Name: Undergraduate Seminar on Happiness and Freedom
Start: 2018-06-17T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2018-06-30T00:00:00-05:00
Location: Kylemore Abbey

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April 2018
April 19th, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

The Future of Liberalism: Relativism Confronts St. Augustine

Harper Memorial Library 130 1116 East 59th Street, Hyde Park, IL

Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Theology Club at the Divinity School. The future of political liberalism is a topic much discussed in recent scholarly books and popular journals. This lecture will integrate the recent argument of Patrick Deneen in Why Liberalism Failed, beginning where the book leaves off by addressing the following question: If it is true, as many have argued, that liberalism has become morally corroded, then can reasonable people still make a case for our continued cooperation with it? Discussing thinkers like Richard Rorty and John Rawls, this lecture will critically examine efforts to...
April 21st, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Master Class on “Karl Rahner’s Distinctive Theology of the Symbol”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

Open to current university students and faculty. A link to the readings will be provided for registrants. In an era of outstanding theologians who made the teachings of the second Vatican Council possible, Karl Rahner (1904-84) stands out as a titan. A German Jesuit, he studied under Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) in Freiburg (among others). He taught on the faculties of Innsbruck, Munich, and Münster; served as a peritus at the Council and as a member of the International Theological Commission. His chief works include Spirit in the World (1957), a study of Thomas Aquinas’s theory of knowledge; Hearer of the...
May 2018
May 3rd, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

Athens, Jerusalem—and Alexandria: Christian Wisdom between the Bible and Greek Philosophy

Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute 1155 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

A lecture by Rémi Brague with a response by Jean-Luc Marion. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Ethics Club at the Divinity School. This lecture will be audio and video recorded and accessible via this webpage shortly after the event. Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact us by email or call 773-955-5887. Christian wisdom could work its way through the Hebrew Bible and Greek philosophy and produce some sort of "Alexandrian" synthesis by focusing on the Logos, a concept explicitly central to Greek philosophy and implicitly fundamental to...
May 4th, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Master Class on Paul Claudel’s “The Muse Called Grace”

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

Open to current students and faculty. A copy of the poem with English translation will be circulated to those who RSVP. Paul Claudel can be described as the greatest French Catholic poet of the 20th century. His ode The Muse Called Grace celebrates the deep links between human and divine love, between poetry and faith. Join Professors Rémi Brague and Thomas Pavel for a master class on the poem. Previous familiarity with Paul Claudel is not required. SCHEDULE: 2:30pm Coffee & Tea 3:00pm Seminar 5:00pm Wine & Cheese The Franke Institute for the Humanities will host a conference on Paul...
May 5th, 2018 @ 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Prayer, Dinner, and Discussion at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross

The Monastery of the Holy Cross 3111 South Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60608, Chicago, IL

REGISTER HERE Transportation will be provided from Hyde Park. Open to current university students and faculty. Cosponsored by the Hildegard of Bingen Society. Join us for an evening of prayer with Benedictine Monks at the Monastery of the Holy Cross. Students will participate in the prayer of the Divine Office (including Solemn Vespers and Compline), and have dinner and discussion with Fr. Peter Funk, OSB, prior of the monastery and alumnus of the University of Chicago. This evening will feature a special Solemn Vespers, in which the monks will be accompanied by Schola Laudis. More information about the monastery can...
May 10th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Elizabeth Anscombe on Living the Truth

Classics 110 1010 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Elizabeth Anscombe was one of the most important and influential analytic philosophers of the twentieth century. One of the last lectures she delivered was titled "Doing the Truth." In it, she set out to identify and clarify a specifically practical mode of truth as the proper goal of a specifically practical mode of reasoning and knowledge. This talk will explore how Anscombe understands practical truth by relating it to her influential theory of the intentionality of action; its ultimate suggestion is that "doing the truth" just is living a good human life--i.e., knowingly performing actions in accordance with true judgments of right...
May 18th, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

The Book of Job and the Transmission of Biblical Wisdom

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

Open to current students and faculty. Lunch will be served. All too often, reading Scripture is merely an exercise in self-flattery and reinforcing our own preconceptions. But reading Scripture cross-culturally draws us more deeply into the text and undoes some of those preconceptions. Reading Job, one of Scripture’s most enigmatic books, in Lomwe with Lomwe-speakers can surprise a North American reader, illuminating what is present and what is absent. This presentation will center on a close-reading of passages from the text of Job. Image: Job and His Friends, Ilya Repin via Wikimedia Commons.
May 19th, 2018 @ 3:00 pm

Staged Reading of “Shakeshafte” by Rowan Williams

International House at the University of Chicago 1414 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

To view photos of the performance, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. You are invited to join the Shakespeare Project of Chicago for a special staged reading of a new play by Rowan Willams, a "fantasia" on the possible relationship between William Shakespeare and Edmund Campion. Free and open to the public. Online registration is recommended but not required. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the International House Global Voices Program. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or email HERE. You can...
May 22nd, 2018 @ 6:00 pm

The Hillbilly Thomist: Flannery O’Connor’s Catholic Imagination

Gavin House 1220 E 58th St., Chicago, IL

REGISTER HERE 6:00 Dinner | 6:30 Lecture This weekly non-credit course is open to current students and faculty. Registrants are free to attend as many sessions as they choose. Sessions do not presuppose previous attendance or prior knowledge of the subject. The fiction writer and essayist Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) once complained that she was pegged as "a hillbilly nihilist," whereas she viewed herself as "a hillbilly Thomist." Her profound Catholic faith served in many respects to detach her from the rural Georgia in which she lived and worked, and at the same time gave her a sympathy for and insight...
May 25th, 2018 @ 3:00 pm

What is Freedom? Some Reflections on Augustine

Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture 1025 E 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

You can subscribe to the Lumen Christi Institute Podcast via our Soundcloud page, iTunes channel, Stitcher, TuneIn, ListenNotes, Podbean, Pocket Casts, and Google Play Music. To view photos of the symposium, visit Lumen Christi's Facebook page. A lecture by Olivier Boulnois with responses by Jean-Luc Marion and Willemien Otten, and moderated by Ryan Coyne. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Theology Club at the Divinity School. This lecture will be audio and video recorded and accessible via this webpage shortly after the event. Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact us by email or call 773-955-5887.
June 2018
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June 10th, 2018 @ 9:00 am - June 13th, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

Economics and Catholic Social Thought: A Primer

University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556, Notre Dame, IN

You can download the poster here. Now in its third year, this seminar is designed as an introduction and immersion into Catholic social thought for graduate students and faculty in economics, finance, or related fields. Participants will cover foundational principles in Catholic social thought, starting with the human person, dignity, freedom, subsidiarity, solidarity, and the common good, and moving toward applications of these principles to conceptual understandings and ethical considerations involving economic topics such as utility theory, firm and business ethics, wages, markets, globalization, poverty, and development. Participants will delve into social encyclicals, secondary sources, and relevant economics texts. This...
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June 17th, 2018 @ 12:00 am - June 30th, 2018 @ 12:00 am

Undergraduate Seminar on Happiness and Freedom

Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey, Galway, Ireland

APPLY HERE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS HAS PASSED. IRISH STUDENTS ARE STILL WELCOME TO APPLY UNTIL APRIL 16. Undergraduate students from Ireland and the US are invited to apply for this two-week seminar on "Happiness & Freedom." Explore themes of nationalism, modernity, community, and stability while being immersed in Irish culture and history. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and the University of Notre Dame. You can download the poster here. ABOUT THE SEMINAR Human beings want to be happy. And they often see freedom as a necessary component in their happiness. What, though, should human beings be free...

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Athens, Jerusalem—and Alexandria: Christian Wisdom between the Bible and Greek Philosophy

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Prayer, Dinner, and Discussion at the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross

Elizabeth Anscombe on Living the Truth

The Book of Job and the Transmission of Biblical Wisdom

Staged Reading of “Shakeshafte” by Rowan Williams

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