Take a break from your work and studies to celebrate the end of another semester!

Who dares say No to study space during Reading Week? Come and enjoy tea and company as you use the Morningside Institute office to write your papers and prepare for your important exams.

A lecture by Prof. Angela Franks on Gilles Deleuze, the human body, and desire.

Dr. Christopher Wells (General Theological Seminary) lectures on the opening of the Summa Theologiae.

A seminar led by Ashley Simone, PhD student at Columbia University’s Department of Classics. Her research focuses on the rise of astral culture at Rome at the turn of the first millennium.

A reading group led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters. This session is for Graduate students.

A seminar led by Dr. Charles McNamara, Preceptor in Contemporary Civilization in Columbia's Core Curriculum.

A discussion led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters.

A seminar on Martin Heidegger led by Dr. Gregory Floyd.

Seminar discussion on the nature of cultural and literary traditions with Prof. Joshua Katz (Princeton).

A lecture by Prof. Jed Aktins from Duke University.

A seminar led by Prof. Dhananjay Jagannathan from Columbia’s Department of Philosophy.

Prof. Bryan Garsten (Yale) will speak about historical contentions around rhetoric and the need for it in democratic societies.

A performance at the Carnegie Hall of the Four Last Songs by R. Strauss and Symphony No. 4 by Brahms.

A reading group led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters. This session is for Graduate students.

Featuring John Trumbull’s double vistas of Niagara Falls and sections of Richard Haas’ trompe l’oeil panorama of Manhattan.

Ian Bostridge and Brad Mehldau perform Schubert’s Dichterliebe at the Carnegie Hall.

A reading group on Romano Guardini led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters. This session is for Undergraduates.

A reading group on Romano Guardini led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters. This session is for Graduate students.

In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the rise of the Polish Solidarity movement in 1989, Daniel Mahoney, Professor of Political Science at Assumption College, will draw lessons for the human spirit from dissident writers under totalitarian regimes.

A discussion with Prof. Richard John (Columbia), drawing on Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, and Amartya Sen.

A reading group on Romano Guardini led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters. This session is for Undergraduates.

A panel discussion between Frank Beckwith (Baylor University), Mark Movsesian (St. John’s University), and Phillip Bethancourt (Southern Baptist Convention).

Frank Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy and Church-State Studies and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

A seminar led by Dr. Peter Wicks on the roles and methods of persuasion.

Join a discussion led by Dr. Nathaniel Peters on what makes a book a classic for a given cultural tradition as you anticipate or reflect on your experience with the Core Curriculum.

Enjoy snacks and beverages as you learn about the Morningside Institute. We help students explore the Humanities outside the classroom and experience the cultural life of the city. Drop by any time!