Happy Thanksgiving week! Before you bring out the turkey, join us tomorrow for a discussion of Owen Wister's The Virginian. Plus, tune in after the holiday weekend for webinars on Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and the political thought of Michael Oakeshott.

More on our upcoming webinars:

Join NAS TOMORROW at 2 pm ET for a discussion of Owen Wister's The Virginian.

“When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.”

What makes The Virginian a great American novel? How did the novel pave the way for what would become the western of Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour? Who influenced Wister's writings, and who did his writings influence?

The webinar will feature Blake Allmendinger, Professor of American Literature at the Univesrity of California, Los Angeles; Richard W. Etulain, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico; Alan Weltzien, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Montana Western.

The discussion will be moderated by Gary Scharnhorst, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico.

To learn more about the event, click here. 

Join NAS next Tuesday, November 29, at 2 pm ET for a discussion of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.

“My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.”

What makes The Maltese Falcon a great American novel? Who influenced Hammett's writings, and who did his writings influence?

The webinar will feature Tom Devine, Professor of History at California State University, Northridge; Martin Edwards, Archivist of the Crime Writers' Association and President of the Detection Club; and Cynthia Hamilton, Professor Emerita in American Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool Hope University.

The discussion will be moderated by David Randall, Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars.

To learn more about the event, click here. 

Join NAS next Thursday, December 1, at 2 pm ET for "Right Ideas: Michael Oakeshott."

"To be conservative ... is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss." So wrote Michael Oakeshott in his 1956 essay "On Being Conservative."

Michael Oakeshott (1911–1990) was an English philosopher and political theorist, whose long career as a scholar helped define a distinctive vision of conservative thought.

This "Right Ideas" webinar will feature a discussion between Baylor professor of political science Elizabeth Corey and NAS fellow John Sailer on the work and relevance of this unique scholar.

To learn more about the event, click here. 

If you can't attend the events live, you can still register to watch the recordings. All registrants will receive a follow-up email with a link to the recording shortly after each event.

If you have missed any of our past events or webinars, you may find all of our recordings here: https://www.youtube.com/user/NAScholars/videos.

I look forward to seeing you in the virtual audience!
 

Best,
Chance Layton
Director of Communications
National Association of Scholars