Jan
22
2:00 PM14:00
Welcome Back Party
Come celebrate the beginning of the spring semester with friends, fellowship, and food!
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Jan
28
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XVIII–XX
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across the academic year.
Feb
3
6:00 PM18:00
The Myth of the Machine: Apocalypse Now
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the first session of “The Myth of the Machine.”
Feb
4
6:00 PM18:00
Can Machines Make Art? Technology, Humanity, and Artificial Intelligence
Join Richard Hajdu (Columbia) for a discussion over dinner on the nature of art: “What’s wrong with slop?”
Feb
10
6:00 PM18:00
Wittgenstein, William James, and How Medicine Shaped Philosophy
Join Matthew Morrison (Yale) for a discussion on the role of medicine in the philosophical developments of Ludwig Wittgenstein and William James.
Feb
17
6:00 PM18:00
The Myth of the Machine: Machine Made
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the second session of “The Myth of the Machine.”
Feb
18
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XXI–XXIV
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across the academic year.
Feb
23
6:00 PM18:00
How Do I Love Thee? The Good of Love
Join Austen McDougal (NYU) for the first session of “How Do I Love Thee?” on the good of love.
Feb
25
6:00 PM18:00
Tocqueville on Religion and Democracy
Join Pierre Force (Columbia) for a discussion of Tocqueville’s thesis that religion and democracy are mutually reinforcing in the United States.
Feb
27
9:30 AM09:30
Neue Galerie – Exclusive Tour
Join Morningside for an exclusive tour of the Neue Galerie, preceded by coffee & pastries at their Café Sabarsky.
Mar
2
6:00 PM18:00
How Do I Love Thee? Defining the Relationship
Join Austen McDougal (NYU) for the second session of “How Do I Love Thee?” on defining the relationship of love.
Mar
3
6:00 PM18:00
The Myth of the Machine: Nothing is Impossible
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the third session of “The Myth of the Machine.”
Mar
4
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XXV–XXVII
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across the academic year.
Mar
9
6:00 PM18:00
How Do I Love Thee? Creating Life
Join Austen McDougal (NYU) for the third session of “How Do I Love Thee?” on the fruit of love, children.
Mar
16
10:00 AM10:00
Morningside Intellectual Retreat: Why Have Children?
Join Morningside for an intellectual retreat to discuss The Children of Men and the role of children in our lives and society.
Mar
23
6:00 PM18:00
How Do I Love Thee? Ending a Relationship
Join Austen McDougal (NYU) for the third session of “How Do I Love Thee?” on the fruit of love, children.
Mar
24
6:00 PM18:00
Víkingur Ólafsson on the piano at Carnegie Hall
Join Dr. Nicholas Chong (Rutgers) for a dinner discussion before heading to Víkingur Ólafsson’s recital at Carnegie Hall.
Mar
25
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XXVIII–XXXI
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across the academic year.
Mar
31
6:00 PM18:00
The Myth of the Machine: Homeward Bound
Join Richard John and Casey Blake (Columbia) for the final session of “The Myth of the Machine.”
Apr
1
6:00 PM18:00
Montaigne’s Skepticism
Join Dhananjay Jagannathan (Hunter) for a discussion of Montaigne’s revival of Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Apr
8
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XXXII–XXXIV
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across the academic year.
Apr
13
6:00 PM18:00
Beethoven, Catholicism, and the Enlightenment
Join Nicholas Chong (Rutgers) for a discussion of Beethoven, religion, and the Enlightenment from his book, The Catholic Beethoven.
Apr
15
6:00 PM18:00
Can the skeptic live their skepticism?
Join Dhananjay Jagannathan (Hunter) for a discussion of Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Apr
23
5:30 PM17:30
Eugene Onegin at the Met Opera
Join Professor Nicholas Chong (Rutgers) for a dinner discussion of Eugene Onegin and opera before heading to the Met for its performance.
Apr
24
2:45 PM14:45
Raphael: Sublime Poetry at the Met Museum of Art
Join Morningside for a walk-through and discussion of the Met’s rich exhibit of Raphael’s paintings, “Sublime Poetry.”
Dec
9
2:00 PM14:00
Dec
5
1:00 PM13:00
Confessions V
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters and David Oakley for a lunch discussion on Augustine’s Confessions.
Nov
19
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XIV–XVII
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across one academic year.
Nov
19
12:30 PM12:30
The Soul of the World IV
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Dan Davis (Columbia) as they read Roger Scruton’s The Soul of the World over lunch.
Nov
14
1:00 PM13:00
Confessions IV
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters and David Oakley for a lunch discussion on Augustine’s Confessions.
Nov
12
12:30 PM12:30
The Soul of the World III
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Dan Davis (Columbia) as they read Roger Scruton’s The Soul of the World over lunch.
Nov
10
6:00 PM18:00
Should We Be Ambitious? Channeling Ambition
Join Nathaniel Peters (Morningside) for a seminar series on how our views on ambition have changed from antiquity through the early days of the American Republic, up to our own time.
Nov
7
1:00 PM13:00
Confessions III
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters and David Oakley for a lunch discussion on Augustine’s Confessions.
Nov
5
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti XI–XIII
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across one academic year.
Oct
31
1:00 PM13:00
Confessions II
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters and David Oakley for a lunch discussion on Augustine’s Confessions.
Oct
29
6:00 PM18:00
Francis of Assisi and the Dream of a Society of Equals
Join medieval historian Neslihan Şenocak for a lecture and discussion of St. Francis’s dream of a religious order of equals.
Oct
29
12:30 PM12:30
The Soul of the World II
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Dan Davis (Columbia) as they read Roger Scruton’s The Soul of the World over lunch.
Oct
27
6:00 PM18:00
Should We Be Ambitious? Honors, Great and Small
Join Nathaniel Peters (Morningside) for a seminar series on how our views on ambition have changed from antiquity through the early days of the American Republic, up to our own time
Oct
24
1:00 PM13:00
Confessions I
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters and David Oakley for a lunch discussion on Augustine’s Confessions.
Oct
23
6:00 PM18:00
Arvo Pärt and the Estonian Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Join Dr. Nathaniel Peters for a dinner discussion on Arvo Pärt before heading to Carnegie Hall for a concert by the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
Oct
22
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti VII–X
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across one academic year.
Oct
17
3:00 PM15:00
Frick Tour
Join Morningside for a guided tour of the Frick Collection and its exhibit on the Holy Sepulcher.
Oct
15
12:30 PM12:30
The Soul of the World I
Join Ahmed Almadlouh, Joseph Marshall, and Dan Davis (Columbia) as they read Roger Scruton’s The Soul of the World over lunch.
Oct
10
12:00 PM12:00
Silence, Thought and Virtue: Bringing Confucius into dialogue with Josef Pieper and Elizabeth Anscombe
Join Nicholas Teh (Notre Dame) for a lunch talk on Confucius, Pieper, and Anscombe.
Oct
7
6:00 PM18:00
Tech's Philosopher Kings: Srinivasan and the Network State
Join Professor Richard John and Hirsh Chitkara (Columbia) for a series on the new “Tech Right” and their shared commitments and profound disagreements.
Oct
1
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti IV–VI
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across one academic year.
Sep
30
6:00 PM18:00
Tech's Philosopher Kings: Curtis Yarvin and James Burnham
Join Professor Richard John and Hirsh Chitkara (Columbia) for a series on the new “Tech Right” and their shared commitments and profound disagreements.
Sep
23
6:00 PM18:00
Tech's Philosopher Kings: Alex Karp and the Technological Republic
Join Professor Richard John and Hirsh Chitkara (Columbia) for a series on the new “Tech Right” and their shared commitments and profound disagreements.
Sep
17
6:00 PM18:00
Reading Dante's Inferno with Teodolinda Barolini: Canti I–III
Join renowned Dante scholar Professor Teodolinda Barolini to read Dante’s Inferno across one academic year.
Sep
16
6:00 PM18:00
Tech's Philosopher Kings: Peter Thiel and the Straussian Moment
Join Professor Richard John and Hirsh Chitkara (Columbia) for a series on the new “Tech Right” and their shared commitments and profound disagreements.
Sep
12
10:00 AM10:00
Master class on the core of The Brothers Karamazov with Gary Saul Morson
Join Professor Gary Saul Morson, eminent scholar of Russian literature at Northwestern, for masterclass on the famous core story of The Brothers Karamazov.
Sep
11
6:00 PM18:00
Wonder Confronts Certainty, Then and Now
Join Professor Gary Saul Morson, eminent scholar of Russian literature at Northwestern, for a talk on wonder, certainty, and lessons for today from great writers and the revolutionary intelligentsia.
Sep
8
6:00 PM18:00
Rowan Williams: Solidarity, Communion, and the City of God
Join the Right Reverend Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, for a lecture on St. Augustine’s City of God.
Sep
4
2:00 PM14:00
Welcome Back Party
Come celebrate the beginning of the academic year with friends, fellowship, and food!
Jul
28
6:00 PM18:00
The Identity Crisis of Western Civilization
Join Dr. Matthew Rose (Morningside) and Nathan Darmon (GS ‘25) for a discussion on Samuel Huntington and James Kurth.