Ayn Rand on campus: Atlas Shrugged symposium at UT Austin — VOICES for REASON

On March 4, 2009, a public symposium on Atlas Shrugged will be held at the University of Texas at Austin. Titled “Atlas Shrugged: Celebrating the Best Within Us,” the event will focus on the novel as philosophy and as literature. ARI’s Onkar Ghate and Jeff Britting will be featured speakers.

Here’s a quick rundown of the event:

* 4:00 – Ayn Rand: Evidence of a Life (Jeff Britting, manager of the ARI Archives)

* 4:15 – The Benevolent Universe Premise in Atlas Shrugged (Dr. Allan Gotthelf, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)

* 5:00 – John Galt as the Hero of Atlas Shrugged: Leader and Lover (Dr. Shoshana Milgram, English, Virginia Tech)

* 5:45 – The Appeal of Atlas Shrugged to Young People (Dr. Onkar Ghate, ARI Senior Fellow)

* 6:30 – 7:30 – Reception

The free symposium is sponsored by the Anthem Foundation Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism and the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism. Admission is free and open to all. For detailed information, visit the event’s web site or contact the organizers by e-mail.

Also, on the day before the event, ARI and the UT Objectivist Society will present a free screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, for which Mr. Britting served as associate producer and composer. The screening will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Belmont Hall (BEL 328). For details on the screening, email the UT Objectivist Society.