00 pm Presentation: The Intellectual Legacy of Stalinism in America (R. Radosh)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Evaluation of Seminar by Dr. Jeong-Ran Kim of Educational Evaluation, Inc.