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FALL 2023 EVENTS

  • Understanding Totalitarianism: Del Noce's Prophecies on the Modern West
    Understanding Totalitarianism: Del Noce's Prophecies on the Modern West
    Nov 16, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Rowling Hall (Room 4.314), 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Among the Catholic political thinkers of the 20th century, Augusto Del Noce stood out for his ability to trace the deep theological and philosophical roots of modern politics. In this talk, his English translator will discuss Del Noce's analysis of the rise of modern totalitarian movements...
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  • 10th Year Anniversary Special: The Future of Human Relationships
    10th Year Anniversary Special: The Future of Human Relationships
    Oct 19, 2023, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Texas Public Policy Foundation, 901 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
    For the past 10 years, the Austin institute and its fellows have answered the same questions and relentlessly and bravely defended the eternal truths of human nature and of the family from the attacks of modern culture. Join us and our fellows in discussing the next 10 years!
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  • What's Wrong With Divorce?
    What's Wrong With Divorce?
    Oct 09, 2023, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    What's the big deal about divorce? Why should we read and talk about it when everyone around us seems to be fine with it? The truth is: no matter what our family background, our age, or our state in life is, we all need to rediscover the immense impact that family life has on us and on our culture.
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  • The Road to Integrity: A Men's Group
    The Road to Integrity: A Men's Group
    Oct 04, 2023, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    Bagels, coffee, and male-only discussions on what matters most. Once a month, attendees will have the chance to read and talk about issues and challenges that the men of today are facing and that too often remain undisclosed: for fear of judgment or misunderstanding.
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  • Graduate Dialogues
    Graduate Dialogues
    Multiple Dates
    Sep 27, 2023, 7:00 PM – Dec 31, 2023, 9:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    This program is reserved for UT graduate students (and spouses) and is structured as a series of conversations around a dinner table. Dinner is provided, but prior registration is required. One or two short articles --our conversations starters--will be sent beforehand.
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  • The Good Life + (Level 2)
    The Good Life + (Level 2)
    Sep 21, 2023, 7:00 PM
    Stumberg Hall or Zoom, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
    This coming fall, we are starting a new Good Life Reading Group + (Level 2). It will be open to all individuals above forty --or younger, but who do not feel they are "young professionals" anymore. Our first meeting will be in September and then continue every other week.
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Thu, Nov 03

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RRH 5.420

Not Planned By Us: Lunch Talk with Professor Catherine Ruth Pakaluk

Why Women Embracing Religious Orthodoxy Put Family Before Career

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Not Planned By Us: Lunch Talk with Professor Catherine Ruth Pakaluk
Not Planned By Us: Lunch Talk with Professor Catherine Ruth Pakaluk

Time & Location

Nov 03, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

RRH 5.420, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

The Austin Institute and the Salem Center are bringing you new Engaging Orthodoxy talks this fall, a speaker series founded by our own Professor Mark Regnerus.

Lunch is provided.

About Our Scholar

Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is a professor of economics in the Busch School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America, a faculty research fellow at the Stein Center for Social Research, and fellow of the Austin Institute.  Her research is concerned broadly with the study of family, gender, and fertility.  Most recently, she has been working on theoretical frameworks for evaluating the effect of changes in contraceptive technology on sexual behavior and fertility.  She also studies the relationship between churches, schools, and families and is developing new metrics for measuring the value of a "good fit" between students and schools.  Professor Pakaluk received her doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 2010.  She lives in Maryland with her husband, Michael, and eight children.

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