The Ashbrook Center and Liberty Fund are proud to announce a series of four seminars for teachers of American history or government. These seminars will explore the meaning of liberty in the U.S. Constitution by focusing on the debates over ratification and the origins of the Bill of Rights.
These seminars have been renewed for the 2011-12 academic year. Four seminars will be offered during the 2011-2012 academic year and each will be held in the states that were at the center of the ratification debates over the U.S. Constitution: New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Virginia. A total of seventy-two teachers — eighteen at each site — will be chosen to participate in the program.
Each seminar will begin on Friday afternoon and conclude on Sunday afternoon. With the exception of travel to and from, the seminar will be available at no cost to the teachers. Participating teachers will receive a $425 travel and expense stipend.
The four seminars will be held at the following sites and will be led by these scholars:
Liberty and the Constitution: The Virginia Ratifying Convention, Richmond, Virginia
(Friday, October 7, 2011 to Sunday, October 9, 2011)
Discussion Leader: David Carrithers, Professor of Government, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Applications were due by June 24, 2011
Reading ListLiberty and the Constitution: The Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Friday, March 2, 2012 to Sunday, March 4, 2012)
Discussion Leader: Carey Roberts, Associate Professor of History and Political Science, Arkansas Tech University
Applications were due by November 1, 2011
Reading ListLiberty and the Constitution: The Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, Boston, Massachusetts
(Friday, March 16, 2012 to Sunday, March 18, 2012)
Discussion Leader: Todd Estes, Associate Professor of History, Oakland University
Applications were due by November 1, 2011
Reading ListLiberty and the Constitution: The New York Ratifying Convention, West Point, New York
(Friday, March 30, 2012 to Sunday, April 1, 2012)
Discussion Leader: Ken Grasso, Professor of Political Science, Texas State University
Applications were due by November 1, 2011
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