On Friday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m., John Alvis, professor of English, will deliver a lecture
titled "Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter: Giving Fictional Form to America's Founding Principles."
The lecture will be held in Gorman Lecture Center Room C. A reception and book signing
in the Gorman Faculty Lounge will follow.
In his recent book, "Nathaniel Hawthorne as Political Philosopher," Alvis explores
Hawthorne's understanding of equality as the image of God-in-man, inalienable rights
as "sanctity of the human heart" and his view of sin as defacing the divine in man.
"Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' offers lessons in the meaning of the 'Declaration
of Independence' as a guide to Americans in their individual conduct, to secure justice
in their communities and to foster family integrity," said Alvis. "It renders in personal
and dramatic terms the meaning of such American principles as a higher law of nature,
the sanctity of individual rights and the moral significance of liberty and equality."
On Thursday, Sept. 26, several members of the university community gathered to celebrate the completion of Course II of the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture program, the first component of UD's Liberal Learning for Life initiative. The course is titled "The Person: Tradition and History."
+ Read MoreTo found the famous Core curriculum of the University of Dallas, as an education "best for the individual," Donald and Louise Cowan looked to John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University. He unapologetically promotes the Western classics -- precisely because so few know our own culture well enough to appreciate the depth of any other.
+ Read MoreThis summer, the University of Dallas invites students, alumni, faculty and staff to join its first-ever tour abroad of Russia, led by Professor of Physics Richard Olenick and Affiliate Instructor of Spanish, French and Italian Irina Rodriguez. From June 8 to June 16, 2020, Olenick and Rodriguez will guide participants through the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, taking them on a cultural and literary tour of the "Russian soul."
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