de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture
Liberalism and the Invisible Hand
Presented by Adrian Vermeule (Harvard Law School) at the Center for Ethics and Culture’s 2018 Fall Conference, “Higher Powers.” The Conference explored the perennial problem...
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Old Forgotten Words and Ancient Melodies
This talk features Carole Baker (Duke Divinity School) on “The Icon as Exemplary Image: Reflections on Iconology and the Visual Arts”, Jay Martin (University of Notre Dame) on...
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A House Divided – Polarization in Our Common Life
“Overcoming Polarization through Catholic Social Teaching” by John Carr (Georgetown University) and “Church and State in a Time of Polarization” by Mark Movsesian (St....
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Mind, Body, Spirit, and State
This session features Lauris Kaldjian, M.D. (University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine) on “Conscientious Practice, Religious Freedom, and the Sovereignty of God” and...
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Art and Truth in a Fearsome Century
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, son of Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, discusses his father’s life, work, and legacy with professor Daniel J. Mahoney (Assumption College). This...
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Teacher and Author Matthew Mehan on His First Children’s Book
Matthew Mehan is a teacher at The Heights School in Washington, D.C. and The Worsham Teaching Fellow of Hillsdale College’s Washington DC Allan P. Kirby, Jr., Center for...
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Historian James Hankins on Political Thought in the Italian Renaissance
James Hankins is a professor of Renaissance Intellectual History at Harvard University. He is the founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library from Harvard...
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Philosopher RĂ©mi Brague on His Writing
RĂ©mi Brague is professor emeritus of Arabic and religious philosophy at the Sorbonne and Romano Guardini chair of philosophy (emeritus) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of...
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Thomas More Fellow Fr. William R. Dailey, C.S.C. on His Involvement with the de Nicola Center
Holy Cross Fr. William R. Dailey is the Thomas More Fellow at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture and the Director of the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in...
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Sorin Fellow Katherine Smith on Studying in Rome
Katherine Smith is an undergraduate Sorin Fellow at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. In this episode, we chat with Katherine about her Spring 2018 semester in Rome,...
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Vita Institute Fellow Richard Doerflinger on His Pro-Life Work
Richard M. Doerflinger retired in 2016 after 36 years of service to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, finishing as the associate director of the Secretariat of...
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Professor D. C. Schindler on Freedom From Reality
D.C. Schindler is an associate professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paull II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. He is also the author of Freedom from...
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