The Telos Institute is a 501(c) non-profit organization affiliated with the academic journal Telos. The Telos Institute hosts annual conferences to examine such topics as "social theory, political philosophy, intellectual history, and contemporary culture."[third-party source needed] Research presented at the conferences is often published in Telos.[1] The current director of the Telos Institute is Marie Piccone, who also serves as the publisher of Telos.[2]
Conferences
In 1994, the paleoconservative Sam Francis was the keynote speaker at a Telos conference about populism.[3][4] The 2006 Telos Conference hosted a panel discussion titled "Modernity and its Critics" featuring David Pan, Arthur Versluis, Timothy Luke, and Mika Okajangas. A second panel at the conference, "Post-Communism," included Frank Adler, Victor Zaslavsky, David Ost, and Avi Tucker.[5] Discussions at the 2007 conference featured Joe Bendersky, Jay Gupta,[verification needed] Jeffrey Herf, Gabor Rittersporn, Adrian Pabst, James Schall, and John Smith. Luke and Pan again appeared as moderators.[6] In 2008 speakers at the conference included Bendersky, Luke, Pan, and Pabst as well as Martin Saavedra, Zoltan Balazs, Catherine Lu, John Barry, and Paul Gottfried.[7] Pan, Luke, Bendersky, and Pabst spoke again at the 2009 Telos Conference. They were joined by Jim Kulk, John Milbank, Neil Turnbull, Michael Marder, and Ernie Sternberg.[8] A Telos Conference in 2010 was organized around the theme "From Lifeworld to Biopolitics: Empire in the Age of Obama."[9][third-party source needed]