In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — A Bent but Beautiful World: Literature, Art, and the Environment — we delve into the topical area of our environment. In recent years, we have rightly heard much about the world’s environmental problems, dangers, and disasters. However, in this series, we will invite speakers to...
"Leisure is the centre-point around which everything revolves." Josef Pieper explores this puzzling statement of Aristotle in this short, approachable, and profound book. We will use a careful reading of the text to contemplate the lack of contemplation in our contemporary work-life balance, and Pieper's argument that only a more spiritual approach can make things...
An online talk by Christopher J. Lane, PhD, Association Professor of History, Christendom College. Response by James Bergida, Junior Research Fellow, Blackfriars Hall. This talk contextualizes the long-term development of Catholic law, doctrine, and practice in support of individual freedom to choose a state of life, especially with respect to the vows of marriage and of...
"Leisure is the centre-point around which everything revolves." Josef Pieper explores this puzzling statement of Aristotle in this short, approachable, and profound book. We will use a careful reading of the text to contemplate the lack of contemplation in our contemporary work-life balance, and Pieper's argument that only a more spiritual approach can make things...
A talk by Alberto Solís Castro. From 1989 to 2000, Mexico transitioned from a one-party autocratic political system to a multi-party democracy. The lack of institutional transformation during the regime change, especially in law enforcement and justice, resulted in an increase in violence by organized crime groups. Numerous academics (Trejo and Ley 2013, 2020) argue...
"Leisure is the centre-point around which everything revolves." Josef Pieper explores this puzzling statement of Aristotle in this short, approachable, and profound book. We will use a careful reading of the text to contemplate the lack of contemplation in our contemporary work-life balance, and Pieper's argument that only a more spiritual approach can make things...
This event is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University), the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union. Nearly three-and-a-half-years later,...
The first part of a two-part talk by Anthony O'Mahony, tutor in World Religions at Blackfriars Hall and Studium and a Graduate College Adviser, held at Blackfriars Hall and online. In modern times the historical vocation of Jerusalem has been identified as a meeting place for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The encounter of these three religions in...
"Leisure is the centre-point around which everything revolves." Josef Pieper explores this puzzling statement of Aristotle in this short, approachable, and profound book. We will use a careful reading of the text to contemplate the lack of contemplation in our contemporary work-life balance, and Pieper's argument that only a more spiritual approach can make things...
The second part of a two-part talk by Anthony O’Mahony, tutor in World Religions at Blackfriars Hall and Studium and a Graduate College Adviser, held at Blackfriars Hall and online. In modern times the historical vocation of Jerusalem has been identified as a meeting place for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The encounter of these three religions in...