The Rockford Institute and Chronicles announce an international convivium:

Venice and Ravenna: Gates to the East

March 27-April 4, 2008

Robert Browning is only one of a long list of great writers—from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Byron to Henry James, Thomas Mann, and Ernest Hemingway—who fell in love with Venice. Who wouldn’t go to Venice, if he had a chance to go in the company of congenial souls and to learn something about the amazing republic that challenged kingdoms and empires (while making a profit) and stood in the path of the Ottoman Turk? William McNeill called Venice “the hinge of Europe” because it was Venice, and before Venice, Ravenna, that connected Europe with the vital culture of the Byzantine Empire, a culture manifested in the domes and spires of San Marco and Ravenna’s exquisite mosaics (Italy’s finest).

In the spring of 2008, a few lucky people will join The Rockford Institute Convivium in Venice and Ravenna. Space is strictly limited, so, for more information, please make use of the comments on this page or call Institute Vice President Christopher Check at (815) 964-5811 for details or to reserve a place.

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On Friday, May 18, The Rockford Institute hosted a public lecture featuring Chronicles’ Executive Editor Scott P. Richert on “Pope Benedict XVI and Islam: Allah the Irrational.” Mr. Richert gave an in-depth analysis of Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial and oft-misunderstood Regensburg speech. Watch for an ad on this site for a CD recording of this important lecture.

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The Rockford Institute and Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture present: The 18th Annual Meeting of The John Randolph Club: “Speaking Truth To Power,” September 21-22, 2007, The Hotel Washington, 515 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Update: A limited number of rooms are available at the Hotel Washington at $169.00, single or double occupancy.

Call (202) 638-5900 and mention the John Randolph Club to receive the special rate.

Join Thomas Fleming, Srdja Trifkovic, Tom Landess, George McCartney, Peter Brimelow, Leon Hadar, David Hartman, Kirkpatrick Sale, Justin Raimondo, and Taki for candid debate on topics other conservative conferences refuse to touch:

—Stopping the Next Middle East War
—The Politics of Demonization
—The Capitalist Left
—Too Much Freedom

SPECIAL PRE-JRC PROGRAM: “Washington: Heroes and Villains”

On Thursday, September 20, join Ford’s Theatre docent Eric Martin on an off-the-beaten-path tour of Washington, followed by a private reception and dinner with The Hon. Walter Jones (R-NC), whose positions on the Iraq War, trade, and immigration have put him at odds with his party. Friday morning features a second sightseeing excursion followed by a luncheon talk on “Hidden Washington.” Continue Reading »

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Find out what this year’s reading list is, after the jump. Continue Reading »

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Join Chronicles editors Thomas Fleming, Scott P. Richert, and Aaron D. Wolf, Rockford Institute Vice President Christopher Check, and special guests Fr. Hugh Barbour, O.Praem., Prior of Saint Michael’s Abbey, Silverado, California; Dr. Donald Livingston, Professor of philosophy at Emory University; Dr. James Patrick, Chancellor of the College of Saint Thomas More in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 10-15, 2007, in Rockford, Illinois, as we take up the topic: “The Stuarts and the English Revolution.” Continue Reading »

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Join us in Rockford for a public lecture featuring Chronicles Executive Editor Scott P. Richert:

“Pope Benedict XVI and Islam: Allah the Irrational”

Friday, May 18, 2007, at 5:30 PM, at The Rockford Institute, 928 N. Main St., Rockford, Illinois.

A reception will follow the forum. Admission is $15.00 per person; $25.00 per couple. Undergraduates, high-school students, and clergymen, $1.00 each. Admission is payable at the door, but seating is limited. Please reserve a seat by calling Jan at (815) 964-5811, or send her an e-mail.

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