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SUMMARY:Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Aidan Valente at valenteaidan@uchicago.edu. Books and drinks will be provided. This will be held at the LCI Residence (5554 S Wooodlawn Ave). \n“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – This well-worn aphorism suggests that what we find “beautiful” relies only on subjective taste; and yet\, many would agree in finding a Gothic cathedral obviously more beautiful than a brutalist library. Is there\, then\, an objective component to beauty\, and if so\, where and how can we locate it? \nPhilosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages argued for the objectivity of beauty\, but they did so in diverse ways. This reading group will follow Umberto Eco’s introduction to medieval aesthetics (in the scholastic context and especially the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas) and will explore both Eco’s sources and his interpretation of medieval attitudes toward art and architecture. \nAn optional session at the end of the course will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago to examine and discuss medieval art first-hand. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet on Mondays (beginning Oct 7th) from 6:00pm – 7:30pm over dinner. \nOct 7: Preface\, Introduction\, and I: The Medieval Aesthetic Sensibility (19 pages) \nOct 14: II\, Transcendental Beauty and III\, The Aesthetics of Proportion (26 pages) \nOct 21: IV\, The Aesthetics of Light and V\, Symbol and Allegory (22 pages) \nOct 28: VI\, Aesthetic Perception and VII\, The Aesthetics of the Organism (19 pages) \nNov 4: VIII\, Development and Decline of the Aesthetics of the Organism and IV\, Theories of Art (21 pages) \nNov 11: X\, Inspiration and the Status of Art and XI\, Conlusion (19 pages) \nA optional trip\, free with a UCID\, to the Art Institute of Chicago or Smart Museum will be planned to conclude the group. \nA copy of Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages will be provided to all participants. The reading may be picked up at Gavin House (1220 E 58th street) during buisness hours at the start of the fall quarter. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-04-umberto-eco-reading-group-2/2024-10-28/
LOCATION:5554 S. Woodlawn Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241028T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
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SUMMARY:The Brothers Karamazov Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:This event is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows Program\, which supports and encourages University of Chicago undergraduate students to develop their intellectual maturity. Jacob Neplokh\, who designed this program\, is a Nicklin Fellow. This program is for undergraduate students only. \nREGISTER HERE \nThe Brothers Karamazov\, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final masterpiece\,  explores the human questions of morality\, freedom\, reason\, and belief\, in the context of a captivating family drama. \nRather than merely writing a philosophical treatise\, Dostoevsky produced a work of literature\, thereby warranting a complete reading of the text. \nThis weekly dinnertime reading group spread out over two quarters seeks to accomplish that task\, primarily focusing on the philosophical and theological themes above\, in an enriching communal setting. \nCopies of The Brothers Karamazov will be provided. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will run over dinner on Mondays from 6 – 7:30pm\, starting October 14th. \nWinter Quarter: \n\nWeek 2: Book Eight (pp. 386-472)\nWeek 3: NO MEETING (MLK Day)\nWeek 4: Book Nine (pp. 472-545)\nWeek 5: Book Ten (pp. 545-596)\nWeek 6: Book Eleven\, chs. 1-5 (pp. 596-639)\nWeek 7: Book Eleven\, chs. 6-10 (pp. 639-696)\nWeek 8: Book Twelve\, chs. 1-9 (pp. 696-769)\nWeek 9: Book Twelve\, chs. 9-14 (pp. 769-803) + Epilogue (803-825)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-brothers-k/2024-10-28/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups,Nicklin Fellowship
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241025T114500
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SUMMARY:Latin Vulgate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Emily Barnum at ebarnum@uchicago.edu. Coffee\, tea\, and pastries will be provided.  \nSt. Jerome’s Latin translation of the Bible was used exclusively by the Western Church for centuries; its significance for the Roman Catholic tradition cannot be overstated. In this group\, we will work through sections of the Vulgate in order to appreciate its beauty and practice our Latin. For the first session\, no preparation is necessary; we will decide together which texts we will read. Please come with a desire to grow in Latin Bible knowledge with St. Jerome and friends! \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet every Friday (beginning Oct 18th) from 10:45am – 11:45am over coffee\, tea\, and pastries. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-latin-vulgate-2/2024-10-25/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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SUMMARY:Dante's Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Kristóf Oltvai at oltvai@uchicago.edu. Books and dinner will be provided.  \nIn what is perhaps the literary triumph of the European imagination\, Dante Alighieri’s Commedia offers a vision of unforgettable cosmic and spiritual grandeur. Join us on this journey from the horrors of Hell\, along Mount Purgatory’s breathtaking vistas\, all the way into the bosom of the eternal Church Triumphant as our poet-protagonist discovers the meaning of sin\, love\, virtue\, and redemption in conversation with his guides\, Virgil and Beatrice. \nThis reading group will focus on two themes: \n(1) Dante as a moral pedagogue – as one who leads us from accepting the righteousness of God’s judgment; through pursuing virtue as a prerequisite for beatitude; to seeing\, at last\, even that ethical growth as a gift of grace \n(2) The communion of saints as the fabric of the universe. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet on Thursdays (beginning October 10th) from 6:00pm – 7:30pm over dinner. We will read 10 cantos before each meeting. \n\n\nOct 10: Inferno 1-10 \n\n\nOct 24: Inferno 11-20 \n\n\nNov 7: Inferno 21-30 \n\n\nNov 21: Inferno 31-34\, Purgatorio 1-6 \n\n\nDec 5th: Purgatorio 7-17 \n\n\nA copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy will be provided to all participants. The reading may be picked up at Gavin House (1220 E 58th street) during buisness hours at the start of the fall quarter. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-dante-reading-group/2024-10-24/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241022T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241022T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
CREATED:20241003T161440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T173331Z
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SUMMARY:Greek New Testament Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Joe Haydt at jhaydt@uchicago.edu. Lunch will be provided.  \nWe will work through the Greek text of chapters eight and nine of the Gospel of Luke. Particular attention will be paid to the narrative structure of these chapters. Participants with all levels of Greek are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet every Tuesday (beginning October 15th) from 1pm – 2pm. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-greek-new-testament/2024-10-22/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241021T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
CREATED:20241029T175909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T175909Z
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SUMMARY:Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Aidan Valente at valenteaidan@uchicago.edu. Books and drinks will be provided. This will be held at the LCI Residence (5554 S Wooodlawn Ave). \n“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – This well-worn aphorism suggests that what we find “beautiful” relies only on subjective taste; and yet\, many would agree in finding a Gothic cathedral obviously more beautiful than a brutalist library. Is there\, then\, an objective component to beauty\, and if so\, where and how can we locate it? \nPhilosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages argued for the objectivity of beauty\, but they did so in diverse ways. This reading group will follow Umberto Eco’s introduction to medieval aesthetics (in the scholastic context and especially the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas) and will explore both Eco’s sources and his interpretation of medieval attitudes toward art and architecture. \nAn optional session at the end of the course will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago to examine and discuss medieval art first-hand. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet on Mondays (beginning Oct 7th) from 6:00pm – 7:30pm over dinner. \nOct 7: Preface\, Introduction\, and I: The Medieval Aesthetic Sensibility (19 pages) \nOct 14: II\, Transcendental Beauty and III\, The Aesthetics of Proportion (26 pages) \nOct 21: IV\, The Aesthetics of Light and V\, Symbol and Allegory (22 pages) \nOct 28: VI\, Aesthetic Perception and VII\, The Aesthetics of the Organism (19 pages) \nNov 4: VIII\, Development and Decline of the Aesthetics of the Organism and IV\, Theories of Art (21 pages) \nNov 11: X\, Inspiration and the Status of Art and XI\, Conlusion (19 pages) \nA optional trip\, free with a UCID\, to the Art Institute of Chicago or Smart Museum will be planned to conclude the group. \nA copy of Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages will be provided to all participants. The reading may be picked up at Gavin House (1220 E 58th street) during buisness hours at the start of the fall quarter. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-04-umberto-eco-reading-group-2/2024-10-21/
LOCATION:5554 S. Woodlawn Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241021T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
CREATED:20241003T161443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T143622Z
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SUMMARY:The Brothers Karamazov Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:This event is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows Program\, which supports and encourages University of Chicago undergraduate students to develop their intellectual maturity. Jacob Neplokh\, who designed this program\, is a Nicklin Fellow. This program is for undergraduate students only. \nREGISTER HERE \nThe Brothers Karamazov\, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final masterpiece\,  explores the human questions of morality\, freedom\, reason\, and belief\, in the context of a captivating family drama. \nRather than merely writing a philosophical treatise\, Dostoevsky produced a work of literature\, thereby warranting a complete reading of the text. \nThis weekly dinnertime reading group spread out over two quarters seeks to accomplish that task\, primarily focusing on the philosophical and theological themes above\, in an enriching communal setting. \nCopies of The Brothers Karamazov will be provided. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will run over dinner on Mondays from 6 – 7:30pm\, starting October 14th. \nWinter Quarter: \n\nWeek 2: Book Eight (pp. 386-472)\nWeek 3: NO MEETING (MLK Day)\nWeek 4: Book Nine (pp. 472-545)\nWeek 5: Book Ten (pp. 545-596)\nWeek 6: Book Eleven\, chs. 1-5 (pp. 596-639)\nWeek 7: Book Eleven\, chs. 6-10 (pp. 639-696)\nWeek 8: Book Twelve\, chs. 1-9 (pp. 696-769)\nWeek 9: Book Twelve\, chs. 9-14 (pp. 769-803) + Epilogue (803-825)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-brothers-k/2024-10-21/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups,Nicklin Fellowship
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T114500
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
CREATED:20241028T174821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T174821Z
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SUMMARY:Latin Vulgate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Emily Barnum at ebarnum@uchicago.edu. Coffee\, tea\, and pastries will be provided.  \nSt. Jerome’s Latin translation of the Bible was used exclusively by the Western Church for centuries; its significance for the Roman Catholic tradition cannot be overstated. In this group\, we will work through sections of the Vulgate in order to appreciate its beauty and practice our Latin. For the first session\, no preparation is necessary; we will decide together which texts we will read. Please come with a desire to grow in Latin Bible knowledge with St. Jerome and friends! \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet every Friday (beginning Oct 18th) from 10:45am – 11:45am over coffee\, tea\, and pastries. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-latin-vulgate-2/2024-10-18/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241015T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241015T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
CREATED:20241003T161440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T173331Z
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SUMMARY:Greek New Testament Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current students and faculty at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Joe Haydt at jhaydt@uchicago.edu. Lunch will be provided.  \nWe will work through the Greek text of chapters eight and nine of the Gospel of Luke. Particular attention will be paid to the narrative structure of these chapters. Participants with all levels of Greek are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided by the Lumen Christi Institute. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet every Tuesday (beginning October 15th) from 1pm – 2pm. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-greek-new-testament/2024-10-15/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241014T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T132409
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SUMMARY:Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Aidan Valente at valenteaidan@uchicago.edu. Books and drinks will be provided. This will be held at the LCI Residence (5554 S Wooodlawn Ave). \n“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – This well-worn aphorism suggests that what we find “beautiful” relies only on subjective taste; and yet\, many would agree in finding a Gothic cathedral obviously more beautiful than a brutalist library. Is there\, then\, an objective component to beauty\, and if so\, where and how can we locate it? \nPhilosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages argued for the objectivity of beauty\, but they did so in diverse ways. This reading group will follow Umberto Eco’s introduction to medieval aesthetics (in the scholastic context and especially the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas) and will explore both Eco’s sources and his interpretation of medieval attitudes toward art and architecture. \nAn optional session at the end of the course will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago to examine and discuss medieval art first-hand. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet on Mondays (beginning Oct 7th) from 6:00pm – 7:30pm over dinner. \nOct 7: Preface\, Introduction\, and I: The Medieval Aesthetic Sensibility (19 pages) \nOct 14: II\, Transcendental Beauty and III\, The Aesthetics of Proportion (26 pages) \nOct 21: IV\, The Aesthetics of Light and V\, Symbol and Allegory (22 pages) \nOct 28: VI\, Aesthetic Perception and VII\, The Aesthetics of the Organism (19 pages) \nNov 4: VIII\, Development and Decline of the Aesthetics of the Organism and IV\, Theories of Art (21 pages) \nNov 11: X\, Inspiration and the Status of Art and XI\, Conlusion (19 pages) \nA optional trip\, free with a UCID\, to the Art Institute of Chicago or Smart Museum will be planned to conclude the group. \nA copy of Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages will be provided to all participants. The reading may be picked up at Gavin House (1220 E 58th street) during buisness hours at the start of the fall quarter. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-04-umberto-eco-reading-group-2/2024-10-14/
LOCATION:5554 S. Woodlawn Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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SUMMARY:The Brothers Karamazov Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:This event is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows Program\, which supports and encourages University of Chicago undergraduate students to develop their intellectual maturity. Jacob Neplokh\, who designed this program\, is a Nicklin Fellow. This program is for undergraduate students only. \nREGISTER HERE \nThe Brothers Karamazov\, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final masterpiece\,  explores the human questions of morality\, freedom\, reason\, and belief\, in the context of a captivating family drama. \nRather than merely writing a philosophical treatise\, Dostoevsky produced a work of literature\, thereby warranting a complete reading of the text. \nThis weekly dinnertime reading group spread out over two quarters seeks to accomplish that task\, primarily focusing on the philosophical and theological themes above\, in an enriching communal setting. \nCopies of The Brothers Karamazov will be provided. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will run over dinner on Mondays from 6 – 7:30pm\, starting October 14th. \nWinter Quarter: \n\nWeek 2: Book Eight (pp. 386-472)\nWeek 3: NO MEETING (MLK Day)\nWeek 4: Book Nine (pp. 472-545)\nWeek 5: Book Ten (pp. 545-596)\nWeek 6: Book Eleven\, chs. 1-5 (pp. 596-639)\nWeek 7: Book Eleven\, chs. 6-10 (pp. 639-696)\nWeek 8: Book Twelve\, chs. 1-9 (pp. 696-769)\nWeek 9: Book Twelve\, chs. 9-14 (pp. 769-803) + Epilogue (803-825)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-brothers-k/2024-10-14/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups,Nicklin Fellowship
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SUMMARY:Dante's Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Kristóf Oltvai at oltvai@uchicago.edu. Books and dinner will be provided.  \nIn what is perhaps the literary triumph of the European imagination\, Dante Alighieri’s Commedia offers a vision of unforgettable cosmic and spiritual grandeur. Join us on this journey from the horrors of Hell\, along Mount Purgatory’s breathtaking vistas\, all the way into the bosom of the eternal Church Triumphant as our poet-protagonist discovers the meaning of sin\, love\, virtue\, and redemption in conversation with his guides\, Virgil and Beatrice. \nThis reading group will focus on two themes: \n(1) Dante as a moral pedagogue – as one who leads us from accepting the righteousness of God’s judgment; through pursuing virtue as a prerequisite for beatitude; to seeing\, at last\, even that ethical growth as a gift of grace \n(2) The communion of saints as the fabric of the universe. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet on Thursdays (beginning October 10th) from 6:00pm – 7:30pm over dinner. We will read 10 cantos before each meeting. \n\n\nOct 10: Inferno 1-10 \n\n\nOct 24: Inferno 11-20 \n\n\nNov 7: Inferno 21-30 \n\n\nNov 21: Inferno 31-34\, Purgatorio 1-6 \n\n\nDec 5th: Purgatorio 7-17 \n\n\nA copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy will be provided to all participants. The reading may be picked up at Gavin House (1220 E 58th street) during buisness hours at the start of the fall quarter. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-dante-reading-group/2024-10-10/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241007T193000
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SUMMARY:Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nOpen to current graduate students at the University of Chicago. Participants can come to whichever sessions they choose. Others interested in participating should contact Aidan Valente at valenteaidan@uchicago.edu. Books and drinks will be provided. This will be held at the LCI Residence (5554 S Wooodlawn Ave). \n“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – This well-worn aphorism suggests that what we find “beautiful” relies only on subjective taste; and yet\, many would agree in finding a Gothic cathedral obviously more beautiful than a brutalist library. Is there\, then\, an objective component to beauty\, and if so\, where and how can we locate it? \nPhilosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages argued for the objectivity of beauty\, but they did so in diverse ways. This reading group will follow Umberto Eco’s introduction to medieval aesthetics (in the scholastic context and especially the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas) and will explore both Eco’s sources and his interpretation of medieval attitudes toward art and architecture. \nAn optional session at the end of the course will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago to examine and discuss medieval art first-hand. \nSCHEDULE:\nThis group will meet on Mondays (beginning Oct 7th) from 6:00pm – 7:30pm over dinner. \nOct 7: Preface\, Introduction\, and I: The Medieval Aesthetic Sensibility (19 pages) \nOct 14: II\, Transcendental Beauty and III\, The Aesthetics of Proportion (26 pages) \nOct 21: IV\, The Aesthetics of Light and V\, Symbol and Allegory (22 pages) \nOct 28: VI\, Aesthetic Perception and VII\, The Aesthetics of the Organism (19 pages) \nNov 4: VIII\, Development and Decline of the Aesthetics of the Organism and IV\, Theories of Art (21 pages) \nNov 11: X\, Inspiration and the Status of Art and XI\, Conlusion (19 pages) \nA optional trip\, free with a UCID\, to the Art Institute of Chicago or Smart Museum will be planned to conclude the group. \nA copy of Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages will be provided to all participants. The reading may be picked up at Gavin House (1220 E 58th street) during buisness hours at the start of the fall quarter. \n\nThe University of Chicago is famous for its graduate student reading groups\, in which students pursue their own intellectual interests among friends in an informal setting. The Lumen Christi Institute supports this endeavor by sponsoring a number of graduate student reading groups each quarter. LCI provides space\, hospitality\, and books. \nReading groups cover the whole spectrum of ideas. Texts do not need to be explicitly Catholic\, though we follow St. Paul’s injunction to attend to whatever is true\, noble\, right\, admirable\, and lovely (Phil 4:8). Groups follow LCI’s guiding principles\, which… \n\n\nAffirm the intellectual life as good in itself \n\n\nAsk questions animated by the principle that “all knowledge forms one whole” \n\n\nTranscend the ideological / political divide (i.e.\, programs should not be partisan in nature) \n\n\nWelcome religious perspectives as part of the intellectual life (i.e.\, programs need not be theological in nature but conversations should be open to religious insights) \n\n\nNurture friendships\, to support the pursuit of truth\, beauty\, and goodness (i.e.\, programs should have a social component)
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-04-umberto-eco-reading-group-2/2024-10-07/
LOCATION:5554 S. Woodlawn Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60637\, Hyde Park\, IL
CATEGORIES:Reading Groups
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