In August, The Appalachian Institution returns to Lake Logan Conference Center near Waynesville, NC for Four Retreats:

•August 1-5
"Christianity and The West"
Professor Thomas F. X. Noble of Notre Dame University returns from 2008 when his lecture topic was “The Foundations of Western Civilization.”

•August 9-13
"The Rise and Fall of the Western 'Isms'; The Historical Influence of Ideas from Romanticism to Post-Modernism."
Professor Lloyd S. Kramer of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

•August 16-20 NO LONGER AVAILABLE
"Financial Crisis 2007-09...10?"
Professor Robert DeYoung of The University of Kansas.

•August 23-27
"Origin and Crisis of the Idea of Individual Liberty" Professor Michael Gillespie of Duke University returns from 2009 when his lecture topic was “The Noble, The Good and The Free: Three Ethical Ideals of Western Civilization."

The Institution's retreats are an island of peace and tranquility. Each Retreat features comfortable accommodations, delicious meals, great lectures, fine entertainment, instruction in a variety of crafts, skills, and educational topics as well as opportunities for participation in mountaineering and sports activities.Participants are invited to be fully engaged or fully relaxed, while enjoying venues of great   natural beauty, warm hospitality, intellectual stimulation and the company of delightful companions.

Some call it food for the mind, body and spirit;
Others call it summer camp for grown-ups!

Call it what you will, we look forward to welcoming you to The Retreats of The Appalachian Institution, where you can rediscover the scholar--and the child--in you!