PELA Speaker Series · Session 7 of 9
A Culture of Freedom I
with Marcus Witcher, Ph.D.
11 November 2026Wednesday
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Schendel Conference Center, Ottawa University
Hasty / Goppert Conference Room
1001 S Cedar St, Ottawa, KS 66067
“Americans believe their freedom to be the best instrument and surest safeguard… to secure for themselves a government which will allow them to acquire the things they covet and which will not debar them from the peaceful enjoyment of those possessions.”
Philosophy
Individual freedom has been a key and distinctive component of American culture throughout its history. What features of American life safeguard this individual freedom in a world where it is under constant threat of erosion?
Application
Legal review of fracture points in American political life
Speaker
Marcus Witcher, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor of Economic History, West Virginia University, and Undergraduate Research Program Manager, Knee Regulatory Research Center
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A Culture of Freedom I
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