The Webcast Link for Our 2014 Fall Conference Is Now Live!

The Hannah Arendt Center's seventh annual fall conference "The Unmaking of Americans: Are There Still American Values Worth Fighting For?" is upon us. The conference will run from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on both Thursday and Friday, October 9-10 in Olin Hall at Bard College!

We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us for this exciting two-day event! If you cannot, never fear! You can watch the entire conference via webcast, the link for which is now live:

http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=bard

Please click on the link anytime beginning at 10:00 am Thursday and 10:00 am Friday to watch Lawrence Lessig, Charles Murray, George Packer, Zephyr Teachout, Anand Giridharadas, Ann Lauterbach, Joan Richardson, Kendall Thomas, Amity Shlaes, Kennan Ferguson, Jerry Kohn, Leon Botstein, Drucilla Cornell, Philipp K. Howard, Jim Sleeper, David Bromwich, Robert Post, and others discuss American exceptionalism and the future of the American ideal.  You can read more about the conference here and view a full schedule here.

(NOTE: Students who watch our webcast are eligible for participation in this year's Thinking Challenge and two $500 prizes! Learn more here.)

Can't make it to Bard College for the conference? Along with the Bard Debate Union, Bard-West Point Exchange, and the International Debate Education Association, we are co-sponsoring a public debate on the power of individualism as an American value TONIGHT, Tuesday, October 7th at 7:00 pm at Bard College. Please click here to learn more!

Thank you! We hope all of you enjoy our conference!