NAS leaders frequently speak on campuses, at conferences, and before government agencies. They also appear on TV and radio. Our state and regional affiliates hold their own events, which include guest lectures and membership banquets. Sign up for NAS’s newsletter to learn about upcoming events.

2013

MAY 2, 2013, St. Paul, MN, 6:00PM
Peter Wood: "What Happens When Liberal Arts Education is Dominated by Political Philosophy"
Minnesota Association of Scholars and Intellectual Takeout
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APRIL 25, 2013, New York, NY, 9:30AM
Academic Freedom Conference: "Free to Teach, Free to Learn"
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
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APRIL 22, 2013, New Britain, CT, 4:00PM
Paul Rahe: "Montesquieu and the American Constitution"
National Association of Scholars, Koch Foundation, and Public Policy Club at CCSU
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APRIL 21, 2013, New York, NY, 3:00PM
Russell Nieli: "Ten Reasons Why Racial Preferences in College Admissions
Has Been an Abject Failure"
New York Association of Scholars and CUNY Association of Scholars
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APRIL 11-13, 2013, Latrobe, PA
Western Civilization and the Academy Conference
Saint Vincent College, Center for Political and Economic Thought
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2012

NOVEMBER 25, 2012, New York, NY, 3:00PM
Sol Stern: “Israel without Apology”
New York Association of Scholars and CUNY Association of Scholars
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OCTOBER 7, 2012, New York, NY, 4:00PM
Norman Cigar: “Saudi Arabia: Thinking about Nuclear Weapons”
New York Association of Scholars and CUNY Association of Scholars
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OCTOBER 1, 2012, Washington, D.C., 6:00PM
Chris Demuth: “Higher Education—The Other Debt Crisis”
National Capital Association of Scholars
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APRIL 23, 2012, Washington, D.C., 6:00PM
Hadley Arkes: Teaching the American Founders and Lincoln on “Natural Rights”: Why Such a Resistance in the Academy?
National Capital Association of Scholars
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APRIL 18, 2012, Saint Paul, MN, 6:00PM
Nile Gardiner: Government Debt and Huge Bureaucracies
Minnesota Association of Scholars
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APRIL 13, 2012, Cleveland, OH, 2:00PM Meeting, 6:00PM Dinner 
Ohio Association of Scholars Meeting and Dinner
Peter Wood, Speaker
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MARCH 28, 2012, Brooklyn, NY, 7:00PM
Debate: Is the West Best?
Ibn Warraq (Why the West is Best), Paul Berman (The Flight of the Intellectuals), Sohrab Ahmari (Arab Spring Dreams), Fred Siegel (The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life)
New York Association of Scholars
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MARCH 21, 2012, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Robert Paquette: Why Western Civilization? The Story of the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Alexander Hamilton Institute
Georgia chapter, National Association of Scholars
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FEBRUARY 26, 2012, New York, NY
Andrew Stuttaford: The Eurozone's Test: A Beneficial Crisis?
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JANUARY 30, 2012, KBRT The Bottom Line
Peter Wood: Julea Ward and First Amendment Rights

JANUARY 29, 2012, New York, NY
Jonathan Brent: Soviet Archives and the Struggle for Truth in History

JANUARY 12, 2012, Los Angeles, CA
Steve Balch Interviews Ibn Warraq on "Why the West is Best"

 

2011

NOVEMBER 20, 2011, New York, NY
Sol Stern: The Great Education Fraud or Billions of Dollars for Not Much Bang

NOVEMBER 04, 2011, UAA/APU Consortium Library
Peter Wood: Pre-Occupied: Higher Education, Anger, and the Wall Street Protests

OCTOBER 18, 2011, KPPC 89.3FM Southern California Radio with Pat Morrison 
Peter Wood on Southern California Public Radio: "Is Our Quest for Diversity Racist?"  

JUNE 23, 2011, Princeton University 
Steve Balch: Finding Allies on Campus and Beyond  

JUNE 17, 2011, Princeton University 
Steve Balch: Seminar on The Making and Debating of the Federal Constitution of 1787  

JUNE 12, 2011, UCLA Faculty Center 
Peter Wood: The Sustainability Agenda: Who Wins, Who Loses?  

JUNE 08, 2011, Washington, D.C.
Peter Wood: Ensuring Academic Freedom in Politically Controversial Academic Personnel Decisions

JUNE 02, 2011, Washington, D.C.
Peter Wood: Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Science Education  

MAY 24, 2011, WGN Radio 720 AM with Milt Rosenberg 
Peter Wood on WGN Radio 720 AM: Sustainability  

MAY 16, 2011, Bowdoin College, Visual Arts Center, Beam Classroom 
Thomas D. Klingenstein and Peter Wood: Diversity: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?  

MAY 15, 2011, 180 Riverside Drive, New York City 
Daniel Di Salvo: Government Unions and the Bankrupting of America  

MAY 11, 2011, 801 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 
Peter Wood: The Federal Takeover of Higher Education  

MAY 10, 2011, City Club at Columbia Square 555 13th Street, NW Washington DC 20004 
Peter Wood: Higher Education Reform: Where the Left and Right Meet  

MAY 07, 2011, Eagle Forum Radio with Phyllis Schlafly
Peter Wood on Eagle Forum Radio: Higher Education "Sustainabullies"  

MAY 03, 2011, University of Minnesota, 1210 Heller Hall, West Bank 
Pascal Bruckner: Tears of the White Man: The Tyranny of Guilt  

APRIL 17, 2011, 141 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 
Massachusetts Association of Scholars Meeting  

APRIL 14, 2011, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Association of Scholars Membership Banquet  

APRIL 11, 2011, 4000 Cathedral Avenue, NW, #152B, Washington, DC
Peter Wood: Sustainability, Global Warming, Consensus, Scientific Integrity, and Higher Education’s Shady Infatuation with Utopian Goals  

APRIL 03, 2011, 980 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Herb London: Diary of a Dean & Decline and Revival in Higher Education  

MARCH 13, 2011, 180 Riverside Drive, New York City 
Robert Spencer: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the United States  

MARCH 04, 2011, Kennedy Auditorium, Hamilton College Science Center 
Peter Wood: Diversity as an American Ideology  

FEBRUARY 23, 2011, 1841 Broadway, Second Floor, New York City 
Peter Wood: Anger in America Now  

JANUARY 18, 2011, ABC News 
Peter Wood on ABC News: "College is a Gamble"  

 

2010

DECEMBER 08, 2010, WNJC 1360 with Maggie Roddin
Ashley Thorne on WNJC 1360 Radio: Sustainability  

NOVEMBER 09, 2010, Northwestern College
Peter Wood: Diversity  

NOVEMBER 01, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Home of A.Graham Down) 
Greg Lukianoff: CLS v. Martinez and the Campus Freedom of Association Crisis  

OCTOBER 20, 2010, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 
Peter Wood: The Assessment Movement  

OCTOBER 06, 2010, Emory University, Whitehall 206 
Andrew C. McCarthy: The Grand Jihad: Western Civilization Under Siege  

JULY 13, 2010, WGN Radio 720 AM with Milt Rosenberg 
Peter Wood on WGN Radio 720 AM: Sustainability  

JUNE 24, 2010, Fox News "Happening Now" 
Ashley Thorne on Fox News: Common Reading for College Freshmen - Debate with John K. Wilson

JUNE 09, 2010, Seacaucus, NJ 
Peter Wood on My9 News: Online Education  

MAY 16, 2010, New York, NY 
James Piereson: Reflections on the Kennedy Era  

MAY 12, 2010, New Britain, Connecticut, Central Connecticut State University, Vance Auditorium, Room 105 
Karen Torre Speaks about Her Role as Lead Counsel in the Case Ricci vs. DeStefano  

MAY 05, 2010, Dartmouth University 
Peter Wood: Here They Come: Assessment and Accountability in Higher Education  

MAY 04, 2010, University of California Santa Cruz, Merrill College Cultural Center 
Dinesh D'Souza: What's So Great About Capitalism?  

APRIL 29, 2010, University Talk Radio 
Ashley Thorne: Indoctrinate Our Kids and Green My Parents  

APRIL 20, 2010, Austin, TX 
Steve Balch Speaks to Texas Legislature: Revive Western Civilization Study  

APRIL 19, 2010, MSNBC
Peter Wood on MSNBC: Domestic Anger in America 

APRIL 16, 2010, Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort 
Peter Wood: Dedicated to a Proposition? Examining the Relation Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution  

MARCH 09, 2010, University of California, Berkeley, Lipman Room, Barrows Hall 
Victor Davis Hanson: War in the Postmodern World: A Review of New Laws of Conflict  

FEBRUARY 21, 2010, Los Angeles, CA 
Ashley Thorne: Sustainability and Its Influence on Our Schools and Universities  

JANUARY 28, 2010, Albert Mohler Radio  
Peter Wood: Anger and Civility in the Public Square  

JANUARY 21, 2010, University of California, Los Angeles, Kerckhoff Grand Salon 
Dinesh D'Souza: What's So Great About Capitalism?