Art and History
On Photography and When Lightning Strikes
At Notre Dame, the name “Matt Cashore” is synonymous with photography. His 20-plus years visually chronicling the University, its faculty, and its students have produced...
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A Heart for Muslims: Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Gabriel Reynolds, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, presents on Bl. Charles de Foucauld. This lecture is the sixth of seven lectures in the 2018 Saturdays...
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Beyond the Soul and Barbed Wire: The Continuing Legacy of Solzhenitsyn
With Ralph Wood (Baylor University) on “The Uniquely Orthodox Character of Solzhenitsyn’s Literary Imagination,” David Deavel (St. Thomas University) on “Life, Liberty,...
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Authority, Rights, and Responsibilities
This session features Mary Ann Glendon (Harvard Law School) on “Can the Modern Human Rights Project Be Saved?” and Patrizia Giunti (University of Florence) on “The...
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Stability, Conversion, and Obedience
This talk features Christopher Fisher (Portsmouth Abbey) on “A True ’Benedict Option’: The 10th Century English Benedictine Reform and the Poetic Kingdom of Edgar the...
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From the Ideological Lie to Freedom as Self Restriction
This talk features Professor Daniel J. Mahoney (Assumption College). Session Chair: Gladden J. Pappin (University of Dallas, American Affairs). Presented at the Center for Ethics...
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The Power of Images: Art in the Public Square
This video discusses “The Art of Good Government: Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena” by Elizabeth Lev, and “Mistuned Chords of Memory: Display and...
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Fr. John Wauck: Mightier than the Sword: St Thomas More and Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This lecture features Fr. John Wauck, a professor at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome. Keynote address at the Center for Ethics and Culture’s 2018 Fall...
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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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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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On Good Stories and Coming Along for the Science
A New York Times bestselling author, Sam Kean has written four books on science—books with titles like The Disappearing Spoon and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons. So...
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Why ‘Frankenstein’ Matters at 200: Rethinking the Human through the Arts and Sciences
Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein, is the most widely taught novel at the university level around the world. Upon the novel’s bicentennial, this talk addresses the...
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