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EIGHTH ANNUAL ABBEVILLE
SCHOLARS' CONFERENCE
State Nullification, Secession,
and the Human Scale of Political Order
Francis Marion Hotel (843) 722- 0600
Charleston, South Carolina • February,
4-7, 2010
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| Thursday, Feb. 4 |
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| 2:30 PM |
Assemble in hotel lobby at 2:30
for walk to view South Carolina Secession Banner
and Ordinance of Secession at South Carolina Historical Society,
100 Meeting Street |
| 4:30-5:30 |
Registration, the Gold Ballroom |
| 5:30-6:30 |
Reception and Finger Food Supper |
| 6:30-7:30 |
“An Indissoluble Union: the
Ultimate Nonsequitur,” Kent Masterson
Brown, Constitutional Lawyer and Historian |
| 7:30-8:30 |
“The Founding Fathers of Constitutional
Subversion,” Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo, Economics,
Loyola University, Maryland |
| Friday, Feb. 5 |
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| 7:30-8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:30 |
“Recovering Self-Government: Obstacles to Secession,” Prof. Clyde Wilson, History, Distinguished Emeritus, University of South Carolina |
| 9:30-10:30 |
“Money, Mischief and the March of Centralization” Lawrence Reed, President, Foundation for Economic Education |
| 10:30-11:30 |
“Get the State Out: Moving Beyond State-Centered Discussions of Federalism,” Prof. Kyle Scott, Political Science, University of Houston |
| 12:00-2:00 PM |
Luncheon reception at Washington Light Infantry Armory |
| 2:00-3:30 |
Tour of secession artifacts at United Daughters of the Confederacy Museum |
| 5:30-6:30 |
Finger Food Supper |
| 6:30-7:30 |
“Too Big to Fail? Lessons from the Demise of the Soviet Union,” Prof. Yuri Maltsev, Economics, Carthage College |
| 7:30-8:30 |
“State’s Rights versus National
Wrongs: The Tenth Amendment Awakening,
the Supreme Court be Damned” Prof. Marshall
DeRosa,
Political Science, Florida Atlantic University |
| Saturday, Feb. 6 |
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| 7:30-8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:30 |
“The Vermont Village Green: An Alternative to Empire,” Prof. Thomas Naylor, Economics, Emeritus, Duke University |
| 9:30-10:30 |
“To the Size of States there is a Limit”:The Human Scale of Secession,” Kirkpatrick Sale, author and Founder Middlebury Institute |
| 10:30-11:30 |
“Secession, the Founding Principle of American
Republicanism,” Prof. Donald Livingston,
Philosophy, Emory University |
| 11:30 AM -4:30 PM |
Free Time |
| 4:30-5:00 |
Coffee |
| 5:00-6:00 |
“Foundations of Civil Society: Decorum, Scale, and Conversation,”
Prof. Peter Jones, Emeritus Director, The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, the University of Edinburgh and Fellow The Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| 6:00-7:30 |
Banquet |
| 7:30- |
Round Table Discussion with Speakers |
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