Tuesday, June 4, 2019
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
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Hauck Auditorium, David & Joan Traitel Building, Hoover Institution
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Established one hundred years ago by future president Herbert Hoover at his alma mater, Stanford University, the Hoover Institution marks its centennial in 2019. In recognition of this momentous occasion, a lecture series entitled A Century of Ideas for a Free Society was launched in March 2019 to showcase the rigorous scholarship and research central to the institution’s mission and values: individual, economic, and political freedom; private enterprise; and limited, effective representative government. These timeless and fundamental values are derived from one hundred years of scholarship, the lessons of history, and a fundamental understanding of the nature of war, revolution, and peace.
A Century of Ideas for a Free Society will both address a historic perspective and provide a prospective look into important public policies that impact our society.
Light refreshment reception to follow
JUNE 4
Battleground of Perception: Countering Threats to Free and Open Societies
Speakers: Larry Diamond, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, H. R. McMaster
Moderator:Niall Ferguson
Repression and authoritarianism are not merely phenomena of the historical past. Today, we are engaged in a fundamental battle of free and open societies against repressive, closed systems. This panel will address the nature of such threats and discuss the identities of freedom’s adversaries, their goals and strategies, and what can be done to defeat these threats across government, the private sector, academia, and civil society.
Upcoming Centennial Events:
JULY 18
The Big Three: Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill During the Second World War
Participants: David Kennedy, Stephen Kotkin, Andrew Roberts,
Moderator: Peter M. Robinson
AUGUST 20
Changing the Education Debate
Participants: Eric Hanushek, Terry Moe, Margaret Raymond, Paul Peterson
Moderator: Robert Pondiscio
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