SCETL Civic Discourse Project Spring Conference
Event description
- Academic events
- Free
- Open to the public
Each year, the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL) hosts an annual conference to invite scholars, prominent writers and speakers to come together each spring to discuss the school’s annual speaker series topic.
The theme for the 2023-24 season of the Civic Discourse Project is "Civics, Patriotism, and America's Prospects." Speakers will offer views on the prospect for the United States as a self-governing republic when surveys indicate a minority of Americans under 30 feel pride in the country or value living in a constitutional democracy. Can there be a healthy democratic republic without patriotic civic education? What are the prospects for a reflective patriotism that combines loyalty with criticism and reasoned debate? This theme allows SCETL and the CDP to foster a high-level debate about alarming trends in civic culture and education, while also incorporating topics addressing the upcoming 250th anniversary of 1776 -- America 250.
Event contact
Janelle Nasief
jnasief1@mainex1.asu.edu
Date
Friday, February 23, 2024
Time
8:30 am – 6:15 pm (MST)
Cost