The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship

Can War Be Just? Augustinian, Thomistic, and Contemporary Perspectives

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

June 9-14, 2024

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.

Accepted fellowship recipients attend a one-week program in Washington, D.C. that offers courses and seminars given by distinguished scholars focusing on some aspect of Catholic thought in relation to culture and public life.

This year’s Civitas Dei fellowship examines “Can War Be Just?” and will feature lectures drawing on resources from patristic, scholastic, and contemporary perspectives. By participating in this fellowship, accepted students will be introduced to a wealth of scholarly resources on just war theory, and will be encouraged to think critically about the application of these principles in private and public life.

2024 Featured Speakers:

Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)

Dr. Gregory M. Reichberg (Peace Research Institute Oslo)

Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in all disciplines. Successful applicants will receive travel funding as well as lodging for the extent of the fellowship and waived registration fee.

Applications have closed.

Photos from Civitas Dei 2023

This event is in-person only. If you cannot make it to the conference, be sure to listen to the lecture recordings after they are published on the Thomistic Institute podcast.