The Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies (CDC) is an independent, not-for-profit think tank, dedicated to promoting awareness of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Cultural Patrimony as essential components of human civilisation.
The CDC’s focus is cultural and historical.  Its supporters represent a wide range of opinion but have in common a desire to preserve and reinforce the intellectual traditions and practices of the West.
Since its establishment in 2013, the Centre has taken a lead in cultural and political debate in Tasmania.  It supports the rule of law, and representative democracy. Specific research areas include Christianity in Australia, the defence and promotion of Christian culture as a central component of education in Australia, and Democracy and Freedom in the West.
The CDC publishes a wide variety of research papers and supporting opinion pieces, runs short courses, and hosts an annual Colloquium on a subject of high topical significance.
The Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies will seek to encourage critical reflection and research on the history, literature, philosophy and theology that characterize Christian civilization and culture, in order to raise the profile of these vital disciplines in intellectual life and to reclaim the high ground. These humane studies remain an essential key to the full and mature understanding of the underlying currents of Australian life. In this ‘Asian Century’ it is more important than ever to maintain our sense of proportion and hold fast to that synthesis of Faith and Reason that has been gifted to the world by the Christian Tradition.

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