Washington Collegium for the Humanities



October 2000

Thursday, 5 October 3:30 pm

The Library of Congress
Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies
Jefferson Building
Woodrow Wilson Room (LJ-113)
Lecture: Historicizing Print Culture:
On the Histories of Non-Print Media
LISA GITELMAN, The Catholic University of America

Friday, 6 October 2:00 pm

The Catholic University of America
School of Philosophy
Life Cycle Institute, Auditorium
Lecture: Homegrown Positivism: Charles Darwin
and Chauncey Wright
JEAN DEGROOT, The Catholic University of America

Wednesday, 11 October 1:00 pm

The Library of Congress
Madison Building, Mumford Room
Books and Beyond Lecture Series
Lecture 2: Ron Brown: An Uncommon Life
STEVEN V. HOLMES, Author

Wednesday, 11 October 8:00 pm

The Library of Congress
Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium
Concert: CARTER BREY, Cello and
CHRISTOPHER O'RILEY, Piano
Tickets required

Thursday 12 and Friday 13 October 8:00 pm

The Library of Congress
Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium
Concert: JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET
Tickets required

Thursday, 12 October 5:00 pm

The Catholic University of America
Early Christian Studies
201 McMahon Hall
Lecture: The Liturgical Context of Early Christian Thought
ROBERT WILKEN, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Thursday, 12 October 5:30 pm

Dumbarton Oaks, Music Room
Collegium Lecture: Putting You in the Picture: Strategies of
Engagement in the Picturesque Garden (Illustrated)
JOHN DIXON HUNT, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, 13 October 2:00 pm

The Catholic University of America
School of Philosophy
Life Cycle Institute, Auditorium
Lecture: Dewey's Metaphysics of Existence
JOSEPH MARGOLIS, Temple University

Saturday, 14 October 3:00 pm

The Library of Congress
Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium
Concert: THE AUGMENTED 8
Tickets required

Saturday, 14 October 8:00 pm

The Library of Congress
Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium
Concert: DAVE DOUGLAS with CHARMS OF THE NIGHT SKY/BELL TRIO
Tickets required

Monday, 16 October 4:00 pm

Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Lecture: Queen Elizabeth as a Public and Private Poet
LEAH MARCUS, Vanderbilt University

Wednesday, 18 October 4:30 pm

The Catholic University of America
Columbus School of Law
Lecture Series: On Two Wings: The Humble God and Common
Sense at the Founding of the United States
Lecture 1: The Hebrew Metaphysics of the Founding
MICHAEL NOVAK, American Enterprise Institute

Thursday, 19 October 12:00 noon

The Library of Congress
Jefferson Building, Whittall Pavilion
Books and Beyond Lecture Series
Lecture 3: Lover's First Aid Kit,
ESTELLE ELLIS, Author

Friday, 20 October 2:00 pm

The Catholic University of America
School of Philosophy
Life Cycle Institute, Auditorium
Lecture: William James and German Naturalism
Stefano Poggi, Universita di Firenze

Wednesday, 25 October 4:30 pm

The Catholic University of America
Columbus School of Law
Lecture Series: On Two Wings: The Humble God and Common
Sense at the Founding of the United States
Lecture 2: Two Beat as One: Plain Reason, Humble Faith
MICHAEL NOVAK, American Enterprise Institute

Wednesday, 25 October 5:30 pm

Dumbarton Oaks, Music Room
Lecture: Writing with Images: The Spatial Construction of Knowledge in Aztec Mexico (Illustrated)
ELIZABETH H. BOONE, Tulane University

Friday, 27 October 2:00 pm

The Catholic University of America
School of Philosophy
Life Cycle Institute, Auditorium
Lecture: Nature and Metaphysics in American Thomism
BENEDICT ASHLEY, O.P., Aquinas Institute of Theology

Friday, 27 October 8:00 pm

The Library of Congress
Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium
Founder's Day Concert: FLUX STRING QUARTET
Tickets required

Tuesday, 31 October 12:30 pm

Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Center Conference Room
Works in Progress Series
TED LEINWAND, University Of Maryland