This lecture is entitled Michelangelo's Women: Feminine Genius in the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

It was presented by Elizabeth Lev of Duquesne University on November 17, 2021, at the University of Chicago's Social Sciences Building.

Michelangelo's Women: Feminine Genius in the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel

This lecture is entitled A Conversation on Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of the Intellectual Life.

It was presented by Zena Hitz of St John's College and Erin Walsh of the Universty of Chicago on February 2, 2022, at the University of Chicago's Swift Hall.

A Conversation on Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of the Intellectual Life

This lecture is entitled Is the Universe Made for Life? Anthropic Coincidences and Multiverse Ideas.

It was presented by Stephen Barr of the University of Delaware on February 7, 2022, at the University of Chicago's Kersten Hall.

Is the Universe Made for Life? Anthropic Coincidences and Multiverse Ideas

This lecture is entitled Walker Percy and the Pursuit of Happiness in Apocalyptic Times. 

It was presented by Dr. Jennifer Frey of (then) the University of South Carolina on February 23, 2022, at the Ruth Lake Country Club.

Walker Percy and the Pursuit of Happiness in Apocalyptic Times

This lecture is entitled How Can We Flourish?

It was presented by Tyler VanderWeele of Harvard University on January 22, 2024, at the University of Chicago's Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery.

How Can We Flourish?

This lecture is entitled A Symposium on Gratitude, Creation, and the Technological Mindset.

It was presented by Melanie Barrett of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Matthew Crawford of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, and Mark Shiffman of Saint Patrick's Seminary & University on October 11, 2024, at the Social Sciences Tea Room at the University of Chicago.

A Symposium on Gratitude, Creation, and the Technological Mindset

Human Person and Biotechnology: Artificial Intelligence and its Limitations

Gender, the Body, and Holiness in the Middle Ages

This lecture is entitled A Philosophy of Work, Leisure, and Catholic Culture

It was given by Paul Blaschko of the University of Notre Dame on March 20th, 2025 at the Butterfield Country Club .

A Philosophy of Work, Leisure, and Catholic Culture

This lecture is entitled Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy

It was delivered by Teresa Sullivan of the University of Virginia, Clemens Sedmak of the University of Notre Dame, James Heckman of the University od Chicago, Michael Hüther of the German Economic Institute, and Joseph Kaboski of the University of Notre Dame on March 27th, 2025 at the University of Chicago 

Polarization, Social Cohesion, and the Economy

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