Benson Center Newsletter - September 2022

Dr. Jennifer Smith will be the Visiting Researcher for the 2022/23 academic year. Her scholarly research focuses on the language and theology of late medieval English bishop, Reginald Pecock. She has published a translation of his last polemical volume, The Book of Faith (UCLA-CMRS, 2020), and is currently working on a major project which seeks to sequence and situate the entirety of his corpus.

The Benson Center Library is now open to the campus community. The Benson Center was awarded the Liberty Fund’s entire catalog of some 428 volumes and DVDs and will continue to receive new additions to the catalog. 

Kevin Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. His talk is titled, "The Justice Argument Against Catholic Integralism." The talk will be in-person and live-streamed, and it is free and open to the public. Register today!

Richard Avramenko is an Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin. His talk is part of the VSCTP Fall 2022 series and is titled, "Tocqueville, Law, and the High Priests of Democracy." The talk will be in-person and live-streamed, and it is free and open to the public. Register today!

Deirdre McCloskey's episode, "How Capitalism Cultivates Virtue" premiers on September 13.