We invite you to join the National Association of Scholars tomorrow at 2 pm ET for a discussion on the rise of contemporary social justice ideologies. We also invite you to join us on March 9th at 2 pm ET for a discussion on how the elevator changed architecture and building practices, and join us on March 10th at 3 pm ET for a discussion on preserving American ideals and free speech from DEI.

More on our upcoming webinars and additional events:

Join the National Association of Scholars on Tuesday, March 7th at 2 pm ET for "Diversity: A Managerial Ideology." 

“Diversity is the reigning social and political ideal of our age. It is the public ideology of the country’s most powerful state and business institutions.” Thus begins political scientist Darel Paul in his 2018 article, “Diversity: A Managerial Ideology,” a perceptive account of the reigning orthodoxy in higher education and all other elite institutions.

This event will feature Darel Paul, a professor of political science at William College, author of From Tolerance to Equality: How Elites Brought America to Same-Sex Marriage, and a self-described scholar of contemporary elite ideologies. He will be joining the Right Ideas series to discuss his work on the rise of contemporary social justice ideologies. 

To learn more about the event, click here. 

Join the National Association of Scholars on Thursday, March 9th at 2 pm ET for "American Innovation: Transforming the Skyline—The Elevator."

The first elevators were a curiosity. In fact, the very first passenger elevator stopped operating after just three years because patrons didn't trust it. Thanks to the innovations of industrialist Elisha Otis, however, the elevator was eventually embraced by the American public, permanently transforming the skyline of America's biggest cities.

How did Elisha Otis change the public perception of the elevator? What role did elevators play in revolutionizing American architecture and city planning?

This event will feature Andreas Bernard, guest scientist at the Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (ICAM) at Leuphana University; and Stephen Nichols, author of "The Evolution of Elevators: Physical-Human Interface, Digital Interaction, and Megatall Buildings."

To learn more about the event, click here. 

Join the National Association of Scholars on Friday, March 10th at 3 pm ET for "Pushing Back: The Renegade Institute."

In California, the Kern Community College District (KCCD) has imposed an aggressive DEI agenda on its constituent colleges. Included in this is the creation of courses that some have compared more to political indoctrination and activist recruitment than to scholarship.

In response, a group of faculty at Bakersfield College banded together to form the Renegade Institute for Liberty at Bakersfield College, which describes itself as “dedicated to the pursuit of free speech, open inquiry [and] critical thinking to advance American ideals … of meritocracy, civic virtue, liberty of conscience and free markets.” For their opposition to the DEI agenda, members of the Renegade Institute drew the ire of the Trustees of the KCCD, leading one trustee to compare them to rogue cattle that have to be “culled.” The Renegade Institute pushed back … hard.

This event will feature Joe Saldivar, Ximena Da Silva Tavares, and Timothy Plett, who are professors of, respectively, biology, chemistry, and physics at Bakersfield College, and are members of the Renegade Institute. They will be our guests for the March 10, 2023 episode of Restoring the Sciences.

To learn more about the event, click here. 

Our affiliates are also hosting an event next week! On Thursday, March 16, at 4 pm PDT, the California Association of Scholars is hosting a reception at the Berkeley Faculty Club. Be sure to join if you live in the Berkeley area! You can register for this event by clicking here.

If you can't attend our webinar 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/@NAScholars/streams.

I look forward to seeing you in the virtual audience!
 

Best,
Chance Layton
Director of Communications
National Association of Scholars