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Neanderthal Personhood and Rationality: Were They Like Us?
Feb 7
Neanderthal Personhood and Rationality: Were They Like Us?

University of California, Santa Barbara

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Baglow (University of Notre Dame)

Buchanan Hall, Room 1940

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Resurrection in Context: The Strangeness of Early Christian Claims
Nov 26
The Resurrection in Context: The Strangeness of Early Christian Claims

University of California, Santa Barbara

A lecture by Prof. Matthew Thomas (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

Buchanan Hall, Room 1940

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Can a Liberal Democracy Survive Moral Relativism
May 9
Can a Liberal Democracy Survive Moral Relativism

University of California, Santa Barbara

A lecture by Fr. Stephen Fields, S.J. (Georgetown University)

Loma Peloma Center 1108

This lecture is free andopen to the public.

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Challenges and Opportunities of Gene Editing
Jan 19
Challenges and Opportunities of Gene Editing

University of California, Santa Barbara

A lecture by Prof. William Hurlbut (Stanford University)

North Hall 1006

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Faith, Reason, and the Wonder and Limitation of Science
Nov 7
Faith, Reason, and the Wonder and Limitation of Science

University of California, Santa Barbara

A lecture by Prof. Karin Öberg (Harvard University)

Student Resources Building, MPR Room

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Does Free Will Exist?
Feb 18
Does Free Will Exist?

A lecture by Fr. Anselm Ramelow, OP of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.

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The Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Happiness
Nov 18
The Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Happiness

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor of Loyola Marymount University.

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The Heroic Virtue of Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis | Intellectual Retreat
Oct 10
The Heroic Virtue of Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis | Intellectual Retreat

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

An Intellectual Retreat for current university students.

With Prof. Michael Wahl (Providence College) and Fr. John Mark Solitario, O.P. (Thomistic Institute)

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Christian Life: Spiritual and Religious | Online Summa Reading Group for Alumni
Oct 11
Christian Life: Spiritual and Religious | Online Summa Reading Group for Alumni

A Summa Reading Group

Led by Fr. Thomas Aquinas Pickett, O.P. (Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology)

Zoom

Saturdays, October 11 - November 1

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Neurobiology, Human Embodiment, and the Concept of Soul
Oct 14
Neurobiology, Human Embodiment, and the Concept of Soul

Baylor University

A lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut (Stanford University Medical Center)

Cashion 316

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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