CPU Newsletter

September 20, 2005

CPU REMINDER: Dr. Nigel Ashford, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Humane Studies, on "Equal Rights, Not Gay Rights" (TODAY, 8PM, Hamilton 304)

CPU EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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1. The CPU "Philosophy, Culture, and Society" Series: Nigel Ashford,
Senior Program Officer, Institute of Humane Studies, George Mason
University

Date: TODAY (Tuesday, 09/20)
Time: 8PM
Location: Hamilton 304

Description: Dr. Ashford will deliver a lecture titled "Equal
Rights, Not Gay Rights." He brings a libertarian perspective to
gay issues.

Dr Ashford joined IHS from the United Kingdom, where he was
professor of politics and Jean Monnet Scholar in European
Integration at Staffordshire University, England. Dr. Ashford has
also directed the Principles of a Free Society Project at the Jarl
Hjalmarson Foundation in Sweden, and was a Bradley Resident Scholar
at the Heritage Foundation. He is a recipient of the International
Anthony Fisher Trust Prize for published work which strengthens
public understanding of the political economy of the free society.

Dr. Ashford was also Chairman of the American Politics Group of the
United Kingdom. He has lectured in 18 countries. He is author of
Principles for a Free Society (Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, 1999,
2003), which is available in six languages. He is co-author of US
Politics Today (Manchester University Press, 1999); Public Policy
and the Impact of the New Right (St Martin's Press, 1994) and A
Dictionary of Conservative and Libertarian Thought (Routledge,
1991), and numerous articles on how ideas influence US politics.

In addition, Dr. Ashford has reviewed books for The Times Literary
Supplement, contributed to the Independent Gay Forum
(www.indegayforum.org), and is a member of Gays and Lesbians for
Individual Liberty (www.glil.org).

*Please note that Dr. Ashford is speaking in a personal capacity,
and not as a representative of George Mason University or the
Institute of Humane Studies.*

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