EVENTS

School of Civic Leadership Events

The School of Civic Leadership and the Civitas Institute regularly bring world-class academics and public intellectuals to the University of Texas at Austin campus for lectures, debates, and other gatherings.

Aug

06

SCL Virtual Information Session

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Online

Aug

07

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Aug

07

SCL In-Person Information Session

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Littlefield Home

Sep

05

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Sep

24

Unlocking Housing Supply: Market-Driven Solutions for Growing Communities

4:30 - 7:30 pm

Thompson Conference Center Oaks Room

Oct

03

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Oct

16-18

Teaching the Twentieth Century: Communism and Dissent

Time TBA

University of Texas at Austin; Venue TBA

Nov

07

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Dec

01

Foucault and Liberal Political Economy

4:00 pm

Littlefield Home

Past Events

Jul

28-30

Summer Symposium for Teachers at UT-Austin

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Littlefield Home, The School of Civic Leadership

Jul

25

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Jun

04

Liberty in the Balance: Classical Liberal Perspectives on the Trump Era

5:00 - 8:00 pm

Lecture Room, Panmure House

May

25

SCL In-Person Information Session

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Littlefield Home

May

23

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

May

21

SCL Virtual Information Session

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Online

Apr

25

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Apr

25

SCL School of Civic Leadership Information Session

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Littlefield Home

Apr

23

SCL Virtual Information Session

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Online

Apr

16

Austin Symposium on Economic Dynamism

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Littlefield Home

Apr

11

SCL Admitted Student Information Session

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Littlefield Home

Apr

10

Political Order and the Spartan Ideal

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Littlefield Home

Apr

03

Braver Angels Debate: DOGE – Mostly Good or Mostly Bad?

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Eastwoods Room, Texas Union

Mar

28

SCL In-Person Information Session

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Littlefield Home

Mar

27

American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Mar

26

SCL Virtual Information Session

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Online

Mar

25

The Stoics on Simultaneous Mental Conflict

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Littlefield Home

Mar

20-21

Conference: Free Societies in Crisis

Thursday from 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM; Friday from 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM

Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.) at UT Austin

Mar

13

Classic Liberal Thought: The World According to Richard Epstein

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

University of Texas at Austin Law School, Room 2.137

Mar

11

Braver Angels Debate: Are DEI Policies More Beneficial Than Harmful?

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Francis Auditorium, UT Austin School of Law

Mar

11

The Pros and Cons of a Universal Basic Income with Matt Zwolinski

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. CDT

Robert A. Welch Hall at UT Austin (105 East 24th Street Austin, TX 78712)

Mar

11

Chrysippus and the Embodied Mind

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Littlefield Home

Mar

06-07

Emerging Scholars Conference in Public Law: 10-Year Anniversary

Thursday from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM; Friday from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Thompson Conference Center | 2405 Robert Dedman Drive

Mar

06

At the Frontlines: Recent Court Battles Over Executive Power

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Littlefield Home

Feb

28

SCL Freedom & Virtue Seminar

8:30 - 11:00 am

Littlefield Home

Feb

27

State Courts, Constitutions, and Abortion Policymaking After Dobbs

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Littlefield Home

Feb

21

SCL Information Session

11:15 am - 12:00 pm

Littlefield Home

Feb

21

SCL External Student Transfer Information Session

12:15 - 1:00 pm

Littlefield Home

Nov

20

Aristotle on Acrasia

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.)

Nov

15

Agency and Rule in Aristotle’s Politics with Dhananjay Jagannathan

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.)

Nov

14

U.S. Trade Policy in the Next Administration

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.)

Oct

28

Natural Law and Just Society: Perspectives from the Chinese Tradition

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Sep

17

Keeping the Republic: A Constitution Day Lecture with Marc Landy

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Littlefield Home (302 W. 24th St.)

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