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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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"The Education of the Ambitious Soul" with Dr. Shilo Brooks

Fri, Nov 08

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Rowling Hall, 4314

What is the proper education for young people who aspire to achieve political greatness? This lecture will examine the autobiographies of great leaders in search of insights into the ways their educations and early lives prepared them for the trials, tragedies, and triumphs to lead.

"The Education of the Ambitious Soul" with Dr. Shilo Brooks
"The Education of the Ambitious Soul" with Dr. Shilo Brooks

Time & Location

Nov 08, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Rowling Hall, 4314, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

About this talk:

What is the proper education for young people who aspire to achieve political greatness? This lecture will examine the autobiographies of great leaders of the past​ in search of insights into the ways their educations and early lives prepared them for the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of great leadership. This event is co-sponsored with the Salem Center for Policy. 

  • Lunch will be provided to those who register.


About the speaker:

Shilo Brooks is Executive Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. He is author of Nietzsche’s Culture War, in addition to scholarly and journalistic articles on various topics in politics and the humanities. His teaching and research interests lie in the history of political philosophy, politics and literature, and statesmanship.


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