This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The panel is "Inspirations for Classical Education," and the speakers are:
Stephen McGinley (Mount St. Mary's University & Good Soil Farm) - "Festivity, Education, and Farming"
Gerald Boersma (Ave Maria University) - "A Pagan Paideia and the Contested Ressourcement of the Fathers"
Mary Clare Young (University of Virginia) - "The Virtuous Classroom: Lessons from a Roman Educator"
Mandi Gerth (University of Dallas) - "The Poetic Discipline: Lousie Cowan and the Necessity of Literature in Liberal Education"
If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/
0:00 Episode Introduction
1:56 Panel Introduction
3:28 McGinley
28:25 Boersma
49:38 Young
1:09:41 Gerth
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