that era's influential conservative hinkers as illuminated by the scholarship of ben latford, bradley berbinger and lisa zefil. i use the word influential on purpose. he trajectory of post-war

that era's influential conservative hinkers as illuminated by the scholarship of ben latford, bradley berbinger and lisa zefil. i use the word influential on purpose. he trajectory of post-war conservativeism was in many ways the cted and formed by panel discussion this morning. we believe this uniting theme on tions, hree presenta elements of common ground thinking will be apparent due to heir complex and deeply informed philosophies. en latford is a professor of english at ben valley state university, the past president of the t.s. eliot society and the editor of the t.s. eliot and christian tradition, ben will be discussing elliott's mid-20th ions to the century tradition. the chair at is hills vail college and is the cofounder of the imaginative conservative. his scholarship and imagination ave allowed him to publish diverse topics such as christopher dawson, james tolking's "middle earth." today, his subject is russell kirk, in many ways, the barrier of post-war conservativeism. lisa zeffil is associate professor of history at pacific university. her scholarship focuses on the role of cult