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The Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization at the ���񱦵� kicks off its 2019-20 Conservative Thought and Policy Guest Speaker Series on September 19, 2019 with a lecture by Diana Schaub, “Booker T. Washington and the Lessons of Lincoln.” African American leaders from Frederick Douglass through Barack Obama have invoked Abraham Lincoln to further their own moral vision and statesmanship. The lecture will examine how Booker T. Washington deployed the example and memory of Lincoln as he sought to further the difficult work of racial reconciliation during an era of terrible and increasing racial oppression. The lecture starts at 5:30 PM in Eaton Humanities 250.

About the Series

The Benson Center promotes critical reflection on the distinctive traditions and political perspectives that characterize Western civilization. It encourages residents of Colorado and the United States to more fully understand and appreciate their past, their future and a free and creative American society within an international environment. Conservative Thought and Policy Guest Speakers bring a unique perspective as guests of the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy program. This year’s series, the “American National Character Project” expands on the Benson Center’s 2019-20 theme, American Identities.

About the Speaker

Diana Schaub is professor of political science at Loyola University Maryland and a visiting scholar in the Social, Cultural and Constitutional Studies department at the American Enterprise Institute. A past member of the Hoover Institution’s Task Force on the Virtues of a Free Society, she also served as the Garwood Teaching Fellow at Princeton University in 2011-12 and Visiting Professor of Political Theory in the Government Department at Harvard University in 2018. From 2004 to 2009 she was a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics.

Students, faculty, and members of the public are encouraged to attend the free public lecture, which will be followed by a Q&A session and reception. Preregistration recommended but not required. Please