The University of Colorado Boulder has announced Thomas Krannawitter, Ph.D., as a finalist for the position of Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2015-16 academic year. Krannawitter will visit the CU-Boulder campus and give a talk titled 鈥淭he Problem of Slavery in the American Founding.鈥澨� He will explore what the existence of slavery in the early days of the United States, and efforts made to end it, tell us today about the American character.
Krannawitter will deliver his lecture, which is free and open to the public, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. in the Muenzinger Psychology and Biopsychology Building, room E0046.
Krannawitter, currently a Denver resident, received his Ph.D. in political science from the Claremont Graduate School in 2004 and B.A. degrees in communications and political science from Fort Hays State University in 1994.听
He is a specialist in American politics and political philosophy.听 He has taught at several universities and colleges, including Claremont McKenna College, Colorado Christian University, George Mason University and Hillsdale College, where he was named Professor of the Year in 2009.听
He also lectures regularly for the Leadership Program of the Rockies.听 From 2000 to 2005, Krannawitter was vice president of the Claremont Institute.听 Currently he is president of and recently launched Freedom Trust, a charitable organization providing fellowships for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences.
Krannawitter has published four books on American history and politics. His most recent book is titled 鈥溾�� (2014).
He is a frequent contributor to the editorial pages of U.S. newspapers and speaks widely on matters of civic education, politics, law and history.
The visiting scholar search committee is chaired by Keith Maskus, economics professor of distinction at the CU-Boulder College of Arts and Sciences. The committee includes both internal and external members.
The committee has been working to identify finalists for the visiting scholar position, which is a one-year appointment. The committee has sought 鈥渉ighly visible鈥� scholars who are 鈥渄eeply engaged in either the analytical scholarship or practice of conservative thinking and policymaking or both.鈥�
The Conservative Thought and Policy Program was launched in fall 2013 with the appointment of Steven Hayward as the inaugural visiting scholar. Bradley Birzer holds the position this year.
The Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy is a pilot program supported by private funds. More than 20 donors have raised $1 million to support the program.
Please click here to view the finalists for the 2015-16 academic year:
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Contact:
Keith Maskus, 303-492-7588
keith.maskus@colorado.edu
