Daniel McCarthy: The Rise of the Populist Right
Co-Sponsors: John Locke Society, Lewis Honors College
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FacebookJoin the Lewis Honors College John Locke Society and the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise for the event "The Rise of the Populist Right" with Daniel McCarthy on February 14th, 2023.
Daniel McCarthy will speak on the history of the post-World War II American Right. He will also discuss the recent rise of populism on both the Left and the Right.
This event will be in-person. Please join us in the Scholars Lounge at the Lewis Honors College from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
This event is organized by the John Locke Society, a student organization dedicated to promoting the free and open exchange of ideas at the Lewis Honors College and the University of Kentucky. The event is part of the Honors Colloquium series at the Lewis Honors College.
Daniel McCarthy is vice president for the Collegiate Network at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and editor of ISI’s journal Modern Age. He is responsible for ISI’s college journalism programs, which support independent campus publications and provide internships and fellowships to outstanding student reporters, writers, and editors. He has an extensive background in journalism, including as a columnist for The Spectator and past editor of The American Conservative. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, The National Interest, First Things, Reason, and a wide range of other publications. Before coming to ISI, he was director of the Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program at The Fund for American Studies. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (where he edited a Collegiate Network paper) and lives in Alexandria, Virginia.