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FALL 2023 EVENTS

  • 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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  • Understanding Totalitarianism: Del Noce's Prophecies on the Modern West
    Understanding Totalitarianism: Del Noce's Prophecies on the Modern West
    Nov 16, 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, 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, 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, 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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  • The Good Life + (Level 2)
    The Good Life + (Level 2)
    Sep 21, 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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Tue, Oct 01

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Stumberg Hall

Seminar: "Moral Fiber: Towards a Faithful Response to the 'Fast Fashion' Crisis" with Dr. Bethany Hebbard

Join us as we explore what it means to dress ourselves faithfully in the age of “fast fashion.” We will investigate problems with current trends in production and consumption and discover how local, community-based, and even domestic action can help us repair the rifts caused by a culture of excess.

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Seminar: "Moral Fiber: Towards a Faithful Response to the 'Fast Fashion' Crisis" with Dr. Bethany Hebbard
Seminar: "Moral Fiber: Towards a Faithful Response to the 'Fast Fashion' Crisis" with Dr. Bethany Hebbard

Time & Location

Oct 01, 2019, 7:00 PM – Oct 22, 2019, 8:30 PM

Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

Never in human history has clothing been more abundant or less expensive for the average consumer. This might seem like good news, as we rely on clothing not only to protect us from the elements, but to signal who we are and what we value. However, “fast fashion”—our prevailing system of clothing production and consumption—endangers the health of diverse environments, communities, and cultures. As with our global food system, there is a great deal at stake in our everyday choices. How we feed ourselves, and how we clothe ourselves, matters as we imagine the kind of world we wish to inhabit.

In this seminar, we will ask what it means to dress ourselves faithfully in the age of “fast fashion.” As we investigate the problems with current trends in production and consumption, as well as hopeful responses, we will discover how local, community-based, and even domestic action can help us repair the rifts caused by a culture of excess. 

Bethany Hebbard (nee Bear) received her PhD in English from Baylor University in 2012. In 2015, she left an academic teaching post and returned to Texas to join her husband, Steven, at Community First! Village, a master-planned community for the formerly homeless in east Austin. There she directs the Community Corps, a missional volunteer training program integrating service, spiritual formation, and life in community. In the fall of 2019, they will be moving to San Marcos, Texas, to launch a farm-based ministry to the homeless there. 

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