The Frankin Junto Reading Group provides a forum in which faculty and students can join together to discuss ideas surrounding the themes of liberty, freedom, statesmanship, citizenship, and free markets. The reading groups promote an environment where thoughts are challenged and faculty and students can interact in an informal setting.
Past Reading Groups Include:
- Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind
Moderator: Professor John-Paul Spiro
Fall 2012 - George Orwell, 1984
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Oberrider
Spring 2012 - Russell Kirk, Essential Russell Kirk
Moderator: Dr. James Wilson
Fall 2011- Spring 2012 - Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy
Moderator: Professor John-Paul Spiro
Fall 2011- Spring 2012 - Friedrich von Hayek
Moderator: Professor Robert T. Miller
Spring 2011 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
Moderator: Professor Fabrice Beland
Spring 2011 - Sebastian Heffner, Defying Hitler
Moderator: Professor Fabrice Beland
Fall 2010 - Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
Moderator: Professor Robert T. Miller
Fall 2010 - Cicero, The Laws
Moderator: Dr. Brian T. Satterfield
Spring 2010 - Plato, Charmides
Moderator: Dr. Brian T. Satterfield
Spring 2008
