Participate in the quest for truth through vibrant groups, events, and activities designed to inspire, connect, and transform.
Our undergraduate and graduate fellowships offer unparalleled opportunity to engage in civil discourse, investigate the ever-present questions of modernity, and form long-lasting friendships centered around academic inquiry.
Our Society of Fellows brings together undergraduate students from across campus, united by a shared interest in exploring key themes of the Western intellectual tradition, such as freedom, the good life, justice, purpose, and meaning. Through weekly meetings, our Fellows engage in thoughtful discussions and debates on classic texts, modeling the principles of civil discourse. The Fellowship culminates in a trip to the UK, where these students participate in seminars at Oxford and Cambridge with leading faculty experts, enriching their intellectual and cultural horizons.
Applications are released in late spring. Check back here for more details.
We aim to foster a vibrant community among doctoral students, emphasizing the importance of considering the ideas, traditions, and texts that shape Western Civilization and American values and institutions. Often confined by artificial boundaries between academic disciplines, students from diverse fields stand to gain valuable insights from each other. Primarily, our program urges students aspiring to academic careers to contemplate the significance of civic virtue and civil discourse within educational settings both in the classroom and across campus, while also encouraging them to reflect on how their research can positively impact a free society.
Graduate Fellows may receive support to fund research travel and to attend conferences.
Our student programming is open to all who wish to participate in the life of the mind. Gather with professors, peers, and professionals to share scholarship, read valuable texts, and practice civil discourse.
Watch engaging films that illustrate the vital presence of virtue illustrated in the cinema and attainable in the self. Along with our screenings, we host engaging lectures and discussion sessions with expert faculty to expand upon what is shown on the screen. We provide short pieces of contributed writing on each film along with further viewing suggestions relevant to each session’s topic to prompt further reflection.
Our next event will be Solaris (1972) on Wednesday, January 29th at 5pm.
432 Newell Drive, CSE Building, 5th Floor, Room E520
