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OTHER PROGRAMS

CIVILIZATION THROUGH ART & ARCHITECTURE

Presented by the Abigail Adams Institute, Co-sponsored by the Harvard Catholic Forum

CIVILIZATION THROUGH ART & ARCHITECTURE

Mondays, 6 PM

Begins September 14, 13-week series

Location to be announced to registrants

Presented by Harvard Catholic Forum Fellow Richard Rodgers

What can art reveal about the civilization that produces it? This semester-long viewing group explores this question through Sir Kenneth Clark’s critically acclaimed book and BBC series, Civilisation: A Personal View, one of the most influential modern accounts of the Western artistic tradition. PDF readings provided, and dinner served.


Open to Harvard-affiliated students and faculty.

WHY ESSENCES ARE ESSENTIAL: EDITH STEIN'S REALIST ONTOLOGY

Presented by the Harvard University Chapter of the Thomistic Institute

WHY ESSENCES ARE ESSENTIAL: EDITH STEIN'S REALIST ONTOLOGY

Wednesday, October 28, 5:30 - 7 PM

CGIS South S010

Prof. Michele Averchi (The Catholic University of America)

Michele Averchi earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Milan in 2010 and came to The Catholic University of America in January 2014 after completing a post-doc at the Husserl-Archive in Cologne. His research focuses on Husserlian phenomenology and early phenomenology (in particular Max Scheler and Maritz Geiger) with a strong interest in the phenomenology of the self. His most recent work is on the phenomenology of communication and knowledge-sharing

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