University of Virginia

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Virginia and the G.K. Chesterton Society present a lecture by Dr. Thomas Hibbs of the University of Dallas titled “Chesterton on Saints Francis and Thomas Aquinas.”

Wednesday, November 18th

6:30 PM ET

This lecture will be on Zoom. Register below and Zoom credentials will be sent to your email inbox.

About the speaker:

Thomas Hibbs has been President of the University of Dallas since 2019. Previously, he served as distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of books including Virtue's Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good and Shows About Nothing, one of two books of his about film. He has nearly completed a book on Pascal, tentatively entitled Divine Irony and is at work on a book on Nihilism, Beauty, and God, an application of Jacques Maritain’s aesthetic theory to the arts of poetry and painting in the 20th century. He also has written on film, culture, books and higher education in publications including Books and Culture, Christianity Today, First Things, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.