The Wheel
The Wheel
Collegium Student Fellows and Staff
The Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture invites visiting scholars and faculty authors of new work that helps us to appreciate the shape of life today, both in its dynamism and its timelessness. Here we approach the mysteries of reality with wonder from multiple disciplinary angles, all centered on a commitment to truth. Here authors make their case for how and why their books are important, not just for specialists in their field, but for all of us who seek wisdom for a life well-lived.
Recovering the Lost Art of Dying with Lydia Dugdale
Student fellow talks with Dr. Lydia Dugdale about her new book, The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom. Dr. Dugdale, M.D., speaking from her own experience caring for dying patients, invites us to recover our sense of our own finitude and reconsider what it means to die well.
Mar 17, 2023
43 min
Seeking God with St. John Henry Newman
Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Dr. Ryan J. (Bud) Marr, Associate Provost of Mercy College in Iowa and director of the National Institute for Newman Studies and associate editor of the Newman Studies Journal, about his new book, Seeking God with St. John Henry Newman.
Feb 24, 2023
24 min
Kate Soper -  Post-Growth Living: On the Good Life
Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Kate Soper, philosopher, author, and professor emerita at London Metropolitan university, about her 2022 book, Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism, which proposes a new understanding of the good life that delinks prosperity from endless growth.
Feb 10, 2023
55 min
Joshua Stuchlik — On the Principle of Double Effect
Collegium Institute undergraduate fellow talks with Dr. Joshua Stuchlik, Professor of Philosophy at University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, and assistant editor of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, about his new book, Intention and Wrongdoing: In Defense of Double Effect.
Jan 27, 2023
26 min
David Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson —Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture
Collegium Institute student fellow talks with Dr. David Deavel, associate professor of Theology at University of St. Thomas, and Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, inaugural Seaver College Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine university. Join us as we discuss Dr. Deavel and Dr. Wilson’s collection, Solzhenitsyn and the American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West.
Jan 13, 2023
46 min
Nate Anderson — Learning from Nietzsche in the Digital Age
Collegium Institute staff and students talk with Nate Anderson, deputy editor at Ars Technica and author of In Emergency, Break Glass: What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World, about what we can learn from Nietzsche in the 21st century.
Dec 31, 2022
30 min
Mary Hirschfeld - Thomas Aquinas and the Theology of Economy
Student fellows converse with Professor Mary Hirschfeld about her book Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy on the thought of Thomas Aquinas and how it relates to contemporary economic practice.
Sep 8, 2022
28 min
Remi Brague - The History of Humanism, and its Role in Modern Culture
Collegium undergraduate fellows enter into conversation with Remi Brague about his book The Legitimacy of the Human. They discuss human dignity, the philosophy of humanism, its history, and its significance in our contemporary cultural context.
Aug 26, 2022
52 min
Jeremy McInerney - The Study of Ancient Greece and its Importance for the Modern World
Collegium Student Fellows engage in conversation with renowned scholar Jeremy McInerney to discuss his scholarship on Ancient Greece and why the study of classical antiquity remains relevant for us today.
Aug 11, 2022
David Deavel - The Thought and Legacy of John Henry Newman
Collegium staff and students converse on the legacy of John Henry Newman with Professor David Deavel, editor at Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.
Jul 28, 2022
45 min
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