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Thomistic Institute chapters are on-campus, academic clubs formed and run by students to bring top-notch Christian intellectuals to their university campuses. These chapters organize lectures, seminars, and reading groups to explore the riches of the Christian intellectual tradition.

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PAST EVENTS
How to Avoid Being Unhappy: Gluttony and the Proper Place of Food and Alcohol in the Good Life
Apr 23
How to Avoid Being Unhappy: Gluttony and the Proper Place of Food and Alcohol in the Good Life

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Scott Cleveland (University of Mary)

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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How to be a Little Less Awful: The Cultivation of Virtue
Apr 2
How to be a Little Less Awful: The Cultivation of Virtue

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Timothy Pawl (University of St. Thomas)

Mol-Bio 1414

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art That Leads to God
Feb 10
The Beautiful and the Sublime: How to Make Art That Leads to God

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Patrick Callahan (St. Gregory the Great Seminary)

Molecular Biology (MOL-BIO) 1414

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Disease and the Problem of Evil
Nov 13
Disease and the Problem of Evil

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Stephen Meredith (University of Chicago)

2245 Coover Hall

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Spiritual but not Religious: Why We Need to Worship
Oct 15
Spiritual but not Religious: Why We Need to Worship

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Paige Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)

Tuesday, October 15th

Time TBD

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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A Vengeful God? How to Understand the Old Testament
Sep 18
A Vengeful God? How to Understand the Old Testament

Iowa State University

A lecture by Dr. Paul Gondreau (Providence College)

Wednesday, September 18th

6:00 PM

Hoover Hall 2055

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Jesus Christ as New Adam and the Virgin Mary as New Eve
Apr 24
Jesus Christ as New Adam and the Virgin Mary as New Eve

Iowa State University

A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

SICTR 0114

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Philosophy of Capital Punishment
Mar 7
The Philosophy of Capital Punishment

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Peter Koritansky (The University of Prince Edward Island)

MacKay 0117

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why Human Love Needs Divine Love: Romance and the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Feb 12
Why Human Love Needs Divine Love: Romance and the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Iowa State University

A lecture by Fr. Dominic Langevin (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception)

Physics Hall 0003

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Patience: the Guardian of the Virtues
Nov 15
Patience: the Guardian of the Virtues

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Adam Eitel (University of Dallas)

Hoover Hall 1213

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Power of the Love of God: Providence and Predestination
Oct 4
The Power of the Love of God: Providence and Predestination

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Corey Barnes (Oberlin College)

MacKay 0117

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Lost Art of Dying
Sep 14
The Lost Art of Dying

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Lydia Dugdale (Columbia University)

MacKay Hall 0117

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Angels and Demons
Apr 12
Angels and Demons

Iowa State University

A lecture by Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Student Innovation Center Room 0114

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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'Courage, Dear Heart': What Our Anxious Age Might Learn from C.S. Lewis on Courage
Feb 20
'Courage, Dear Heart': What Our Anxious Age Might Learn from C.S. Lewis on Courage

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Dauphinais (Ave Maria University)

Student Innovation Center Room 0114

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aesthetics and the Moral Life
Oct 26
Aesthetics and the Moral Life

Iowa State University

A lecture by Fr. Albert Trudel, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Physics Hall 0003

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Catholic Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Oct 5
The Catholic Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Paul Gondreau (Providence College)

Physics Hall 0003

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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From the Big Bang to Humans: Purpose and Meaning in an Expanding and Evolving Universe
Sep 14
From the Big Bang to Humans: Purpose and Meaning in an Expanding and Evolving Universe

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Karin Öberg (Harvard University)

Physics Hall 0003

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why You Can’t Reverse-Engineer Human Beings: The Metaphysics of the Soul
Mar 3
Why You Can’t Reverse-Engineer Human Beings: The Metaphysics of the Soul

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Joshua Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University)

Student Innovation Center 0114

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Desire for Happiness
Nov 1
The Desire for Happiness

Iowa State University

A lecture by Dr. R. J. Snell (Witherspoon Institute)

Gerdin 0145

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Aquinas, Freedom, and the Brain
Oct 12
Aquinas, Freedom, and the Brain

Iowa State University

A lecture by Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

Gerdin 0464

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Why Did God Become Man? Examining the Incarnation through the Lens of the Cross
Mar 31
Why Did God Become Man? Examining the Incarnation through the Lens of the Cross

Iowa State University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Sirilla (Franciscan University of Steubenville)

Troxel Hall 1001

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OTHER EVENTS

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Aquinas on Nature and the Natural | Aquinas Philosophy Workshop
May 28
Aquinas on Nature and the Natural | Aquinas Philosophy Workshop

Mount Saint Mary College | Newburgh, NY

Wednesday, May 28 - Sunday, June 1, 2025

A workshop featuring a call for papers and plenary addresses by Prof. John Brungardt (Newman University), Prof. Christopher Frey (University of Tulsa), Prof. Raymond Hain (Providence College), Prof. Josh Hochschild (Mount St. Mary’s University), Prof. Catherine Peters (Loyola Marymount University), Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P. (Angelicum), and Fr. John Sica, O.P. (Providence College).

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Hope, Suffering, and the Atomic Bomb
Jun 2
Hope, Suffering, and the Atomic Bomb

University of California, Los Angeles

A lecture by Prof. James Nolan (Williams College)

Bunche Hall 2160

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Future of Personhood and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship
Jun 8
The Future of Personhood and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship

Dominican House of Studies & The Catholic University of America | Washington, D.C.

Sunday, June 8 - Friday, June 13, 2025

A fellowship featuring Fr. James Brent, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), Prof. Jordan Wales (Hillsdale College), and Fr. Anselm Ramelow, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

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