2024 Fall Lecture Series

All lectures are held from 2:00-4:00 PM, in the Aquinas Hall Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.

The flyer, as well as further details, can be found here.

In Celebration of a Triple Anniversary:

Boethius (d. 524) ~ Aquinas & Bonaventure (d. 1274) 

Proudly presented by the School of Philosophy, the School of Theology & Religious Studies, the Institute for Human Ecology, and the Graduate Student Associations of the Schools of Philsophy and Theology & Religious Studies.

Friday, September 27

Consolation, Hope, and Prayer: Reading Boethius in Late-Medieval England

Megan E. Murton, The Catholic University of America
Associate Professor of English

Friday, October 25

Bonaventure: Metaphysics and Trinitarian Theology

Fr. Christopher Cullen, S.J., Fordham University
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Friday, November 8

Baptizing The Stoics: Boethius on Images of The Good

Thomas Ward, Baylor University
Associate Professor of Philosophy 

Friday, November 22

Putting On Virtue: Moral Growth in Aquinas's Scripture Commentaries

Angela Knobel, University of Dallas
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Friday, December 6 

The Nature of Normativity and the Normativity of Nature: Aquinas and Contemporary Moral Philosophers on Reasons for Moral Action

Jean Porter, University of Notre Dame
John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology