AN INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY AND CULTURE IN
THE HEART OF TEXAS
UPCOMING EVENTS
COVID Response: All in-person and/or online programming will adapt with the most current health guidelines.
Fall 2021 Theme: Time
What is it? How do we spend it? What does it mean?
“There is a time for everything.” After an entire year spent in lockdown, it is perhaps time for us to think more deeply about this famous passage. It is maybe time to ask ourselves whether our time allocations make sense, and whether they reflect what we really want to achieve in life.
WELCOME BACK COOKOUT
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Friday August 27, Austin Institute backyard
NEW Program: Reading Group for Young Professionals
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Read and register below! (Starting September 2nd!)
SEMINARS
1.) “Time, Family, and Professional Careers: False Dichotomies, Real Stories, and Practical Tips" with Professors Catherine Pakaluk and Joseph Price
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Aug. 31 (Tu.), Sept. 9 (Th.) & 14 (Tu.)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Austin Institute
2.) “Time to Think and Thoughts About Time" with UT Professor Daniel Bonevac
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Oct. 5, 12, 19 & 26
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Austin Institute
3.) “Fighting for Your Time” with Dr. Kevin Stuart and Dr. Marianna Orlandi
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Nov. 2, 9 & 16
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Austin Institute
TABLE TALKS
1.) “What is Time? Reflections from a Catholic Physicist” with Kurt Schroder
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Sept. 21, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Clay Pit, 1601 Guadalupe Street, Austin
2.) “The Beauties of 'Things Visible and Invisible' in the Tuscan Casentino: Reflections of a Pilgrim" with Professor Emeritus Norman Farmer
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Oct. 18, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Clay Pit, 1601 Guadalupe Street, Austin
3.) “Uncertain Times" with Steven Hebbard
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Nov. 8, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Clay Pit, 1601 Guadalupe Street, Austin
LECTURES
1.) “Ties That Bind: Preserving Parent/Child Relationships” with Professor Joseph Price, co-sponsored with Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Wed. Sept. 1, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Texas Public Policy Foundation, 901 Congress Avenue, Austin University Catholic Center, 2010 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705
2.) "Soulmates and Other Myths about the Family in America" with Professor Catherine Pakaluk, co-sponsored with UCC
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Fri. Sept. 10, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
University Catholic Center, 2010 University Ave, Austin, TX 78705
3.) "Called to Freedom: Healing One Day at a Time," Professor Matt Breuninger
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Fri. Oct. 29, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
University Catholic Center, 2010, University Ave, Austin
... and More to Come!
THIS SUMMER AT THE AUSTIN INSTITUTE
Our summer programs are booked and underway!
Learn more about our seminars by following the buttons below.
Undergraduate Fellows Program
Summer Session
A week in Galveston, TX
Time for learning and leisure
PROGRAM AREAS
COMPACT SEMINARS
Each semester we host compact seminars 3-4 weeks long just north of UT's campus. We examine a range of issues and questions from moral problems to technology and relationships.
TABLE TALKS
Each month we host a free dinner near UT with a guest presenter, interesting people from business, non-profit, university life, or ministry. These are intentionally small gatherings and we open the table for questions and conversation.
LECTURES AND DEBATES
Tackling significant questions in economics, bioethics, or sexuality, we host lectures and debates from a range of viewpoints and with speakers from Austin and all over the US. Big ideas are welcome!
SUMMER SEMINARS
With scholars and students from across the country, each summer we host seminars for high school and college students exploring questions fundamental to human life and flourishing.