REAGAN:  A CENTENARY RETROSPECTIVE

October 2-5, 2011

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth and the 30th anniversary of his first inauguration.  His principles and achievements have a special relevance today, in a nation divided over its future direction.

This first CCA of the 2011-2012 academic year will consider the life, principles and achievements of the 40th President of the United States.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

4:00 p.m.       “The Three Campaigns”
                     Craig Shirley
                     Shirley & Banister Public Affairs
                     Author, Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign 
                     that Changed America

8:00 p.m.       “At the Beginning:  Reagan’s ‘Time for Choosing’ Speech”
                     Peter M. Robinson
                     Hoover Institution
                     Author, How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3

4:00 p.m.       “Reagan and Communism in Hollywood”
                     Ronald Radosh
                     Hudson Institute
                     Author, Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony’s Long Romance
                     with the Left

8:00 p.m.       “Reagan on Economics”
                     Phil Gramm
                     Former U.S. Senator

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4

4:00 p.m.       “The Education of Ronald Reagan”
                     Steven Hayward
                     American Enterprise Institute
                     Author, The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution,
                     1980-1989

8:00 p.m.       “Reagan and the End of the Cold War”
                     Elliott Abrams
                     Assistant Secretary of State, 1981-89

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

4:00 p.m.       Faculty Roundtable
                     Paul Moreno, Chairman
  

All Speakers Confirmed