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

 

 

January, 2010

 

April, 2010

 

May, 2010

                                                   Winter Recess

 

“We Hold These Truths: Inside the Most Important Sentence Ever Written” 

 

 “Can Science and Religion Co-exist?”

 

“Understanding Islam: Myths and Realities”

 

 

Tom Gotsill

 

Erik Wikstrom

 

Abdul H. Raoof