Past Events
I Came to Cast Fire: A Conversation with Fr. Elias Carr on Why Rene Girard's Thought is Relevant Today
Join us for a virtual event with Word on Fire on the enduring legacy of philosopher Rene Girard.
On the Poetics of Making: Soul-Shaping and the Spiritual Wrestle of the Creative Life
Join us for an evening conversation on the intersection of art and faith.
The Abnormal Becomes Normal: Facing Human Suffering in Clinical Medicine
Join us for a lecture on facing suffering in narrative medicine at the closing reception for our Medical Humanities program.
The Philosophy of Friendship: Human & Divine (Symposium Intellectual Retreat)
Join us for Collegium’s annual intellectual retreat on the nature of friendship.
Engineering and the Good Life
Join us for the inaugural module of our new program on Engineering and the Good Life.
All the World’s a Stage: A Philosophy of Fame and Society (Food for Thought)
Join us for our next Food For Thought module on the nature of celebrity and fame.
The Art of Living: On Beauty and Craftsmanship - Spring 2025 Young Catholic Leaders Initiative Workshop
High school students and teachers are invited to join us for our Spring 2025 workshop.
The American Ghosts of James Joyce
Join us for the Spring 2025 Global Catholic Literature online seminar.
To Live is to Change: Newman on Growing Up Well (2025 Annual Newman Lecture)
Join us for an evening lecture on Newman.
Anscombe Unboxed: On Bioethics
Join us for the Spring 2025 edition of the Anscombe Reading Group.
Songs of Innocence: An Exploration of Childhood (Food for Thought)
Join us for the Spring 2025 Food for Thought!
All-American Socrates: The Intellectual Legacy and Teachings of Dr. Michael J. Sugrue (Inaugural Sugrue Lecture)
Join us virtually for the Inaugural Sugrue Lecture featuring Penn Professor John J. DiIulio Jr.
The Sun Rises in the East: Evangelization in East Asia
Join us for our new program exploring the history of Christianity in East Asia!
Spring 2025 Philosophy of Finance Fellowship
Apply to the Spring 2025 Philosophy of Finance fellowship!
"The Truth Will Set You Free": A Catholic Humanism Series on Faith, Knowledge, and Self-Understanding
Join us for the Spring 2025 Catholic Humanism Fellowship on Faith, Truth, and Self-Understanding.
Spring 2025 Medical Humanities Fellowship
Apply to the Spring 2025 Medical Humanities fellowship!
The Mystery of Human Life? On Biological Development and the Continuity Problem
Join Collegium’s Magi Project for a lecture on the scientific and philosophical definitions of human life.
The Great Lawgivers: Law and Justice Through the Ages (Spring 2025 Legal Humanities Fellowship)
Join the Spring 2025 Legal Humanities Fellowship.
Christian Thoughts-in-Progress
Join us for our new series designed for graduate students seeking to integrate their Christian faith with their academic pursuits.
Is There a Catholic Case for a Second New Deal?
Join our friends at Penn’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS) for an upcoming event at the Penn Club of New York cosponsored by First Things and America Media.
St. Nicholas Day Party
Students and faculty are invited to join Collegium for our St. Nicholas Day party.
It’s Not About the Laughs: Improving Health Equity Through Medical Improv
Join us in a lecture and workshop on improving health equity through medical improv.
Science as a Path to Wonder: From the Darkness of Space to the Light of Christ
High school students and teachers are invited to join us for our Fall 2024 Young Catholic Leaders Initiative workshop.
Gold Mass for Catholic Scientists
Join Collegium Institute for the Fall 2024 Gold Mass for Catholic Scientists.
Symposium Series: Civic Friendship
Penn students are invited to join us for the second Symposium event of the year on Civic Friendship.
Defining Death in a Technological Age: The Scientific, Moral, and Philosophical Debate about the Legal End of Life
Collegium Institute's Magi Project is pleased to invite you to an evening lecture by Rev. Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. on defining death.
Civil Obedience? Law and the Common Good
Penn’s Perry-Collegium Initiative presents a Legal Humanities Special Event that will examine a newly-published book by Professor Daniel Mark of Villanova University.
Young Alumni Meetups: New York City and Beyond
Young Alumni are invited to attend a Collegium meetup in New York City, or express their interest for further events in their own cities!
Beasts of Burden? Rethinking Animals as Friends, Food, and Fellow Beings (Food For Thought)
Join Collegium Institute for dinner and discussion about the animal kingdom on Wednesdays evenings this fall.
Liturgy, Culture, and Consciousness: Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock
Join Collegium Institute and Dappled Things for the Fall 2024 Global Catholic Literature virtual seminar on Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock (1931).