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Leo's Legacy: A Template for Public Life in the Modern World
Civitas Dei Fellowship
When:
June 7 - June 12, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Location:
Washington, D.C.
The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship is a project sponsored by the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America and the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies that offers competitive fellowships for graduate students (and a few talented, upper-level undergraduates), drawing from across fields in the sciences, humanities, and law.
Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in all disciplines. Acceptance to the fellowship includes housing and meals for the duration of the program. Accepted students may also apply for travel funding.
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This year’s Civitas Dei fellowship examines “Leo's Legacy: A Template for Public Life in the Modern World”, drawing on historical perspectives to engage critical questions of philosophy, theology, politics, and economics. By participating in this fellowship, accepted students will be introduced to the work of Pope Leo XIII, preparing them for robust and ongoing engagement in conversations about how Leo's vision should inform our politics, economics, family, and modern society as a whole.
Fellowship recipients attend a one-week program in Washington, D.C., that offers courses and seminars given by distinguished scholars focusing on an aspect of Catholic thought in relation to culture and public life.
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