“Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment” Book Launch
Montesquieu, Hume, Smith and Ferguson
Author-Meets-Critics Roundtable
Littlefield Home (second floor) 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Chair: Lee Ward (Baylor University)
Critics: Jeffrey Church (University of Houston); Luke Foster (University of Notre Dame); Nathaniel Gilmore (University of Texas at Austin); Thomas Pangle (University of Texas at Austin) ; Andrea Radasanu (Northern Illinois University)
Author’s Response: Constantine Vassiliou (The Civitas Institute, UT Austin)
Book Launch–Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment
Littlefield Home (second floor)
5:30 pm Reception: French Wine (Chateau de Rochemorin, Montesquieu’s former Estate) & hors d’oeuvres
6:10 pm Welcome Remarks by Justin Dyer (Civitas Institute, Director)
6:15 pm Presentation: “Montesquieu: The Entrepreneurial Vigneron” by Charlie Leary (PhD Cornell University), Wine Historian; Circle of Wine Writers—Member
6:30 pm Lee Ward’s Introductory Remarks
6:35 pm Author’s Presentation: Constantine Vassiliou
6:50 pm Q&A
7:10 Wine Reception Cont.
7:30 Close
RSVP for the Book Launch here https://bit.ly/Constantinebook
Join either session via Zoom
https://utexas.zoom.us/j/99948454605
Meeting ID: 999 4845 4605
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