Nova Forum at USC

Nova Forum for Catholic Thought at the University of Southern California.

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Please join us for "Intellectual Virtue and the Purpose of a University Education" Co-sponsored by Thematic Option & Nova Forum. Jason Baehr, LMU, is a leading authority on intellectual virtues as a platform for renewing humanities in higher education. RSVP at link in bio.

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Join us for our first Nova Forum Seminar! Who Is My Neighbor? Friendship, Destiny and Human Flourishing!

What is friendship and what does it add to human life? Can we define it, or can it only be lived? What virtues are required to begin and grow friendships?

RSVP in bio!

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Junior Fellow Applications for 2026-2027 are now OPEN! 🎉 Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in exploring the past, present, and future of Catholic thought? Join our community!

Learn more at https://t.co/NYwujZkYUQ!

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Join us for the next Nova Forum Seminar: Poetry & Wonder on 1/31!

Can we still marvel at the beauty of the world around us? Can poetry revive the practice of faith in secular modernity and re-enchant our vision with wonder?

Discussion begins at 10am sharp. RSVP link in bio.

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Join us for the first NF Seminar on 9/13! This Seminar will be led by David Albertson and Stefano Rebeggiani This year we will be thinking about the place of beauty in Christian life, and the connection between beauty and virtue. RSVP in bio.

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

For our LAST seminar, we turn to T.S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets," in dialogue with philosopher Simone Weil. What virtues of attention and memory do we need to rediscover? How do Christian prayer—and university studies—require the virtue of attention? Join us for our conversation!

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

There's still time to apply to be Junior Fellow for 2025-2026 🎉 Applications are due 4/14!

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in exploring the past, present, and future of Catholic thought? Join our community!

📥 Apply at the link in bio

[Archdiocese of LA @lacatholics]

The Chief Scientist at @NASAJPL, Dr. @jlunine — a ‘cradle astronomer’ and Catholic convert — had some words of inspiration and wisdom for Catholic scientists.

@angelusnews covers the Gold Mass organized by @theNovaForum:

https://t.co/s0ccNbocsg

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Prof. Andrea Robiglio (Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, UCLA) will offer a lecture on Dante open all USC students & faculty. How does Dante develop a concept of love halfway between poetry and philosophy? What is peculiar about Dante’s idea of love? Join us for lunch!

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Join us for the second NF Seminar on 10/19 at 10am! Now we can turn to Dante! Prof. Stefano Rebeggiani (Classics) and Prof. Leigh Tost (Marshall) will moderate our conversation this time. RSVP at link in bio!

[Richard Wood @RichWoodIACS]

At USC with @theNovaForum event with historian Peter Harrison on religion & science — smart thinking on conflicts & rapprochement. @IACSUSC we think that dialogue across that divide matters.

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Join us for Nature after Disenchantment: New Histories of Religion & Science on 10/4! Our symposium presents research in progress from USC humanities faculty on the “supernatural,” narratives of disenchantment, and scientific pluralism. RSVP at link in bio!

[Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC @IACSUSC]

We're proudly co-hosting a symposium with @theNovaForum featuring @USC faculty and Prof. Peter Harrison of @queensu. 🇦🇺

Friday's symposium will highlight research on the “supernatural” narratives of disenchantment and scientific pluralism.

RSVP: https://t.co/wDRAQkC0wz

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

The conflict between science & religion seems to be longstanding. Renowned historian, Peter Harrison, traces the history of these two categories and opens up new possibilities!

All are welcome to join us 10/3, 12:30 PT at TCC 227 or via Zoom. Register at the link in bio!

[Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC @IACSUSC]

📢Join IACS and @theNovaForum for a symposium at @USC on Friday, Oct. 4 featuring USC faculty and Prof. Peter Harrison of @unisqaus.

The symposium will highlight research on the “supernatural” narratives of disenchantment and scientific pluralism.

https://t.co/AzH6crxBnf

[Nova Forum at USC @theNovaForum]

Join us for the first NF Seminar on 9/21! This Seminar will be led by David Albertson and Fr. Luke Dysinger. This year we will be thinking about the place of beauty in Christian life, and the connection between beauty and virtue. RSVP in bio.

[Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC @IACSUSC]

Edited by @albertson77, associate professor of Religion at @USC and executive director of @theNovaForum, "Cusanus Today: Thinking with Nicholas of Cusa between Philosophy and Theology," was recently published by @CatholicUniv Press.

https://t.co/IZZqdWQdyM

[Jason Blakely @jasonwblakely]

Charles Taylor summer seminar amazingly peaked in a one-hour collective act of interviewing the man himself together with my students. We asked on topics across the whole range of his philosophical development. An amazingly generous & perceptive human

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[Lumen Christi Institute @LC_Institute]

Our second summer seminar post is in honor of the penultimate day of our undergraduate seminar on Charles Taylor. 16 students have spent the week with Prof. Jason Blakely diving into Taylor's articulation of human behavior and social science in sunny LA.

[Lumen Christi Institute @LC_Institute]

LCI is looking for someone who is passionate about the Catholic intellectual tradition to join our team. This staff member will support programming for the In Lumine Network, the Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network, and more.

Learn more and apply: https://t.co/px3qMFxieP