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ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, CHARLES MIDDLETON |
Two Paths Towards Full
Democratic Participation in the Political Process:
Britain and the United States |
Election Day, November 4, 2014
5:30 - 8:30 pm
The Lounge at Iwan Ries
19 South Wabash
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At the end of another seemingly endless
campaign, Chuck Middleton, professor of history and president of
Roosevelt University, will explore how starting from a common
constitutional denominator Britain and the USA have arrived at such
disparate political systems even though they are not that far apart
in terms of honoring the underlying principles that sustain them
both.
After the talk we will see democracy in action as we sip our
cocktails and watch the election returns in a smoke-filled room.
Cocktails at 5:30, presentation 6:00-6:30,
followed by discussion and more cocktails.
Reservations
are required.
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Chuck Middleton
has been a university professor or administrator for more than forty
years. Prior to joining Roosevelt as president, he was vice
chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of
Maryland, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Bowling
Green State University, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Dr. Middleton is a Fellow of the
Institute for International Education (Midwest), on the Board of
Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE), and chair of
the Federation of Illinois Independent Colleges and Universities.
He earned an A.B.
degree with honors in history from Florida State University and both
an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Duke University. Professor
Middleton's academic expertise is in modern British history from the
late 18th Century to the early 19th Century. He is a Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society.
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“I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for
superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such
men do not run.” |
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—Alexis de Toqueville |
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and
deserve to get it good and hard." |
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—H. L. Mencken |
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“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with
the average voter.” |
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—Winston S. Churchill |
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more
likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take
advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than
nature made them.” |
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—Bertrand Russell |
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“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to
turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just
have to sit on their blisters.” |
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—Abraham Lincoln |
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About
the Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND greatest
traditions of the city clubs of Chicago is the discussion of
intellectual, social, legal, artistic, historical, scientific,
musical, theatrical, and philosophical issues in the company of
educated, bright, and appropriately provocative individuals, all
under the beneficent influence of substantial amounts of tobacco
and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal Smokers,
University Series lectures, and Cigar Society Dinners,
in which cigars, and from time to time pipes and cigarettes,
appear as an important component of our version of the classical
symposium. To be included in the Cigar Society's
mailing list, write to the Secretary at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org.
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