It is important to have good ideas, but it is just as important to be able to express those ideas. At the ISI Summer School “Arguing Conservatism: Rhetoric and Debate,” students will study three major tensions within the conservative movement–foreign policy, postliberalism, and federalism–led by subject matter experts. Through a series of lectures, discussion groups, and debates, students will explore not only the ideas that shape conservativism but the rhetoric involved in communicating those ideas. At the end of each day, students will have a chance to model their new skills in a judged debate.
The full list of faculty and debate mentors will be announced soon.
This week-long program will take place at ISI’s newly completed Linda Bean Conference Center located in the rolling countryside just outside Wilmington, Delaware. Meals and lodging will be provided, but accepted students are responsible for their own travel.