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
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