Novelist Randy Boyagoda, a professor of English at the University of Toronto, talks about what it means to create art and tell stories about pursuing the good as fallen persons. He discusses recent and classic examples of this phenomenon, and propose that there’s something distinctively possible to good storytelling in Catholic thought and practice.
Morality and Mortality in Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop | Sr. Ann Astell
This presentation by Sr. Ann Astell, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted by the Morningside Institute, Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and the Thomistic Institute. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
Fiction and Moral Reflection | Thomas Pavel
This presentation by Professor Thomas Pavel (University of Chicago) was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
Professor Pavel is the Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, Comparative Literature, the Committee on Social Thought, and Fundamentals at the University of Chicago.
The conference was co-hosted by the Morningside Institute, Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and the Thomistic Institute. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
Etiquette and Morality in the Novel
This presentation by Spencer Lee Lenfield, PhD candidate in English at Yale University, was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted with Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
The Anti-Moral Imagination Of Michel Houellebecq | Dhananjay Jagannathan
This presentation by Dhananjay Jagannathan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted by the Morningside Institute, Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and the Thomistic Institute. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
‘Now, How Were His Sentiments to be Read?’ Imagination and Discernment in Jane Austin’s Persuasion | Lauren Kopajtic
The handout can be found here: http://bit.ly/36mEs
This lecture by Lauren Kopajtic, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted by the Morningside Institute, Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and the Thomistic Institute. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
The Need for a Christian Critical Tradition | William Gonch
This presentation by William Gonch, PhD candidate in English at University of Maryland, was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted by the Morningside Institute, Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and the Thomistic Institute. The program included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
Walker Percy's The Moviegoer Seen Again | Paul Elie
This lecture by Prof. Paul Elie (Georgetown) was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted by the Morningside Institute, Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and the Thomistic Institute. The program included lectures by Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
How Can I Say What I Never Knew? The Limits of Moral Knowledge in Great Expectations
This presentation by Catherine Enwright, PhD candidate in English at Boston College, was given as part of "The Moral Imagination of the Novel", a conference held at Columbia University on 4-5 October 2019.
The conference was co-hosted with Columbia University's Department of Philosophy, and included lectures by Paul Elie (Georgetown), Lauren Kopajtic (Fordham), Dhananjay Jagannathan (Columbia), Sr. Ann Astell ( Notre Dame), and Thomas Pavel (Chicago).
For more information about this and other events, please visit MorningsideInstitute.org.
The Crisis of Liberalism | Patrick Deneen and Vincent Phillip Muñoz
In light of the increasing tensions apparent in liberal societies, is liberalism an inherently contradictory system whose success generates its own downfall? Patrick Deneen elaborates on the argument of his new book Why Liberalism Failed and Vincent Phillip Muñoz responds.
This panel discussion, co-sponsored by The Portsmouth Institute and The University Bookman, took place in the Spring of 2019.
Local Goods, Global Good, and Desire | Dr. Candace Vogler
A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018.
To be Good is to Do the Truth | Dr. Jennifer Frey
The handout for this lecture is available at thomisticinstitute.org/hand-out-for-…jennifer-frey
A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018.
The Rationality of Desire: A Defense of Platonism | Dr. Dhananjay Jagannathan
The handout for this lecture is available at https://thomisticinstitute.org/hand-out-for-dr-dhananjay-jagannathan.
A lecture given during "Desire and the Good Life: Reflections on the Aristotelian Tradition," a conference cosponsored by the Thomistic Institute, the Morningside Institute, and the Philosophy Department of Columbia University at Columbia University in New York City. October 12-13, 2018.
Does the Phrase "Great Books" Have a Determinate Meaning? | Dr. Eva Brann
In honor of the centennial anniversary of the first course of Columbia’s Core Curriculum in 1919, Eva Brann of St. John’s College spoke on whether the category of “great books” has any determinate meaning. The lecture took place on April 5, 2019.
