The New Enlightenment Institute

for the Preservation and Advancement of Civil Democracy

Text Box: Cape Lyceum lectures are held at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA 
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Text Box:                       Past Cape Lyceum Lectures 2007-2009

July, 2007

“Aristotle, Jefferson and the Pursuit of Happiness”

 

Tom Gotsill

August, 2007

"Mapping the Future: Theater, Democracy, and Regenerating Community"

Karen Dowcett

September, 2007       

"Freedom, Desire, and Moral Responsibility in a Consumer Society"

Tom Gotsill

October, 2007

“What Does It Mean to be a Liberal? /                                                      

                        What Does It Mean to be a Conservative”                     

Larry Brown /Cynthia Stead

November, 2007       

“Community Colleges:Instruments for Social Justice”                                        

Dr. Kathleen

Schatzberg

 

Winter Recess

 

January, 2008            

At the Heart of the Culture Wars: Is Belief in God Necessary

to Live a Moral Life?                       

Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Rev. Rob Swanson

February, 2008           

“Schools in Crisis: Threat to a Democratic Society”

Ronald Wolk

March, 2008              

“The Changing Media Landscape and its Effect on an Informed Citizenry”

Paul Pronovost

April, 2008                

“American Transcendentalism: The Flowering of the Democratic Soul”

Tom Gotsill

May, 2008                 

“Race and Gender in Sports”                                            

Peter Roby

June, 2008

Open Mic Night

 

 

Summer Recess

 

August, 2008

“Doublespeak: The Misuse of Language  and Logic in Politics”                     

                                     

Tom Cathcart

September, 2008         

Seneca Falls: Its Intellectual Origins and  its Influence on the Women’s                               

 Rights Movement in America”

Susan Raidy-Klein

October, 2008            

“Corporate Personhood: Constitutional Rights and the Power to Govern”                                  

Mary Zepernick

November, 2008         

“What’s at Stake One?  Man’s View of the 2008 Presidential Election”

Larry Brown

 

Winter Recess

 

January, 2009        

 “Is Marriage a Civil Right?”

Erik Wikstrom

Kris Mineau

 February, 2009                      

Open Mic Night

 

April, 2009

“Solving Homelessness: A Measure of the Good Society”

Panel

May, 2009                

“Cape Cod Bay: America’s Ecological Frontier”            

Theresa Barbo

June 8, 2009

The Great American Novel”

Panel

 

                                                   Summer Recess

 

September, 2009       

“Soldiers’ Heart: Post-Traumatic Stress”

Dr. Benjamin Ianzito

October, 2009

“Educational Reform and Teacher Unions”

Panel

November, 2009

 “The Ethics of Euthanasia”

                                                   

Larry Brown

David Akin

 

                                                   Winter Recess