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Event Series Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group

Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group

5554 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open 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). “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – This […]

Event Series Non-Credit Course | Science and Religion: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Non-Credit Course | Science and Religion: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE This event is in-person only. Intended for university students, faculty, and staff. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they […]

People: Peter Harrison

Undergraduate Student Social

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Advanced registration is encouraged. Pizza will be provided.  Come join us over pizza to celebrate the start of the new academic year. Learn more about the Lumen Christi Institute and meet new and returning undergraduate students! The social will run from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on Wednesday, […]

An Inquiry into the Value of Work: A Discussion of Matt Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft

University Club of Chicago 76 E Monroe St Chicago, IL 60603, Downtown, IL

REGISTER HERE 5:30 Cocktail and Hors d’Oeuvres  |   6:30 Opening Remarks   |   6:45 Dialogue and Q&A   |   7:30 End   Through the generosity of LCI's donors, undergraduate and graduate students are able to attend this event for free. Interested students should email Marial Corona at mcorona@lumenchristi.org to register. This event is cosponsored at The Point Magazine. Published in 2009, Matthew […]

People: Elisa Rubbo, Matthew Crawford, Kirk Doran
Event Series Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

Dante’s Divine Comedy Graduate Reading Group

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open 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.  In what is perhaps the literary triumph of the European imagination, Dante Alighieri’s Commedia offers a vision of unforgettable cosmic and spiritual grandeur. […]

The Boldness of Belief and Timidity of Technology: A Symposium on Gratitude, Creation, and the Technological Mindset

Social Sciences, Tea Room 1126 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM LIVESTREAM REGISTER HERE FOR IN-PERSON Open to students and faculty. For more information, contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is cosponsored and supported by the University of Chicago John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought. It is also cosponsored by The Point Magazine. This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: […]

People: Melanie Barrett, Matthew Crawford, Mark Shiffman

Is Christianity a Slave Morality? Max Scheler on Ressentiment

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open to current graduate students and faculty. Advanced undergraduates and others interested in participating should contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is in-person only. All registrants will receive copies of the selected readings, which should be read in advance of the class. An optional wine and cheese reception will follow.  This event is made possible through […]

People: Matthew Crawford, Mark Shiffman
Event Series The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

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. REGISTER HERE The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final masterpiece,  explores the human questions […]

Event Series Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group

Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages: Umberto Eco Graduate Reading Group

5554 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open 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). “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – This […]

Event Series Greek New Testament Reading Group

Greek New Testament Reading Group

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE Open 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.  We will work through the Greek text of chapters eight and nine of the Gospel of Luke. Particular attention will be paid […]

Event Series Non-Credit Course | Science and Religion: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Non-Credit Course | Science and Religion: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

REGISTER HERE This event is in-person only. Intended for university students, faculty, and staff. Others interested in attending please contact dstrobach@lumenchristi.org. This event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they […]

People: Peter Harrison
Event Series Civilization on the Brink? Modern Philosophy and the Abolition of Man

Civilization on the Brink? Modern Philosophy and the Abolition of Man

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 25. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. This seminar and the Nicklin Fellows are cosponsored by the First Analysis Institute, and this event […]

People: Erin Walsh, Daniel Wasserman-Soler