Matthew Mehan | More's Utopia: An Argument for Socialism?

The idea of socialism is ancient. Organized socialist movements took form in Europe in the nineteenth century, and socialism emerged as a dominant political ideology in many places around the world by the twentieth century. This second CCA of the 2019-2020 academic year, co-sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series, will consider socialism, its practice over time, and its resurgence today. Matthew Mehan is director of academic programs and the Worsham Teaching Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center in Washington, D.C. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Dallas, where he wrote a dissertation on Shakespeare’s vision for leadership education in his collaborative play, Sir Thomas More. Dr. Mehan has been a Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute and is a fellow of the Center for Thomas More Studies and a reader at the Folger Library. He has served as a speech writer and communications consultant for civic leaders around the country. He is the author of Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals, an illustrated book of poems.