The Morningside Institute brings scholars and students together to examine human life beyond the classroom and consider its deepest questions through the life of New York City.
Come celebrate the beginning of the academic year with friends, fellowship, and food!
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters (Morningside) for our opening discussion on AI and education.
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Purgatorio across the semester.
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the first session of “Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Marilynne Robinson on America.”
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the second session of “Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Marilynne Robinson on America.”
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Purgatorio across the semester.
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the third session of “Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Marilynne Robinson on America.”
Join Professor Nicholas Chong (Rutgers) for a dinner discussion of Macbeth and opera before heading to the Met for a stunning performance with Lise Davidson.
Join Dr. Gareth Williams (Columbia) for this dinner talk on Seneca and the value of time.
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the fourth session of “Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Marilynne Robinson on America.”
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Purgatorio across the semester.
Join Dr. Katharina Volk (Columbia) for this dinner talk on Cicero’s On the commonwealth and the political.
Join Morningside for a day-long intellectual retreat discussing The Memoirs of Hadrian.
Join Dr. Joan O’Bryan (Harvard) for a dinner seminar on politics in a post-AGI world.
Join Dr. Megan Laverty (Teachers College) for this lunch talk on Henry James’s famous novella.
Join Christopher Beha, former editor of Harper’s Magazine, for a talk on his book Why I Am Not an Atheist.
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Purgatorio across the semester.
Past Events
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters (Morningside) as we explore America’s religious heritage in our 250th, reading Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters (Morningside) as we explore America’s religious heritage in our 250th, reading Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters (Morningside) as we explore America’s religious heritage in our 250th, reading Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.
Join Dr. Matthew Rose (Morningside) for a three session reading group on Michel Houellebecq’s infamous novel Submission.
Join Dr. Matthew Rose (Morningside) for a three session reading group on Michel Houellebecq’s infamous novel Submission.
Join Dr. Matthew Rose (Morningside) for a three session reading group on Michel Houellebecq’s infamous novel Submission.
Join Alejo Sison (Navarra/Fordham) for this talk on the distinctive offerings of virtue ethics for discussion around humanity and AI.
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Jensen Okimoto (Teacher’s College) for this series on Josef Pieper and the philosophical act of attention.
Join Morningside for a walk-through and discussion of the Met’s rich exhibit of Raphael’s paintings, “Sublime Poetry.”
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Jensen Okimoto (Teacher’s College) for this series on Josef Pieper and the philosophical act of attention.
Join Professor Nicholas Chong (Rutgers) for a dinner discussion of Eugene Onegin and opera before heading to the Met for its performance.
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Jensen Okimoto (Teacher’s College) for this series on Josef Pieper and the philosophical act of attention.
Join Nicholas Chong (Rutgers) for a discussion of Beethoven, religion, and the Enlightenment from his book, The Catholic Beethoven.