FOURTH ANNUAL ABBEVILLE INSTITUTE SUMMER SCHOOL

              ATHE SOUTHERN AGRARIAN TRADITION=

      The Young-Sanders Center

   Franklin, LA, June 18-22, 2006

Sunday, June 18

5:00-6:30                     Registration and Conviviality, Forest Hotel (337) 828-1810

6:30-7:30                     Supper, The Young Sanders Center

7:30-                            AThe Greek and Roman Agrarian Traditions@ Dr. Thomas Fleming, President Rockford                                        Institute

Monday, June 19           

7:30-                               Breakfast, Forest Hotel

9:00-10:00                   AThomas Jefferson: Agrarianism and State=s RightsBPart I@ Prof. Marco Bassani, University of                   Milan

10:15-11:15                 AThomas Jefferson: Agrarianism and State=s RightsBPart II@ Prof. Marco Bassani, University of                   Milan

11:30-12:30                 AJohn Taylor of Caroline and the Nature of the American Union,@ Joseph Stromberg

12:30-l:30                    Dinner, Forest Hotel

Free Time

2:45-3:45                     AThe Political Economy of John Taylor of Caroline@ Joe Stromberg

4:00-5:00                     “Jefferson as Southerner” Tim Manning, University of South Carolina

5:15-6:45                     Seminar on I=ll Take My Stand

7:00-8:00                     Supper, Forest Hotel

8:00-                            APolitical Barbecues@ Prof. Sean Busick, Kentucky Wesleyan University, Forest Hotel

Tuesday, June 20           

7:30-                             Breakfast, Forest Hotel

9:00-10:00                   AAndrew Lytle, The Last of the Nashville Agrarians@ Prof. Bill Wilson, University of Virginia

10:15-11:15                 AUp At the Forks of the Creek: Agrarianism After Taylor@ Prof. Clyde Wilson,                                                         University of South Carolina

11:30-12:30                AAndrew Lytle and the Culture of Agriculture@ Prof. Bill Wilson, University of Virginia

12:30-1:30                   Dinner, Forest Hotel

Free Time

4:00-5:00                    AThe Aquinas of Agrarianism: M.E. Bradford@ Prof. Clyde Wilson, University of South                                         Carolina

5:15-6:45                     Seminar on I=ll Take My Stand

7:00-8:00                     Supper, Young-Sanders Center

8:00-                            Songs with the Celtic Harp, performed by Deborah Brinson   

Wednesday, June 21

7:30-                            Breakfast, Forest Hotel

9:00-10:00                 AWhat Cements Society?@ Prof. Peter Jones, Emeritus Director of the Institute for                                       Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh

10:15-11:15               AModern Gnosticism and the Agrarians@ Prof. Michael Goodloe, Christendom                                                       College

11:30-12:30               AThe Agrarianism of Wendell Berry@ Prof. Tobias Lanz, University of South                                                       Carolina

12:30-1:30                   Dinner, Forest Hotel

Free Time

3:30-5:00                     Seminar on I=ll Take My Stand

5:15-6:45                     Roundtable Discussion of The Southern Agrarian Tradition

6:45-                             Conviviality and Barbecue

Thursday, June 22                       

                                      Departure