Vita Institute: NYC
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Saturday, January 6, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018
March For Life 2018
The Center for Ethics and Culture is proud to once again sponsor students, faculty, and staff from Notre Dame, Saint Mary's, and Holy Cross College to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
“The End of Religious Freedom? Challenges from the Right, the Left, and Around the Globe” with Daniel Mark
“The End of Religious Freedom? Challenges from the Right, the Left, and Around the Globe” by Daniel Mark, Chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Daniel Mark is also a visiting research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, a visiting Tocqueville Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Villanova University.
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
"The Future of Christians in Iraq: Challenges and Mission" by Archbishop Bashar Warda (Irbil, Iraq)
Archbishop Warda is a leading international voice for the persecuted Christians of Northern Iraq and the chief administrator of pastoral care and relief services for nearly twenty thousand threatened…
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Lunch Round Table: D.C. Schindler on "Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty"
Michael Moreland (Villanova Law), Adam Seagrave (University of Missouri), and Peter Simpson (CUNY) will join author D. C. Schindler in a discussion of his book's critique of…
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
"The Prophetic Power of Humanae Vitae" by Mary Eberstadt
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Bread of Life Dinner with Sarah Yaklic (Director, Grotto Network)
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Francis X. Clooney, S.J., to Lecture on "St. Joseph in South India"
Join the World Religions World Church Area in the Notre Dame Department of Theology; the McGrath Institute for Church Life; and the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study for a public lecture by renowned theologian Rev. Dr. Francis X. Clooney, S.J., entitled “St. Joseph in South India: When…
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Concert: Sons of Bill
Join us for a free concert and conversation with the Sons of Bill, a Virginia roots-rock band featuring brothers…
Friday, April 13, 2018
Conference on Medicine & Religion
The Center for Ethics and Culture is a co-sponsor of the annual Conference on Medicine & Religion. The 2018 conference (April 13–15) in St. Louis is entitled, "Examining the Foundations of Medicine and…
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Conference on Medicine & Religion
The Center for Ethics and Culture is a co-sponsor of the annual Conference on Medicine & Religion. The 2018 conference (April 13–15) in St. Louis is entitled, "Examining the Foundations of Medicine and…
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Conference on Medicine & Religion
The Center for Ethics and Culture is a co-sponsor of the annual Conference on Medicine & Religion. The 2018 conference (April 13–15) in St. Louis is entitled, "Examining the Foundations of Medicine and…
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Lunch Lecture: "Not a Crime to be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America" by Peter Edelman
Peter Edelman is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy and the faculty director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center.…
Saturday, April 28, 2018
ND Evangelium Vitae Medal Mass and Banquet on April 28
Monday, May 28, 2018
Colloquium: The People and the Elites In Contemporary Democracy
A colloquium in collaboration with the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, Fondation Simone et Cino…
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Colloquium: The Limits of Liberalism and the Political Rationality of Christianity
A colloquium in collaboration with the Centre d'études du Saulchoir and the Notre Dame Center…
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Symposium: The #MeToo Moment: Second Thoughts on the Sexual Revolution
The #MeToo movement has generated widespread outrage over sexual harassment and the culture that condoned it. More broadly, it has prompted new questions about related harms…
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Economics & Catholic Social Thought Seminar (June 10–13)
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…
Thursday, June 14, 2018
8th Annual Philosophy Workshop: Aquinas on Divine Attributes (June 14–17)
The Center for Ethics and Culture, in concert with the Catholic and Dominican Institute at Mount Saint Mary College and the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies,…
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Tailgate: ND vs. Michigan
Save the date to join us for food, fellowship, and fun at a Center for Ethics and Culture Tailgate! We'll cheer on the Irish before two home games this year: September 1 (vs. Michigan) and September 29 (vs. Stanford).…
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
McMahon Aquinas Lecture by Cardinal Peter Turkson
Saint Mary's College hosts the 2018 McMahon Aquinas Lecture, "The Poor, the Vulnerable, and the Common Good" by Cardinal Peter Turkson on September 11, 2018. The event is free and open…
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Writing Faith: A Conversation with Marilynne Robinson
To kick off this year’s ND Forum, Marilynne Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and champion of the integral relationship between faith and art, will be in dialogue with John Cardinal…
Friday, September 21, 2018
Soul and Barbed Wire: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of Solzhenitsyn’s "The Gulag Archipelago"
“Soul and Barbed Wire: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of Solzhenitsyn’s ‘The Gulag Archipelago’”, will take place at 4:00 p.m., Friday, September 21 at 1050 Jenkins and Nanovic Halls.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018
Tailgate: ND vs. Stanford
Save the date to join us for food, fellowship, and fun at a Center for Ethics and Culture Tailgate! We'll cheer on the Irish before two home games this year: September 1 (vs. Michigan) and September…
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Behold I Make All Things New: A Conversation on Youth, Faith, and Vocation
As a contribution to the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment, the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame has convened a global…
Friday, October 5, 2018
Catholic in Congress: Faithfulness and Public Service
Join the Center for Ethics and Culture for a lecture by Congressman Dan Lipinski on remaining faithful while working in the world of public service. Known as a conservative and pro-life Democrat, Mr. Lipinski is the…
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Fall Conference: Higher Powers (Nov. 1–3, 2018)
What is the proper relationship between God, the human person, and the state? In a 1993 address, Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn observed that, “having refused to recognize…
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Bread of Life Dinner with Ernest Morrell
Every semester since Spring 2009, the Center has hosted Bread of Life dinner discussions. The event is designed to provide an opportunity for Notre Dame undergraduates and faculty…
Friday, November 30, 2018
Autism and Assisted Suicide: What's Happening in Europe and Why It Should Stop
It is now well-documented—if not well-publicized on this side of the Atlantic—that people on the spectrum have died by euthanasia and assisted suicide in Belgium and the Netherlands. In this colloquium, Dr. Michael Waddell will draw upon psychological and legal scholarship to examine…
Monday, December 3, 2018
Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia for People with Psychiatric Disorders: An Emerging Ethical Crisis
In several European countries, physician assisted suicide and euthanasia by lethal injection are being made…