Academic Lectures for the 2012-2013 Academic Year 

The Henkels Lectures 

Friday, August 31, 5:00pm
Formal Academic Convocation: “Mary and Christ in the Qu’ran and the New Testament”
Mitch Pacwa, S.J., Ignatius Productions, Member of the Board of Trustees, Ave Maria University

Wednesday, September 19, 5:00pm
Constitution Day Observance: “Religious Liberty and the Free Expression of Religion”
Mr. H. James Towey, President of Ave Maria University
Dr. David Dalin, Professor of History and Politics
Dr. Seana Sugrue, Associate Professor of Politics 

Friday, October 26, 5:00pm
Inauguration of the Year of Faith, Department of Theology
“St. Thomas Aquinas, Faith, and Life”
John Boyle, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

Friday-Saturday, January 26-27
Aquinas Center Symposium
“Thomism and the Future of Theology”
Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., St. John’s Seminary School of Theology, Brighton, MA
“Thomas Aquinas on the End of the World”
Fr. Bryan Kromholtz, O.P., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
“Accidents without a Subject: Aquinas on the Real Presence”
Dr. Jörgen Vijgen, S.T.D., Tiltenberg, Netherlands.  

Friday-Saturday, February 8-9, 6:00pm-6:00pm
The Homerathon: A Day-Long Reading of the Iliad, Humanities Program
Stanley Lombardo, University of Kansas

Ernest L. Fortin, A.A., Lecture Series on Philosophy, Theology, and Politics

Friday, September 14, 5:00pm
“Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter and American Political Foundations”
John Alvis, University of Dallas

Wednesday, October 3, 5:00pm
Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University

Thursday, November 8, 5:00pm
James V. Schall, S.J., Georgetown University

Thursday, January 17, 5:00pm
Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard University Law School

Friday, February 15, 5:00pm
Robert Miola, Loyola University

*All lectures will be held in the Demetree Lecture Hall in the Henkels Academic Building unless otherwise noted.