Free and Open Societies Project
Introduction
The Free and Open Societies project I direct was established in July 2019 as a successor to the Economic, Legal, and Political Foundations of Free Societies program I co-directed with (now Emeritus) Professor Steve Margolis (Economics) from 2004-19. The new project is supported by grants from the John William Pope Foundation and Charles Koch Foundation. The goal is to encourage discussion, analysis, and teaching of ideas central to free and open societies--ideas developed and advocated by political and economic theorists and philosophers like John Locke, Adam Smith, and John Stuart Mill. It supports a variety of activities, most of which began with the "Foundations of Free Societies" program and the related "Programs in the Classical Liberal Tradition". FOSP was named an American Council of Trustees and Alumni "Oasis of Excellence" in September 2023. ACTA's press release is here.
2. Activities
John W. Pope Annual Lecture (Spring semester); Bill of Rights Lecture (Fall semester) -- Past lectures & lecturers
Society for Politics, Economics, and the Law (student group, founded in 2004) -- SPEL Annual Activities; SPEL Twitter Feed; latest SPEL Meeting
Courses: PS 463 Public Choice and Political Institutions, PS 464 The Classical Liberal Tradition, PS TBD The Conservative Tradition in the West
Regional Seminar & PPE Seminar, Public Policy/Stroup Seminar, and Great Books Seminar
Undergraduate Research & Program Assistantships
3. Give
To support free speech, open inquiry, and viewpoint diversity at NC State you can give to FOSP. Contact me for details: ataylor@ncsu.edu
4. Partners
John Locke Foundation see here for Internships
Classical Liberals of the Carolinas
Philosophy, Politics and Economics at UNC & Duke
Center for Public Choice and Market Process (College of Charleston)