Collegium Institute invites graduate students to participate in the 2024-2025 Graduate Student Fellows Colloquia Series, titled “Great Women of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition”. We will explore the rich contributions of major female writers, theologians, and philosophers from the medieval period to the modern era. We will examine the enduring legacy of figures like Hildegard of Bingen, the mystic and musician whose compositions remain influential on the theory and practice of sacred music; Teresa of Avila, who formulated a doctrine of prayer that renewed the Catholic world in the wake of the Protestant Reformation and beyond; Edith Stein, who developed a personalist philosophy on human nature and gender later embraced by John Paul II; and Elizabeth Anscombe who returned moral philosophy away from linguistic analysis and consequentialism back toward virtue ethics and the good life.
In each 90-minute monthly session, graduate fellows will join with a facilitator to delve deeper into the work of each thinker, and understand the role that she has played in shaping the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Dates: Monthly on Thursdays. 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
Fall sessions:
September 26: Hildegard of Bingen
October 24: Gertrude the Great and Julian of Norwich
November 14: Catherine of Siena
Spring sessions (Dates TBA):
January: Teresa of Avila
February: Therese of Lisieux
March: Edith Stein
April: Elizabeth Anscombe
Potential fellow are also invited to join Collegium Institute for a Kick-Off Happy Hour on Thursday, September 5 from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM at Two Locals Brewing.
Click the button below to apply. Please direct any questions to Quinn Shepherd (qshepherd@collegiuminstitute.org).
Priority deadline: September 6, 2024
Regular deadline: September 16, 2024