Friday, February 14, 2025
6:30 pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium

“Forever building, and always decaying, and always being restored.” (T.S. Eliot)

The Encounter opens with a presentation by Philippe Villeneuve, Chief Architect of the Reconstruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, introduced by Cardinal Seán O'Malley, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston

IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED

Saturday, February 15, 2025
9:30 Am ET | Pavilion Auditorium

A Fragment of Being

A discussion on the corporal dimension of human identity in an age of virtual reality, with Christine Rosen, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Carter Snead, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame, moderated by Paolo Carozza, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame

IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED

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Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Shoes, oil on canvas, 1886; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Saturday, February 15, 2025
10:45 Am ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION

The Miracle of Beginning

Presentation of the exhibit on Hannah Arendt, with Carlo Lancellotti, curator

IN-PERSON ONLY

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Image: Photograph of Hannah Arendt in 1933, Photographer unknown, PD-US

Saturday, February 15, 2025
11:30 Am ET | Pavilion Auditorium

A Feeling of Precariousness

A conversation on loneliness and malaise in today’s society with Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, and Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, moderated by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Professor of Sociology, The Catholic University of America

IN-PERSON & LIVESTREAMED

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Image: Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890, detail, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Saturday, February 15, 2025
12:45 Am ET | ALTMAN Auditorium
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION

The Mondragon Experience

A More Human Way to Work

Presentation of the exhibit with William Cavanaugh, professor of Catholic Studies, DePaul University, and Christina Clamp, Professor of Sociology, Southern New Hampshire University, moderated by Patrick Tomassi, curator

IN-PERSON ONLY

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Featured image: Orbea, which manufactures and sells bicycles, is one of nearly 100 worker-owned cooperatives in the Mondragon Corporation network. Photographer: Markel Redondo for Bloomberg.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15
3:15 PM | ALTMAN AUDITORIUM
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION

“The past [is] all made up”

Presentation of the exhibit on memory and disconnection in the HBO series Succession with Sophia Sorensen, curator

IN-PERSON ONLY

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15
5:15 PM | ALTMAN AUDITORIUM
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION

A New Beginning in America

Presentation on the Vietnamese-American experience 50 years after the fall of Saigon with Thomas Tobin, curator

IN-PERSON ONLY

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Image: 35 Vietnamese refugees wait to be taken aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). They are being rescued from a 35-foot fishing boat 350 miles northeast of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, after spending eight days at sea. Photo by an employee of the U.S. Navy on duty; PD-US.

Saturday, February 15, 2025
6:00 Pm ET | Pavilion Auditorium

All That Is Needed Is Attention

Marveling at nature in scientific research with Martin Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Harvard University, and Rob Phillips, Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics at the California Institute of Technology, moderated by Evelyn Tang, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

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Image: Morton East Bilingual Club High School youth (Lyons, IL) watching the solar eclipse with their science teacher