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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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Corpus Christi | An Intellectual Retreat for the UK
Jun 20
Corpus Christi | An Intellectual Retreat for the UK

Stonyhurst College | Clitheroe, England

With Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P and Fr. Matthew Jarvis, O.P.

For current university students in the UK

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Ascending the Heights of Wisdom | VERITAS
Jun 27
Ascending the Heights of Wisdom | VERITAS

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, June 25 - Sunday, June 29, 2025

At this expanded Student Leadership Conference, we will be welcoming our TI Campus Chapter Leaders to Washington, D.C. TI members, speakers, alumni, and others are invited to join the chapter leaders for the final days of the conference.

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Thomism, Creativity, and the Arts: Jacques and Raïssa Maritain
Jul 1
Thomism, Creativity, and the Arts: Jacques and Raïssa Maritain

Blackfriars Hall | Oxford, United Kingdom

A symposium on artistry, religion and culture in the modern world.

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