Spring 2025

Language, Power, and Politics

Saturday 1/11 | Elm Library

A pre-term seminar on the relationship between language, power, and politics. More info…

The Philosophy of Everyday Life

Thursdays | 6.00-7.30pm | Elm Library

A series of discussions about the deep questions that underlie everyday human experiences and activities. Topics for the spring include fame, promises, jokes, and the news. More info…

Classics of Medical Ethics

Mondays | 5.00-6.30pm | Anlyan Center

A new series dedicated to discussing essays in medical ethics that have established themselves as classics in the field.

Augustine’s Political Thought

Fridays | 9.30-11.00am | Elm Library

Regarded as an undisputed authority in the Latin Middle Ages, Augustine has continued to be a powerful influence on Christian thought, and his influence has continued to extend into the modern period. More info…

Thomistic Philosophy

Fridays | 2.00-3.15pm | Elm Library

A reading group on philosophical themes in the work of Thomas Aquinas.

Friday Speaker Series

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"Hear Both Sides": The Anti-Federalists and the Creation of America’s Public Square
1/31 Derek Webb (Yale University)

Aquinas on Moral Mistakes
2/7 Nicholas Ogle (University of Pennsylvania)

Does Commerce Make Us Trivial? Adam Smith on Magnanimity
2/14 Justin Hawkins (Columbia University)

Marx as an Ethical Thinker
2/21 Michael Lazarus (Yale University)

Auerbach’s Augustinianism: Figural Reading and Political Pessimism
2/28 J. Columcille Dever (Providence College)

Augustine on Slavery, Human and Divine
4/4 Toni Alimi (Cornell University)