Join us as we host Dr. Joe Loconte, Director of American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, as he addresses the relationship between Western Civilization and Human Rights and whether America has the right to promote human rights.

Joseph Loconte, Ph.D., is the director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and AWC Family Foundation Fellow. Prior to arriving at Heritage, Dr. Loconte held the position of Associate Professor of History at The King’s College in New York City, where he taught courses on Western Civilization, American Foreign Policy, and International Human Rights. He is a scholar on John Locke and the religious influences on the development of liberal democracy. For more information about Dr. Loconte, please visit http://www.josephloconte.com/.