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In celebration of America at 250

An evening with 
Timothy Fuller
Professor of Political Science at Colorado College 

The Declaration of Independence: A Pivotal Moment in the Liberal Tradition

And discussion of the long history of charters of liberties with
Carol Neel
Professor of History at Colorado College

Both speakers are champions of liberal arts and Thomas MacLaren School
Both have served MacLaren as members of its Board of Directors



COS City Hub
4304 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
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Friday, April 10, 2026
07:30pm - 09:00pm

Free

Schedule:

Doors and cash bar open at 6:45 p.m.

Presentation at 7:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker:


Dr. Fuller has taught at Colorado College since 1965. He served as Acting President from August 2001 to January 2002. He also served as Dean of the Faculty and College from 1992 to 1999. Dr. Fuller chaired the Political Science Department from 1985 to 1991. He received a Ph.D. (with distinction) from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) in 1971, an M.A. in 1965 and a B.A. from Kenyon College (with Honors) in 1961.


He has published many essays and edited books, including The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott (2005), Reassessing the Liberal State (2001), The Voice of Liberal Learning: Michael Oakeshott on Education (2000), and most recently contributed to Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, Authors and Arguments (2011). He was co-editor with Shirley Letwin of a multi-volume series for the Yale University Press, Selected Works of Michael Oakeshott, was editor of the International Hobbes Association Newsletter and Machiavelli's Legacy, "The Prince" After 500 Years (2015). Most recently Dr. Fuller wrote Michael Oakeshott on the Human Condition (2024). He has lectured at forty-seven colleges and universities in America, and in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal. He was a Distinguished Academic Visitor to the Government Department of The London School of Economics and the Bell Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tulsa. He teaches political theory.