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Upcoming:

• Virtues of Objectivism — London, November 19-20
  
  • Site: Royal Horseguard Hotel, Whitehall, London, UK. Map
    Speaker: William Thomas, TOC Director of Programs.
    Early registration deadline: October 24. Register online here.
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• 2006 Summer Seminar
  
  • Date: July 1-8, 2006. Location: the campus of Chapman University.
  • The Chapman campus is located in Orange, California, close to Orange County/John Wayne Airport, Disneyland, Huntingdon Beach, and of course everything else in the Los Angeles area. The Seminar program and registration information will be available in early 2006.
  • Summer Seminar 2006 Request for Proposals
  • Proposals for presentations are due November 15, 2005. More information
  
  
  
• Objectivist Travelers
  
  • Do you love to travel? Wouldn't it be even more fun to see the most exciting places in the world in the company of people who share your philosophical viewpoint? The Objectivist Travelers organizes globe-trotting trips for rational individualists. Take a vacation from irrationality!
  • Upcoming trips include Greece and Pennsylvania.
  
  
  

Most Recent:

• Graduate Seminar in Objectivist Philosophy and Method
  The Graduate Seminar is a special week of lectures, discussions, and workshops designed for graduate students, junior faculty, and post-doctoral scholars of philosophy and related fields. TOC founder David Kelley, Ph.D. is the lead instructor for this intimate and intensive week of intellectual development. Instruction varies from year-to-year, but generally focuses on the content of Objectivism, the relation of Objectivism to non-Objectivist scholarly literature, the distinctive Objectivist method of philosophical analysis, and writing and speaking skills.
• Next Graduate Seminar: July 31-August 5, 2005, Washington, D.C.



• 2005 Summer Seminar
  
  • TOC's 2005 Summer Seminar will be held July 9-16 on the campus of Union College, in Schenectady, NY.
  • Full conference information and program available now!
  
  
  
• TOC Fall Conference: Success: What it Is and What it Takes — New York City, October 30, 2004
• Conference Program
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• Distance-Learning Seminar in Objectivism — Fall 2004.
  • More information at Objectivist Studies
  
  
  
• TOC/Cato Conference: Lessons from the Iraq War: Reconciling Liberty and Security — Washington, D.C., October 22, 2004



• Graduate Seminar in Objectivist Philosophy and Method — Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 31 - August 7, 2004.
  • More information at Objectivist Studies
  
  
  
• 2004 Summer Seminar:
  
  
  • 2004 Summer Seminar — University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 3-10, 2004.
    • Summer Seminar Brochure  [PDF Brochure 974 KB]
    • Secure Online Registration
    
    
    
  • 2004 Advanced Seminar In Objectivist Studies — University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 30 - July 2, 2004.
    • Information and Application
      
      
• What Are Western Values & Should We Return to Them?
  Policy Forum in DC on June 3, 2004.
  
  
• Spring Conference: The Values of Capitalism —Las Vegas, Nevada, April 17, 2004
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• Islam in America and American Values: Are They Compatible?
  Policy Forum in DC on November 13.
  
  • Report on Forum
  
  
  
• A Meeting of Minds — Fall Conference in New York City, November 1, 2003
  • Conference Program
  
  
  
• The Future of the U.S. Postal Service -- October 2, 2003
  
  • Hudgins to host DC forum.
    
    
• 2003 Summer Seminar, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, June 28- July 5, 2003.
  • Summer Seminar Brochure  [PDF Brochure 373 KB]
  
  
  
• 2003 Advanced Seminar in Objectivist Studies, June 25 - June 28, 2003.
  • Brochure and Schedule (PDF 52KB)
  • Advanced Seminar Papers and Discussion
    
    
• March 8, 2003: What America Should Stand For
  • David Kelley in Tempe, AZ will speak about the principles at the core of the American way of life and explain why our values are rejected—by allies in Europe as well as enemies in al Qaeda.