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13:00 - 13:30 Business Meeting of the Vanenburg Society (also open to those who have attended at
least one prior Vanenburg Meeting)
During this time, we invite our new friends to take a short tour of the monastery.
13:30 - 14:00 Word of welcome by Ryszard Legutko (Poland): “Liberalism and Its Discontents”
Moderator: Jonathan Price (USA/The Netherlands) N.B. Opening by JP: idea of meeting
is to formulate a short statement on liberalism by the members of the meeting.
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15:50 - 17:15 Session 2: “Conserving Liberalism?: Conservatism and Classical Liberalism”
17:30 - 18:30 Session 3: “Liberalism in the Western Church: Catholic and Protestant”
What have the effects of religious liberalism been both within and without the Western
churches?
Speech: Announcement of new members of the Vanenburg Society and plan for the
coming year by the Secretary of the Vanenburg Society. The principles of the CER will be
briefly addressed.
09:00 - 10:30 Session 4: "Interpreting the 'Liberal' in Liberal Arts: On Liberalism in Education”
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Moderator: Ryszard Legutko (Poland)
Economics is often the first thing that the word “liberalism” brings to mind. Where does
conservatism stand vis-à-vis liberal economic theory and practice?
14:15 - 15:30 The State of the Nations: Italy, Sweden, Hungary (10-15 minutes each)
20:00 – 21:00 After dinner speech: "Retrofuterism: On the Retarded Nature of Sacred Architecture"
Some notes on church architecture and the experience as a church architect and the role
of community building this process had in Romania.
21:45 – 22:30 The State of the Nations: The Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria
10:30 – 12:00 Closing session: “Ways Forward for Conservatism in a Liberal Age”
15:00 – 17:00 Choral concert at the monastery, to which all attendees are invited
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