RECLAIMING CLASSICAL EDUCATION II. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND BOOK LAUNCH
On June 2nd 2025, the Learning Institute at Mathias Corvinus Collegium, in conjunction with the Ordo Iuris Institute for Legal Culture in Poland, will hold a one day conference in Warsaw. This international event will continue a discussion begun in Brussels in early 2024, which aimed to revive an interest in classical education in light of a renewed crisis facing schools and universities across the Western world.
In a declaration produced in Brussels, contributors defined classical education as a rigorous system of education that is content-heavy and based on an appreciation of the best of human culture from Socrates to David Hume and Shakespeare to Goethe. This classical approach has been followed by generations of people, from Ancient Rome right through the rise of industrial society and beyond.
The knowledge-based curriculum assumes that a child needs to know the facts about their world before they can develop their critical faculties. Classical education trains children in the foundations of human knowledge and understanding so that, as they grow and mature, they can develop their ability to observe, analyse and question, compare their understanding with others, and engage in dialogue and debate.
Participants, from countries across Europe and North America, expanded upon these ideas in Reclaiming Classical Education, an edited volume which will be published by MCC Press in Spring 2025. Among them are teachers, university professors, academic researchers and policymakers; all share a concern with the current state of education. The Warsaw conference will bring the authors together once more and mark the launch of this new book.
The conference will offer insight into the problems currently facing our schools and universities and suggest a more positive future for education. It will also provide an opportunity to celebrate the publication of Reclaiming Classical Education.
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8:25-8:55
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Registration
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8:55-9:10
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Jerzy Kwaśniewski, MCC Leadership
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9:10-9:22
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János Setényi, Director of the Learning Institute
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9:22-9:34
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Artur Górecki, Director of the Ordo Iuris Educational Centre
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9:34-10:34
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Thibaud Gibelin, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Artúr Górecki, Szabolcs Nagypál, Moderator: Áron Fekete
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10:34-10:54
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Coffee break
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10:54-11:06
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Nicholas Tate, Historian, author of the "Conservative Case for Education"
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11:06-12:06
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Cornelis Schilt, Joanna Williams, Nicholas Tate, Alex Standish, Piotr Kaznowski, Moderator: Richárd Fodor
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12:06-13:06
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Lunch
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13:06-13:18
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Liliana Smiech, Director-General for International Affairs at the National University of Public Service and the Chair of the Foundation Council at the Warsaw Institute
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13:18-14:18
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Dennis Hayes, Stuart Waiton, János Setényi, Suay Acikalin , Liliana Smiech, Moderator: Paweł Chmielewski
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14:18-14:33
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coffee break
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14:33-14:45
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Milán Constantinovits, Director, Professional and Educational Affairs
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14:45-15:45
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Jonathan Butcher, Martin Luteran, Paweł Milcarek, Paige McPherson, Glenn Fahey, Moderator: Enikő Szakos
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End
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