For our schedule of upcoming events please visit our events calendar.

Occasional Lecture

Adam Seligman

When we think of religious practice, we do not normally characterize divisions in terms of ritual and sincerity. But, this is precisely the dichotomy that Adam Seligman argues is at the heart of modern religious experience. Seligman spoke on November 18, 2009. An excerpt from his talk was published in The Hedgehog Review 12.1 (Spring 2010).

Occasional Lecture

Jean Bethke Elshtain

The Institute was pleased to host Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, on October 2, 2008. Professor Elshtain delivered a lecture (based on her 2006 Gifford Lectures) titled “The Myth of the Sovereign Self.” Eighty people came to Watson Manor to hear the talk.

Occasional Lecture

Jonathan Judaken

On February 28, 2008 Professor Jonathan Judaken of the University of Memphis gave a lecture titled, “Rethinking the ‘New Antisemitism’ in a Global Age.” This lecture was co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture’s Working Group on Race and Human Flourishing, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Special Lectures Committee.
 

Occasional Lecture

James Bryant

James Bryant presented a paper on “Human Flourishing in W. E. B. DuBois’ Late Sociological Imagination” to a group from co-sponsors IASC and the Carter G. Woodson Institute, as well as other UVa students and faculty.

The audio of this lecture can now be heard here.
 

Occasional Lecture

Nicholas Wolterstorff

On November 1, 2007, prominent philosopher and Institute Senior Fellow Nicholas Wolterstorff delivered a lecture on “Love and Justice,” in connection with his forthcoming book on the topic. Professor Wolterstorff discussed his theme in the Fall 2007 issue of Culture, which can be downloaded here.

The audio recording of Professor Wolterstorff’s lecture can be heard here (MP3 14.5Mb). 
 

Reading

U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall

On February 2, 2007, 475 people attended U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall’s poetry reading at the University of Virginia and responded with a standing ovation. Earlier in the day, Hall led a seminar on illness and poetry for a group of physicians, medical students, poets, and IASC fellows.

The Poet Laureate’s visit was co-hosted by The Hedgehog Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, with generous financial support from UVa’s Office of the President.

The audio recording of Mr. Hall’s reading can be heard here.
 

Occasional Lecture

Mohammad Khatami, Former President of Iran

On September 7, 2006, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture sponsored a lecture by former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.  Khatami delivered a lecture on “Religion and Politics,” identifying peace through security as the fundamental international dilemma of our time.

Further details of Mr. Khatami’s visit and his address can be found in the Fall 2006 issue of INSight.
 

Reading

Poet Adam Zagajewski

As part of its 2004 Spring Colloquium on The Fate of the Arts, poet Adam Zagajewski delivered a reading to a packed hall at the University of Virginia Art Museum.