The Creation of Liberal Democracy: Did It Happen in Philadelphia by Accident? _ by Foreign Policy Research Institute

A Webcast free and open to the public from FPRI's Butcher History Institute

On Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 the Foreign Policy Research Institute will be hosting 40 pre-selected teachers for a conference on the Creation of Liberal Democracy. FPRI is pleased to make the entire conference available to educators and the public at large live via streaming video. The conference will be webcast in three sessions each of which must be linked to separately.

Complete agenda and links are provided below.
All videos will be posted on  www.fpri.org, after the conference.

The Creation of Liberal Democracy:
Did It Happen in Philadelphia by Accident?

September 28-29, 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sponsored by
FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
and FPRI’s Center for the Study of America and the West

Once upon a time, Philadelphia made a historic contribution to the world and to the development of freedom. The question “Did it happen in Philadelphia by accident?” gives us an opportunity to explore what precisely happened here in the pre-revolutionary and revolution periods; to ascertain the cultural, political and economic prerequisites to the development of liberal societies; and to weigh the lessons for the historic transitions of our time and for the US “export” of democracy. To assist in grappling with these issues, we have assembled scholars who have made unique contributions in this field.

All times Eastern Time

Saturday, September 28
Session I Webcast:
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/5077589/events/2392504

8:50 am Welcoming Remarks
Ronald J. Granieri, Executive Director, FPRI’s Center for the Study of America and the West

9:00 am William Penn and Benjamin Franklin: Visions of a Free Society and Foreign Policy
Walter McDougall, Chair, FPRI Center for the Study of America and the West, and Alloy Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania

10:30 am Quaker Philadelphia and The Development of Pluralism
Alan Tully, Chair of the History Department and Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professorship in American History at University of Texas

12:45 pm Philadelphia as an Intellectual Center
Bruce Kuklick, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania

2:15 pm Philadelphia as the Financial/Business Center of the 13 Colonies
Thomas Doerflinger, 1987 Bancroft prize winner in History for A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise

Saturday, September 28
Session II Webcast:
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/5077589/events/2392555

7:00 p.m. Why the Pursuit of Happiness?
Alan Charles Kors, Henry Charles Lea Professor of European History at the University of Pennsylvania/FPRI

Sunday, September 29
Session III Webcast:
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/5077589/events/2392512

8:30 How Philadelphia became a Manufacturing Center
Walter Licht, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania

9:45 The Declaration of Independence: A Global History
David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Harvard University

11:15 Transitions to Democracy: A Guide for the 21st Century
Ambassador Adrian Basora, Director, FPRI Project on Democratic Transitions