Bringing together colleges and universities to promote the integrated and common study of world classics and other texts of major cultural significance. Upcoming Conferences 30th Annual ACTC Conference Leading Between the Lines:Core Texts and Public Leadership April 3-6, 2025 Madison Concourse Hotel, Madison Wisconsin Keynote Speakers: Wilfred McClay (Hillsdale)Anika Prather: (Howard) Conference Sponsor The Thomas G. Thomson 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. Submit your Proposal Register for the Conference When you complete your registration, you will be given a link for discounted rooms at our conference hotel, The Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison Wisconsin 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 StudentsDoes Technology Change Human Nature? March 1-3, 2024American 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 View PDFs Liberal arts institute International Programs The Minimum Wager Your Bimonthly Booster Shot for the Liberal Arts July 2024 “ACTC is the critical institutional vehicle for supporting, promoting, and expanding liberal education based on the study of important texts.”Roosevelt Montás, Columbia University “I relish every chance to engage with ACTC colleagues because, conservative or liberal, they ‘grok’ (thanks, Mr. Heinlein) the liberal arts.” Page Laws, Dean Emerita of the Robert C. Nusbaum Honors College at Norfolk State University