Graduate students are invited to join us for Christian Thoughts-in-Progress, a new series designed for graduate students seeking to integrate their Christian faith with their academic pursuits. The program offers a supportive community for scholars seeking growth in their vocation as integrated Christian thinkers who are making a legitimate contribution to the academy as well as to the church and the common good. Each session will feature a brief presentation from a graduate student member of our community. The presenter will highlight ways in which they see their work attempting to make a contribution to their discipline and the Christian community at large.
Our first session of the spring semester on Friday, January 30, will feature Greg Brown, who is a John and Daria Barry Foundation Fellow. His principal research is on the significance of the virtues for the proper understanding of practical reason. His dissertation, The Use of Reason: An Essay on Practical Wisdom, draws from the work of Aristotle, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Philippa Foot to identify the differences that virtue makes to practical thought. His philosophical interests extend to language, mind, and metaphysics, as well as the history of analytic philosophy. At Penn, his research draws from the Collegium Institute Anscombe Archive.
Dates: Monthly on Fridays, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
January 30
March 6
April 10
April 24
May 8
Lunch will be provided for all participants.
Location: Fox-Fels Hall (3814 Walnut St)
To RSVP for each CTIPS session, click the button below. Questions? Please contact Joe Perez-Benzo (jperezbenzo@collegiuminstitute.org).
This program is made possible by support from the Ambassador’s Fund for Catholic Education