James Ceaser on Allan Bloom
- James Ceaser, "Conversations with Bill Kristol," March 3, 2015.University of Virginia professor James Ceaser discusses great teachers including James Q. Wilson, Irving Kristol, Walter Berns, and Allan Bloom.
Conference on the 25th Anniversary of The Closing of the American Mind
- Conference on the 25th anniversary of Allan Bloom's bestseller The Closing of the American Mind, hosted by the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University, 21 Sept. 2012. The first panel is on Students and is chaired by Arthur Melzer, with Kathryn Sensen, James Hankins, and Paul Cantor as speakers. The second panel is on the University and is chaired by R. Shep Melnick, with Nannerl Keohane, Rita Koganzon, and James Piereson. The third panel is chaired by William Kristol and features Margaret Soltan, Michael Davis and Nasser Behnegar as speakers.
Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind Twenty-Five Years Later
- "Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind Twenty-Five Years Later: The Continuing Failure of Higher Education?," panel discussion with Nathan Tarcov, Bill Kristol, Hillel Fradkin, Janet Dougherty, moderated by John Walters, hosted by the Hudson Institute, Washington, DC, 15 June 2012.Twenty-five years ago, Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students offered a thorough indictment of American colleges and universities. Bloom attacked… More
The Historical Context of Allan Bloom
- "The Historical Context of Allan Bloom," panel discussion with James Ceaser, James Miller, John Tomasi and John McWhorter, hosted by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, C-SPAN, 3 October 2007. The Legacy of Allan Bloom
- "The Legacy of Allan Bloom," panel discussion with Werner Dannhauser, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Joseph Bottum and MaryAnn McGrail, hosted by the Hudson Institute, C-SPAN, 18 May 2000.Panel members discussed author Saul Bellow’s novel Ravelstein, a fictionalized account of the author’s friendship with professor of political philosophy Allan Bloom, best-selling author of The Closing of the American Mind. After their prepared remarks,… More
The Open Mind
- Interview with Allan Bloom, The Open Mind, PBS, 7 June 1987.Watch The Closing of the American Mind on PBS. See more from The Open Mind.
Firing Line with William F. Buckley
- Allan Bloom, Firing Line, April 15, 1987.Allan Bloom joins William F. Buckley to discuss The Closing of the American Mind.
Higher Education Has Failed Democracy
- "Higher Education Has Failed Democracy," Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr., 15 Apr. 1987. 
Allan Bloom on Nietzsche
- "Allan Bloom on Nietzsche," Lecture delivered at Boston College, 1983.
Reading the Republic
- "Reading the Republic," Allan Bloom, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Eric Voegelin, Frederick Lawrence, University of Toronto, 1978,In 1978, Allan Bloom hosted the great German thinkers Eric Voegelin and Hans-Georg Gadamer at the University of Toronto for a discussion of Plato’s Republic. Must-see footage.
