The Thomistic Institute

This lecture was given on October 12, 2021 at Iowa State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley and currently the chair of the philosophy departme...

This lecture was given on May 6, 2022 at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. LaPenna's PowerPoint may be found here: tinyurl.com/mr38h43y For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic M...

This lecture was given on May 1, 2022 at Brown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoc...

This talk was given on April 28, 2022 at Mississippi State University. The slides accompanying this lecture can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/bogardusmississippi For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Tomás Bogardus is associate professor of philosophy at Pepperdine University. He was born in Long Beach, California, and ea...

This lecture was given on February 22, 2022 at the US Military Academy at West Point. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Joshua Hochschild is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of...

This lecture was given on April 9th 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Matthew J. Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in 2019 after completing a Ph. D. in moral theolog...

This lecture was given on April 8th, 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He serves as the general editor of the “Thomist Tradition Series...

This lecture was given on April 9th 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Dr. Matthew J. Dugandzic joined the theology faculty at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in 2019 after completing a Ph. D. in moral theolog...

This lecture was given on February 28, 2022 at Cedarbrake Renewal Center as part of the Second Annual Texas Student Retreat: "The Meaning of Death and Eternal Life." For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Corbett grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and came to know the Dominicans through family members in the Order, through St...

This lecture was given on April, 8 2022 at The Dominican House of Studies as part of the intellectual retreat "Faith Seeking Understanding" For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He serves as the general editor of the “Thomist Tradition Series”...

This talk was offered at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill on April 5, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Speaker Bio: Dr. Chad Pecknold received his PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK) and since 2008 he has been a Professor of Historical & Systematic Theology in the School of Theology at the Catholic University o...

This lecture was offered at Ohio State University on April 7th, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Joshua Hochschild is the Monsignor Robert R. Kline Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he also served six years as the inaugural Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His primary research is in...

This lecture was given on April 19th, 2022 at North Carolina State University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel is a member of the St. Cecilia Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas...

This talk was given on April 11, 2022 at the University of Florida. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. His research appears in August...

This talk was offered at John Hopkins University on April 11, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Gina Maria Noia is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Resident Bioethicist at Belmont Abbey College. She received her Ph. D. in Theology and Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. She has served as a clinical...

This lecture was offered at Hillsdale College on April 6th, 2022. For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Michael Pakaluk studied philosophy at Harvard College and the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship before getting his Ph. D. at Harvard writing a dissertation under John Rawls. He is a recognized authority on c...

This talk was given on April 8, 2022 at Virginia Tech. The handout for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/4snsdp6f For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Fr. Ambrose Little, O.P. is a Dominican friar of the Province of St. Joseph. He was born and raised in Connecticut and studied philosophy at The Catholic Univers...

This talk was offered at Baylor University on March 29th, 2022. The images for the talk can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3u42uh7y For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker Fr. Anselm Ramelow is a Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He is professor of philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Ber...

This lecture was given on March 30, 2022 at Saint Louis University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph. D. four years later from the University of...

This lecture was given to the Johns Hopkins University chapter on March 7, 2022. For more information about upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Paul LaPenna is a neurologist in Greenville, SC and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus. Dr. LaPenna completed his neurology reside...

This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at the University of Florida. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph. D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of P...

This lecture was given on March 23, 2022 at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. Slides: https://tinyurl.com/bddnstwn Handout: https://tinyurl.com/mr3bupft About the speaker: Fr. Conor McDonough, O.P. teaches theology at the Dominican House of Studies, Dublin. He studied science and theology at Cambridge University...

This lecture was given on March 24, 2022 at Cornell University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the Speaker: Professor Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College and Associate Director of the Providence College Humanities Program. He received his BA in Philosophy from Christendom College and his MA...

This lecture was given on March 23, 2022 at Purdue University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: William B. Hurlbut, MD, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar in Neurobiology at the Stanford Medical School. After receiving his undergraduate and medical training at Stanford University, he completed postdoct...

This lecture was given on March 29, 2022 at North Carolina State University. The handout for this lecture can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ybaa6j3u. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Michael Root is Ordinary Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Root is a native...