Understanding Conservatism. A public lecture on October 24, 2016

Philippe Labrecque

MPPPA, Class of 2014

In conversation with Dr. Travis D. Smith

Understanding Conservatism

Monday, October 24^th, 2016

4:15 pm

As part of his own intellectual and philosophical journey to make sense of current political discourse and debate, Philippe Labrecque, a young and enterprising journalist, interviewed leading conservative intellectuals—including Charles Krauthammer, Shelby Steele, Heather Mac Donald, Harvey C. Mansfield and Roger Scruton—to discover the essence, origins, state and future of conservatism. A unique and extensive overview of various facets of conservatism today in the midst of the Donald Trump surge, these interviews were published first in French as Comprendre le conservatisme (Liber, 2016) and subsequently in English as Conservatism in the 21st Century (available at www.onconservatism.com and on Kindle through amazon.com). Copies of his book will be available for purchase at the event for $23.

H 1220, Henry F. Hall Building

1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Philippe Labrecque has worked as a Market Research Analyst at Research On Investment since 2014. He has written pieces for Le Devoir, the Huffington Post, Revue Argument, The Commentator, and the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. He covered the French Presidential elections of 2012 for Radio Hauts-de-Rouen.

Travis D. Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science at Concordia University, where he teaches political theory. He is currently writing a book on classical ethics and popular culture.

For more information, contact: Travis Smith travis.smith@concordia.ca