Spring 2025 Schedule

  • Dr. Amy Blair, Department of English, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ
    Tasting and Testing Books: "Good Housekeeping," Popular Modernism, and Middlebrow Reading (Book Launch)
    Thursday, January 23, 4 p.m., Cudahy 118
  • Dr. Sergio González, Department of History, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ
    Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin (Book Talk)
    Thursday, February 27, 4 p.m., ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Hall 105
  • Dr. Javiera Perez Gomez, Department of Philosophy, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ
    "When Are Microagressions Wrong?"
    Wednesday, April 9, 4 p.m., ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Hall 105

Fall 2024 Schedule

  • Dr. Douglas E. Christie, 2024-25 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar & Professor Emeritus, Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University **
    •  "Thinking Like a Mountain: Contemplative Ecology in the Anthropocene,"
        Tuesday, October 1, 4 p.m., Beaumier Suites, Raynor Library, and  
        via Teams                                                  
    •  "Contemplative Practice in an Age of Distraction" (Discussion),
       Wednesday, October 2, 2 p.m., Lalumiere 232

     ** Co-sponsored by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the Center
          for the  Advancement of the Humanities, the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Core Curriculum,
          the University Honors Program, and the Departments of English and
          Theology.       

  • Rev. Joseph Simmons, S.J., D.Phil.
    Department of Theology, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ
    Thursday, October 24, 4 p.m., ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Hall 105, and via Teams
    "A Pope's Hope for the Humanities: Reading Francis's Love Letter to Literature"