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Timeline: Postliberal Order

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2026

  1. DHS confirms hiring of postliberal theologian Chad Pecknold

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Catholic University theologian Chad Pecknold, a Postliberal Order co-founder, had joined it as Principal Director for Cultural Outreach; he took leave from teaching. The appointment drew coverage across Catholic media amid disputes between the U.S. bishops and the administration over immigration (OSV News, National Catholic Register, America).

    SourcesCatholic U. theology professor joins Homeland Security as cultural outreach… (OSV News)Catholic Theologian Takes Job in Trump's Department of Homeland Security (National Catholic Register)Catholic University theology professor joins Homeland Security as cultural… (America)Chad Pecknold, Catholic postliberal thinker with Orban, Vance ties, takes role… (National Catholic Reporter)

2023

  1. Gladden Pappin becomes head of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs

    Postliberal Order co-founder Gladden Pappin took charge of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, a government foreign-policy institute then operating under the Prime Minister's Office (Hungarian Conservative).

    SourcesHungary's New Foreign Policy Architects Outline 'Complete Break' with MAGA Camp (Hungarian Conservative)Gladden Pappin (speaker biography) (Budapest Balkans Forum)

2021

  1. Deneen, Pappin, Pecknold and Vermeule launch Postliberal Order

    Four Catholic academics, Patrick Deneen, Gladden Pappin, Chad Pecknold and Adrian Vermeule, began publishing the Postliberal Order newsletter in 2021; a 2024 academic article dates the decision to launch it to November 2021 (LARB, UKSW article).

    SourcesThe Enemy of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: On Sohrab Ahmari's "Tyranny, Inc." and… (Los Angeles Review of Books)[Journal article on the postliberal movement, PDF, 2024] (title reconstructed) (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW) journals)