Upcoming Events
Series Launch
The Person: Action & Influence:
The Two Questions of A Liberal Education
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 12-1 pm CST
There are two central questions of any liberal education: What is true? And how should I live?
These are the guiding questions of our new video series: The Person: Action and Influence. Join us as we together watch the first session together; after the presentation, the series director, Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, will join us for a live conversation, moderated by Dr. Michael West.
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
What It Means to be Human:
A Conversation About the Body, Medicine, and Bioethics
Thursday, February 11, 2021, 2-3 pm CST, on zoom
In O. Carter Snead’s new book, What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics, he recasts debates over abortion, reproduction, and end-of-life decisions and situates them within a framework of embodiment and dependence. Avoiding typical dichotomies of conservative-versus-liberal and secular-versus-religious, Professor Snead rethinks how the law represents human experiences so that it might govern more wisely, justly, and humanely.
Professor Snead (Notre Dame) will be joined by pediatrician and philosophy professor Dr. William Stigall (University of Dallas) in this conversation at the intersection of law, philosophy, and medicine. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Michael West of the Liberal Learning for Life Program.
This event is hosted by the Liberal Learning for Life Program at the University of Dallas.
Previous Events
"Bricks & Clouds: The Monastic Search for God" with Fr. John Bayer O. Cist.
November 17, 2020, 12 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
Towards Fraternity:
Reflections on Fratelli Tutti
November 12, 2020, 6 pm CST
Featuring:
Louis Brown (University of Dallas Trustee, Christ Medicus Foundation)
Erika Bachiochi (Ethics and Public Policy Center)
Kim Daniels (Georgetown University)
Timothy P. O’Malley (University of Notre Dame)
Moderated By:
Elise Ureneck (Catholic communications strategist)
This event is co-sponsored with the Portsmouth Institute for Faith and Culture.
Writing Between Cultures: Exploring the Catholicism of Endō, Greene, McKay & Su
September 17, 2020, 6 pm CST
This event is co-sponsored with the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture.
"The Postmodern Bind and John Paul II's Response of Love with Dr. Irene Alexander
September 15, 2020, 12 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
“Dante and the Journey to God” with Dr. Anthony Nussmeier
August 11, 2020, 12 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
"The Res Christiana: Tradition and History," with Dr. Ron Rombs
July 21, 2020, 12 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
"The Aeneid, History, and Tradition" with Dr. Andrew Moran
July 14, 2020, 12 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
“Maimonides and Abraham: What is the Beginning of Wisdom?” with Dr. Joshua Parens
June 22, 2020, 7 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.
"Thomas More, Laughter, and Fatherhood" with Dr. Gerard Wegemer
June 18, 2020, 12 pm CST
This is a Virtual Encore event, co-sponsored by the UD Office of Alumni Affairs.