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Home Online Program » » Program Please note: all information presented below is subject to change. American Political Thought Panel 1   Philosophy and American Political Thought NEW: Personal Scheduling Tool Login to MyAPSA to use the online program to create your personal meeting schedule. You can select events from the entire program and add them to a personal schedule, which can be printed, downloaded, and imported to any compatible calendar (e.g., Outlook, Google). Login to Create a Personal Schedule Userid: Password:   New user? Forgot password or login? Date: Saturday, Sep 4, 2010, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM   Location: Room Assignment: Only those who have registered for the Annual Meeting can see the room assignment. If you have registered, please log in above and click on "Annual Meeting Online Program" in the Annual Meeting area of your MyAPSA page. If you have registered and logged in, and still do not see the room assignment, please log off, clear your browser cache (see your browser Help function--search "clear cache"), close the browser, reopen the browser, and log back in. Location subject to change. Check the Final Program issued upon arrival at the conference for updates and actual room numbers. Chair: Steven Kautz Michigan State University, kautz@msu.edu Author(s): Alexis de Tocqueville and the Two-Founding Thesis James W. Ceaser University of Virginia, jwc2g@virginia.edu Liberalism and Republicanism in the American Political Tradition Randal R. Hendrickson Harvard University, randal.hendrickson@gmail.com Montesquieu and the Basis of Liberal Modernity in America Thomas L. Pangle University of Texas, Austin, tpangle@austin.utexas.edu Discussant(s): James R. Stoner Louisiana State University, poston@lsu.edu Alan Ray Gibson California State University, Chico, agibson@csuchico.edu