Benson Center Newsletter - October 2024

The question of legal restrictions on artistic expression has long been debated, but the question of private censorship in the arts is much less well understood. Jonathan Keeperman (founder and CEO of Passage Press) will argue that private censorship in the arts is a pervasive and urgent problem whose ultimate solution is the development of independent and non-monopolistic creative economies.

Wednesday, October 23 | 5:30 - 7 pm MT | Wolf law, room 206 | 2450 Kittredge Loop Dr. Boulder, CO 80309

In-person and live-streamed. The event is free, registration is required. 

The technological mindset seems to have at its core an anxiety about how we can know the world. By contrast, there is a boldness in entrusting oneself to that which one cannot make oneself, or fully grasp. It is the spirit of serious play.  

VSCTP Patrick Deneen moderates a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Matthew Crawford (Ph.D., University of Chicago). 

Monday, November 11 | 5:30 - 7 pm MT | Kittredge Central, N114 C&D | 2480 Kittredge Loop Rd. Boulder, CO 80309

In-person and live-streamed. The event is free, registration is required. 

Do women really get paid 30% less than men for the same work? Do American police regularly murder unarmed black men just for being black? Is global warming really going to destroy human civilization? CU Boulder Professor Michael Huemer addresses these and other questions about the state of our society. A sober look at the evidence reveals that many factual claims used to support progressive political views are false, exaggerated, or radically misleading.

Wednesday, November 13 | 5:30 - 7 pm MT | Wolf Law, room 207 | 2450 Kittredge Loop Dr. Boulder, CO 80309

In-person and live-streamed. The event is free, registration is required. 

Patrick Deneen, the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, joined Colorado Public Radio (CPR) on October 1^st to talk about liberalism’s shortcomings, academia and JD Vance. Read and listen to his full interview.

Join Professor Deneen at his first Benson Center event on November 11^th titled, The Boldness of Belief and the Timidity of Technology with Matthew Crawford.

Benson Center Faculty Fellow Benjamin Teitelbaum named by Radio France as one of the 100 new thinkers and experts in international relations.