Vanderbilt University

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UNDERGRADUATE AND MEDICAL SCHOOL CHAPTERS

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. Events at Vanderbilt are organized in coordination with University Catholic in Nashville. 

All Thomistic Institute lectures on campus are free and open to the public.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
The Catholic Art of Dating
Sep 5
The Catholic Art of Dating

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)

Time TBD

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Fire on the Altar: A Lecture on Saint Augustine
Oct 7
Fire on the Altar: A Lecture on Saint Augustine

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Chad Pecknold (The Catholic University of America)

Tuesday, October 7

Location TBD

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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PAST EVENTS
Imitating the Saints and Growth in Virtue
Mar 26
Imitating the Saints and Growth in Virtue

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Wahl (Providence College)

Alumni 202

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Beatitudes of Christ According to St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Feb 19
The Beatitudes of Christ According to St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Fr. John Mark Solitario (Thomistic Institute)

Moore College A117

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Agape and Hesed: How Do We Repay God’s Grace?
Apr 10
Agape and Hesed: How Do We Repay God’s Grace?

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Lenn Goodman (Vanderbilt University)

Kissam C210

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Catholic Faith and Modern Science: Understanding and Correcting Models of Conflict
Mar 1
The Catholic Faith and Modern Science: Understanding and Correcting Models of Conflict

Vanderbilt University

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

Kissam C210

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients To Die? Making Sense of MAID
Jan 24
Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients To Die? Making Sense of MAID

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Farr Curlin (Duke University)

Alumni Hall 201

This lecture is free and open to the public

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Moral Relativism and the Natural Law
Nov 30
Moral Relativism and the Natural Law

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Francis Beckwith (Baylor University)

Alumni 201

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients To Die? Making Sense of MAID
Oct 16
Helping Patients Who Are Dying or Helping Patients To Die? Making Sense of MAID

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Farr Curlin (Duke University)

Alumni Hall 201

This lecture is free and open to the public

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The Philosophical and Scientific Images of Humanity
Sep 19
The Philosophical and Scientific Images of Humanity

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. James Madden (Benedictine College)

Vanderbilt University | Kissam Building, Room C210

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Can a Biologist Believe in the Existence of Life?
Mar 8
Can a Biologist Believe in the Existence of Life?

Vanderbilt University

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

Benton Chapel

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Conscientious Objection and Health Care
Feb 28
Conscientious Objection and Health Care

Vanderbilt School of Medicine

A lecture by Prof. Christopher Kaczor (Loyola Marymount University)

Eskind Biomedical Library Room 324

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Does God Exist?
Feb 17
Does God Exist?

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Michael Gorman (The Catholic University of America)

Benton Chapel

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Love, Addiction, and Self-Reliance in The Confessions of St. Augustine
Sep 29
Love, Addiction, and Self-Reliance in The Confessions of St. Augustine

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel (Aquinas College)

Frassati House

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Neurological Disease: Human Dignity, Free Will, and a Reason for Hope
May 6
Neurological Disease: Human Dignity, Free Will, and a Reason for Hope

Vanderbilt University Medical

A lecture by Dr. Paul LaPenna (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine)

Eskind Biomedical Library 320/321

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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What Can an Adulteress Teach Us About Happiness? Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature
Sep 20
What Can an Adulteress Teach Us About Happiness? Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the Project of Literature

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, O.P. (St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters, Nashville)

Frassati House Library

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Christian Humanism in Modern Literature
Mar 18
Christian Humanism in Modern Literature

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Prof. Lee Oser (College of the Holy Cross)

Zoom

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Theology in Relation to the Arts: The Aesthetics and Metaphysics of John Ruskin
Feb 18
Theology in Relation to the Arts: The Aesthetics and Metaphysics of John Ruskin

Vanderbilt Undergraduate

A lecture by Prof. Thomas Pfau (Duke University)

Zoom

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So You Want to Be a Doctor? Medicine as Instrumental Job vs. Sacred Vocation
Feb 11
So You Want to Be a Doctor? Medicine as Instrumental Job vs. Sacred Vocation

Vanderbilt University

A lecture by Dr. Farr Curlin (Duke University)

Zoom

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OTHER EVENTS

Featured
The Catholic Art of Dating
Sep 4
The Catholic Art of Dating

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A lecture by Prof. Michael Foley (Baylor University)

Newman Catholic Center

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Where is God at NYU?
Sep 4
Where is God at NYU?

New York University

A lecture by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

The Catholic Center at NYU

This lecture is free and open to the public.

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On Predestination
Sep 5
On Predestination

Dominican House of Studies | Washington, D.C.

Friday, September 5 - Saturday, September 6, 2025

A Thomistic Circles conference featuring Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P.(Dominican House of Studies), Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies), Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas, Houston), Fr. Piotr Roszak (Nicolaus Copernicus University), and Mats Wahlberg (Umeå University)

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