De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person
Aquinas Seminar Series
exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person
4.30 – 6.00 p.m. on Thursdays, online. Registration is required for each event separately.
27 May
Prof Andrea Aldo Robiglio (K U Leuven)
“Learning failures and scholarly vices”
Past events in the series:
4 February
Dr Zena Hitz (St John’s College, Annapolis)
“The Spontaneity of the Mind and the Desire to Learn”
18 February
Rev Dr David Goodill, OP (Blackfriars, Oxford)
“Wittgenstein, Training and Habits”
25 February
Rev Prof Vivian Boland, OP (Angelicum)
“Can Aquinas’ sana doctrina on Learning and Teaching Be Extracted from Its Place in sacra doctrina?”
29 April
Rev Dr Nicholas Austin, SJ (Campion Hall, Oxford)
“The Education of the Eye: Aquinas and the Virtue of Right Attention”
6 May
Prof Fáinche Ryan (Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin)
“The Role of Intelligence in Good Human Living: Aquinas and the Teachability of ‘Prudentia’”
13 May
Rev Prof Michael Sherwin, OP (Fribourg)
“Integrated Humanities Programmes and the Renewal of Catholic Education: Thomistic Reflections”
20 May
Prof Adam Eitel (Yale Divinity School)
Title to be announced
Contact:
Aquinas Institute
aquinas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk