Events

A professor of theology will look back at the ways the iconic Irish singer steeped herself in religion, even as she criticized its institutions. Join us for an afternoon of reflection, conviviality, and music!

Nadieszda Kizenko will deliver the 2023 Economos Orthodoxy in America Lecture, ‘‘A Vanishing Point: Unity in Orthodoxy and the Ukraine Crisis.” Until recently, it was possible to describe Orthodoxy as “unity in plurality.” Although Orthodoxy consisted of more than a dozen local churches with a wide variety of local practices, and without an overarching structure,

Join us for the St. Ignatius Loyola Chair Lecture featuring Brian Dunkle, S.J., associate professor of historical theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. As Christian poets gained status and influence in the Roman Empire, they wrote out of aemulatio, that is, the desire to rival and surpass the great pagan poets

George Athanassakos, Ph.D., founder and managing director of The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at the Ivey Business School, will argue that the hefty average nominal and real stock returns experienced over the last 30 years are not going to be repeated in the next 30

Social isolation and animosity are arguably the central challenges of our angry age. Can philosophy play a role in overcoming the affective, social, and political alienation that mark our communities today? Meghan Sullivan focuses her work on the ways philosophy contributes to the good life, and she is currently writing a book on the role

Join us for a special screening of the documentary film The Frontier Gandhi, directed by acclaimed filmmaker T.C. McLuhan.The Frontier Gandhi tells the inspiring story of Badshah Khan, a remarkable Muslim peacemaker born in what is now Pakistan's frontier region Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa. In partnership with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan raised a nonviolent army of 100,000 individuals from

Until fairly recently, Orthodox people in Israel could not imagine embracing their LGBT sexual or gender identity and staying within the Orthodox fold. But within the span of about a decade and a half, Orthodox LGBT people have forged social circles and communities and become much more visible. This has been a remarkable shift in

Paul Perrin leads the Pulte Institute's Evidence and Learning Division and is an international health, humanitarian, and development research and practice professional with more than a decade of work experience in academic, government, and nongovernmental settings. To date, his work has largely focused on supporting the conceptualization, design, implementation, analysis, and reporting on monitoring and

Both the transatlantic slave trade and the Holocaust have left indelible imprints on societies, public landscapes, and the collective and public memory of the affected regions. In Europe, towns and cities, some of which were predominantly Jewish, were emptied of the population that had lived there for centuries, after their Jewish residents had been murdered.

This interactive workshop will explore the impact that our cumulative experiences of grief have on our personal and professional lives. Using the framework of the National Consensus Project Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, we’ll explore how our cultural backgrounds and past losses influence our understanding and expression of grief. Although caring for those who are

Join us to discuss and learn about the International Political Economy and Development program with Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D., the program major advisor.

Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D., is an economist, professor, and media contributor with expertise in a variety of economic fields. He is a jack of all trades whose research focuses on international growth and development and the economics of pop culture. Join us in welcoming our beloved Fordham faculty member as a guest speaker for the 2023–2024

How, when, and why did Judaism and Christianity diverge into separate religions? Three Powers in Heaven reinterprets the parting of the ways between Jews and Christians as a split between two intellectual traditions—a split that emerged within the context of ancient debates about Jesus’ relationship to God and the world. The book explores how Christianity

In Power and Progress, authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson discuss how cutting-edge technological advances can become empowering and democratizing tools, but not if all major decisions remain in the hands of a few hubristic tech leaders. With their bold reinterpretation of economics and history, Acemoglu and Johnson fundamentally change how we see the world,