Bringing together colleges and universities to promote the integrated and common study
of world classics and other texts of major cultural significance.
Upcoming Conferences
Spring 2025 ACTC Undergraduate Conference
Happiness in Connection
March 7-9, 2025
Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Ukiah, California
Keynote Speaker: Nipun Mehta
Students will be selected based on faculty nomination. To nominate your student, please send their name and email address to Franklyn Wu (franklyn.wu@drbu.edu). Deadline December 9, 2024.
This is a fully funded opportunity for students from ACTC member schools (excluding travel). Students from non-ACTC member institutions are welcome but must pay a conference registration fee. Click HERE for more information
30th Annual ACTC Conference
Leading Between the Lines:
Core Texts and Public Leadership
April 3-6, 2025
Madison Concourse Hotel, Madison Wisconsin
Wilfred McClay (Hillsdale)
Anika Prather: (Howard)
Conference Sponsor
The Tommy G. Thompson Center, University of Wisconsin
Conference Co-Sponsors
Oglethorpe Core Studies
The ACTC Liberal Arts Institute at Mercer University
The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy
Proposal and Registration Portals are Now Open
Please use the links below to submit your paper and panel proposals and to register for the conference.
When you complete your registration, you will be given a link for discounted rooms at our conference hotel,
Advanced Registration
$375 for faculty and administrators at ACTC member institutions
$425 for non-members
$275 for graduate students and emeritus professors
(includes dinner Thursday, breakfast and lunch Friday and Saturday, and breakfast Sunday)
Recent Conferences
Annual Conference for Undergraduate Students
March 1-3, 2024
American University, Washington DC
*Registration fee waived for students from ACTC Member Institutions
First Latin American Conference of Liberal Education
The Hispanic Canon
Definition, Influences and Crossovers
14th & 15th of December 2023
Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Conference Language: Spanish
Publications
Liberal arts institute
International Programs
The Minimum Wager
“ACTC is the critical institutional vehicle for supporting, promoting, and expanding liberal education based on the study of important texts.”
Roosevelt Montás, Columbia University
