Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship

Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God: Aristotle, Augustine, & Aquinas

June 11-16, 2023

This year’s Civitas Dei fellowship examines “Friendship, Happiness, and the Search for God,” and will feature lectures that approach the question of happiness from different scholarly perspectives, drawing on resources from ancient, patristic, and scholastic perspectives. By participating in this fellowship, accepted students will be introduced to a wealth of scholarly resources on friendship, and encouraged to think critically about the application of these principles to private and public life.

Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates in all disciplines.

Apply here.
(Deadline to apply is March 31st)

The Civitas Dei Summer Fellowship, sponsored by the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America and the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies, offers competitive fellowships for graduate students (and a few advanced undergraduates) in the sciences, humanities, and law. Accepted fellows attend a fully-funded, week-long seminar in Washington, DC where, under the leadership of distinguished scholars, they engage core questions of culture and public life in light of Catholic thought.

Speakers

Russell Hittinger, Ph.D.
The Catholic University of America

Michael Gorman, Ph.D.
Ordinary Professor of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America

Expertise: Metaphysics, Human Nature

Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.
Dominican House of Studies

Highlights from Civitas Dei 2022

Listen: 2022 Lectures

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Highlights from Civitas Dei 2021

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The Institute for Human Ecology (IHE) at The Catholic University of America is the nation’s leading academic institute committed to increasing scientific understanding of the economic, cultural, and social conditions vital for human flourishing.

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