BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chesterton House - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Chesterton House X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://chestertonhouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Chesterton House REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T200000 DTSTAMP:20250902T135618Z CREATED:20250808T200534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T135618Z UID:10002387-1756926000-1756929600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-09-03/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002234-1746558000-1746561600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-05-06/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T170000 DTSTAMP:20250418T204107Z CREATED:20250102T180101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T204107Z UID:10002169-1746111600-1746118800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:John Swinton: Chesterton Perspectives DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \n“Please Don’t Fix Me. Welcome Me.”: A Christian Reflection on People with Disabilities\nA conversation with John Swinton\, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care\, Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen \nMay 1\, 2025\n3 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\nOr join us via Zoom \nRegister Here \nLet’s be honest: most of us have not spent time formulating a theology of human disability\, especially for people with permanent intellectual limitations like schizophrenia\, dementia\, or Down syndrome. Laden with the modern idea of “equality\,” we awkwardly strive to make everyone the same\, measuring others’ experiences of life against our own—and unintentionally defining what it means to be human by our own standards. But what if that’s not only unfair\, but also wrong and harmful? \nMaybe people with disabilities need less energy spent on making them like us\, and more effort to welcome them as already fully human brothers and sisters created by God. Maybe it is their differences in our midst that help us understand our own humanity—reminding us that no one is an autonomous owner of their own life or master of their own fate\, but rather a beneficiary of God’s gratuitous gift of life\, to be given back to Him in gratitude. Reminding us that being human isn’t about subjective or performative metrics\, but rather something far deeper. Perhaps there are some (maybe many?) inequalities in this world that aren’t just unavoidable but are actually essential to understanding our humanity and what it means for all of us to become the Body of Christ. \nJoin us in welcoming John Swinton\, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care\, and Chair of Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. Drawing from his journey from working as a Registered Mental Health Nurse to studying the theology of disability\, Rev. Professor Swinton will share his practical and theological insights to help us reflect together on a Christian theology of disability. \nJohn Swinton; Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies\, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care; School of Divinity\, History and Philosophy; King’s College University of Aberdeen\nJohn Swinton is Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. For more than a decade John worked as a registered mental health nurse. He also worked for a number of years as a hospital and community mental health Chaplain alongside of people with severe mental health challenges who were moving from the hospital into the community. In 2004\, he founded the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Spirituality\, Health and Disability. He has published widely within the area of mental health\, dementia\, disability theology\, spirituality and healthcare\, end of life care\, qualitative research and pastoral care. John is the author of a number of monographs including Finding Jesus in the Storm: The spiritual lives of people with mental health challenges. (Eerdmans 2020) which won the Aldersgate prize for outstanding interdisciplinary work within theology. His book Dementia: Living in the memories of God won the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ramsey Prize for excellence in theological writing. John is married with 5 children. John is also a musician. His new album– Beautiful Songs About Difficult Things – is now availabe: https://open.spotify.com/album/6TvUBFhAcDH1u8L6dV8web?si=_IxIsyYkTayOBUfTYEsrZw URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/john-swinton-5-1-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/John-Swinton-web-Event-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002233-1745953200-1745956800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-04-29/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002232-1745348400-1745352000@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-04-22/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T203000 DTSTAMP:20250331T135719Z CREATED:20250331T135029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T135719Z UID:10002245-1744830000-1744835400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Moral Outrage: Who Are We To Say? DESCRIPTION:Veritas Forum brings you: \nMoral Outrage\nWho Are We to Say?\nA conversation on where morals come from\, why they differ\, and what to do about it. \nApril 16th\, 2025\n7:00pm to 8:30pm ET\nKlarman Hall KG70\nor remotely via Zoom \nReception with Purity Ice Cream to follow! \nRegister Here\nTwo of the most common moral responses on campus are outrage and apathy. Why do we have these reactions to different sets of things? Can we trust our moral instincts? Audun Dahl\, a moral psychologist and David Lahti\, a Christian evolutionary biologist\, discuss what we can learn from their fields and how we might go about living with some of this knowledge. \nDavid Lahti; Associate Professor of Biology and Psychology\, CUNY\nDavid Lahti is an Associate Professor of Biology at Queens College\, City University of New York (CUNY)\, and is also affiliated with the doctoral faculty in Psychology and Biology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He leads the Behavior & Evolution Laboratory\, which focuses on learned behaviors in birds and humans\, cultural evolution\, rapid trait evolution\, and the development of morality and religion. \nLahti holds two PhDs: one in moral philosophy and philosophy of biology from the Whitefield Institute\, Oxford\, where he explored the contributions of science to understanding morality\, and another in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan\, where he studied rapid evolution in African weaverbirds. His postdoctoral work included research on bird song development and human psychology from an evolutionary perspective. \nIn addition to his academic work\, Lahti integrates his scientific research with his Christian faith\, discussing topics such as cultural evolution and the interplay between science and religion. His lab consists of a diverse team working on projects ranging from ornithology to urban ecology. \nAudun Dahl; Professor of Psychology\, Cornell\nI am interested in development of morality across the lifespan. Every day\, from infancy to old age\, we encounter morally relevant events. We help or hurt another person\, or we witness others who help or hurt\, in both mundane and life-changing ways. As we develop\, and enter new social situations\, we encounter new rules for right and wrong behaviors. Religious texts spell out how to pray. Schools teach their students about how to use sources without plagiarizing. The abundance of moral and other principles prompts children and adults to determine\, again and again\, what makes for right and wrong ways of acting. \nThe Developmental Moral Psychology Lab studies how we reason\, judge\, feel\, and act around issues of right and wrong across the lifespan. We also study how morality develops through everyday social interactions\, starting in early childhood. We use a variety of methods—including laboratory experiments\, naturalistic observations\, structured interviews\, and surveys—to study infants\, children\, adolescents\, and adults from different communities. For instance\, we study how infants begin to help and harm others\, and how adults form judgments and decisions about complex issues\, such as academic integrity and moral dilemmas. Through this range of methods and age groups\, we seek to understand both the diversity and the unity of human morality. \nToni Alimi; (moderator) Assistant Professor of Classics\, Cornell \nMy research and teaching span ancient Roman philosophy (specializing in Lactantius and Augustine)\, intellectual history (focusing on freedom\, slavery\, law\, rule\, and authority)\, contemporary ethics and politics (idem)\, and philosophy of religion. My first book\, Slaves of God\, explicates Augustine’s reasons for justifying slavery and argues that slavery is a central theme in his broader ethics and politics. \nI’m in the early stages of research for a broader philosophical history of slavery (tentatively titled Slavery: A Philosophical History)\, which will trace the development of ideas of natural and retributive slavery from their ancient Greek and Roman provenances through late antiquity\, medieval and early modern Christianity\, into the antebellum United States. \nAs a Klarman Fellow (2021-2024)\, I am a postdoctoral associate in Classics with an affiliate appointment in Philosophy. Before Cornell\, I earned the Ph.D. in Religion\, Ethics\, and Politics from Princeton University\, the M.A.R. in Ethics from Yale Divinity School\, and the A.B. in Religion from Princeton University. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/moral-outrage/ LOCATION:Klarman Hall KG70\, 232 Feeney Way\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853 CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Web-Events-2024-2025-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002231-1744743600-1744747200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-04-15/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T193000 DTSTAMP:20250318T175730Z CREATED:20250102T175314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T175730Z UID:10002168-1744306200-1744313400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Can We Talk About it? Why Faith Remains the Hardest Conversation on Campus DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by Chesterton House and COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture\nCan We Talk About It? Why Faith Remains the Hardest Conversation on Campus\nApril 10\, 2025\n5:30 pm EST Physical Sciences 120 or via Zoom \nRegister Here \nThe university is meant to be a place where every idea can be discussed\, debated\, and tested. But does it always live up to that ideal? When it comes to faith\, many students and faculty feel pressured to self-censor\, avoiding ideas that might ruffle too many feathers. Yet\, faith and religion have a profound impact throughout politics\, science\, mental health\, and beyond. Is this self-censorship leaving crucial issues underdiscussed? \nAuthor Mary Eberstadt ‘83\, Senior Research Fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington DC\, understands these challenges first-hand. A Cornell graduate\, she will share with us her journey to becoming a Christian public intellectual\, why faith remains such a difficult topic on many campuses that claim to champion open dialogue\, and how to navigate these challenges in both truthful and winsome ways. Join us for a conversation about how to bring faith conversations back into academic and public discourse and why doing so matters. \n  \nMary Eberstadt ’83; Panula Chair in Christian Culture\, Catholic Information Center\nMary Eberstadt is an American writer\, and author of several influential books including How the West Really Lost God; Adam and Eve after the Pill; and Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics. She also authored a novel called The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life\, Death\, and Atheism\, which debuted as a stage-play in 2017. She has written for many journals and magazines\, and her work has been translated into numerous languages. \nMrs. Eberstadt is a senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute\, and she holds the Panula Chair at the Catholic Information center in Washington\, DC. Her early career includes two years as a speechwriter to an American Secretary of State\, George Shultz\, and another year as speechwriter to a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations\, Jeane Kirkpatrick. She holds honorary doctorates in humane letters from Seton Hall University in New Jersey and from Magdalen College\, New Hampshire. \nMary Eberstadt is delighted to be appearing this week at her alma mater. She grew up in Central New York\, and she enjoys several personal ties to Cornell\, where she graduated magna cum laude with a double major in Philosophy and Government. Her senior paper\, on Immanuel Kant’s theory of aesthetic judgment\, was supervised in part by a mentor who was one of the titans of\nCornell’s philosophy faculty\, the late Norman Kretzmann. Mary resided throughout her undergraduate years in Telluride House\, and she worked for four years as a special assistant in the Philosophy Department. \nFinally\, Mary is also embarking in 2025 on a new\, five-year\, multidimensional project\, “Remembering Upstate New York\,” dedicated to bringing the region’s extraordinary history and culture to new literary and theatrical life. Updates about the project\, its team\, and her other work can be found on her website\, maryeberstadt.com URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/mary-eberstadt-4-10-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mary-April-10-Web-Event-graphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T210000 DTSTAMP:20250328T180831Z CREATED:20250317T220100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T180831Z UID:10002244-1744140600-1744146000@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:From Mines to Vines: Cultivating Peace through Agriculture & Faith DESCRIPTION:From Mines to Vines: Cultivating Peace through Agriculture & Faith\nA Laureate Lecture by Ms. Heidi Kühn\, Founder & CEO of Roots of Peace\, World Food Prize Laureate\, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee\n+ Panel Discussion with:\nDr. Christopher Barrett\, Professor of Applied Economics and Management\, Cornell University\nNodjibeye Cherubin\, Civil Engineer and Humphrey Fellow from Chad\nFrancine Barchett\, (moderator) Cornell PhD Candidate and Youth Member\, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors \nApril 8\, 2025\n7:30 PM EST\nReception & hours d’ourves to follow\nPhysical Sciences 120 or via Zoom\nRegister Here \nAcross nearly 70 countries\, landmines and unexploded ordnances sow fear and uncertainty\, and many remain long after conflicts end. In 1997\, guided by her Catholic faith and care for human dignity\, Heidi Kühn founded Roots of Peace to help turn “mines to vines” — replacing remnants of war with regenerative agriculture. Since then\, her organization has removed over 100\,000 landmines and restored farming livelihoods in ten countries\, from Croatia to Afghanistan\, Vietnam\, and beyond. \nIn this special Laureate Lecture at Cornell University\, Ms. Kühn will explore the intersection of agriculture\, peacebuilding\, and spiritual conviction. She will be joined by a panel of experts who will reflect on how the Christian faith can inspire practical solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges in collaboration with scholars and practitioners from many different religions. \nWhether you are religious\, spiritual\, or secular\, all are welcome to engage in this conversation about belonging\, purpose\, and the shared human calling to care for one another and the Earth. \nPanelists: \n\nDr. Christopher Barrett\, Professor of Applied Economics and Management\, Cornell University\nNodjibeye Cherubin\, Civil Engineer and Humphrey Fellow from Chad\nFrancine Barchett\, Cornell PhD Candidate and Youth Member\, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors (Moderator)\n\nCo-sponsored by World Food Prize Foundation • Cornell Department of Global Development • Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability • Office of Meaning Making & Spirituality • Cornell Faith & Environment Collective • Chesterton House • Cornell COLLIS Institute of Catholic Thought & Culture • American Scientific Affiliation \nHeidi Kühn; Founder & CEO of Roots of Peace\, World Food Prize Laureate\, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee\nHeidi Kühn is a visionary leader whose life’s work has been dedicated to cultivating peace in places once ravaged by conflict. A graduate of the University of California\, Berkeley\, in 1979 with a degree in Political Economics\, Heidi emerged from the era of the Peace Movement with a determination to transform its ideals into tangible action. \nHer early career in journalism saw her founding NewsLink International\, a news agency reporting on glasnost and perestroika from the Soviet Union. From Alaska’s frozen frontiers to the heart of Cold War tensions\, Heidi’s stories for CNN\, ABC\, CBS\, NBC\, Nippon TV\, and Sky News helped bridge divides\, fostering understanding where walls once stood. \nIn 1997\, following her own battle with cancer\, Heidi took on another silent killer—landmines. She founded Roots of Peace\, a humanitarian organization dedicated to replacing fields of destruction with fields of life. Through the “Mines to Vines” initiative\, Heidi has transformed war-torn landscapes into thriving vineyards and orchards. For Heidi\, landmines were a “cancer of the earth\,” and her mission was clear: restore hope\, food security\, and livelihoods to millions. \nRoots of Peace has made an extraordinary impact: over 100\,000 landmines and unexploded bombs removed\, more than 7 million fruit trees planted\, and agricultural livelihoods restored to over 1 million farmers and families across ten countries\, including Afghanistan\, Angola\, Bosnia-Herzegovina\, Cambodia\, Croatia\, Iraq\, Israel\, Palestine\, and Vietnam. \nNotably\, Heidi’s leadership in Afghanistan contributed to a transformative USAID program\, which increased the country’s agricultural exports from $250 million in 2014 to over $1.5 billion in 2024. \nBorn into a pioneer family that settled 2\,500 acres in San Rafael\, California\, in the 1860s\, Heidi’s reverence for the land runs deep. A proud Daughter of the American Revolution\, she continues this legacy of stewardship\, passing it on to her four children and seven grandchildren. \nHeidi’s memoir\, Breaking Ground (2020)\, chronicles her extraordinary journey\, serving as both an inspiring narrative and a call to action for global peace. Today\, Heidi lives in San Rafael with her husband\, Gary. She serves as Chairperson for the Smithsonian’s 250th Anniversary of America (2026)\, continuing her mission to bridge divides and plant the seeds of a more peaceful future. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/heidi-kuhn-4-08-2025/ LOCATION:Physical Science Building\, PSB 120 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Web-Events-2024-2025-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002230-1744138800-1744142400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-04-08/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002229-1742929200-1742932800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-03-25/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002228-1742324400-1742328000@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-03-18/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T210000 DTSTAMP:20250227T151353Z CREATED:20250221T230526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T151353Z UID:10002240-1741807800-1741813200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Growing in Faith while Growing as an Executive DESCRIPTION:Growing in Faith while Growing as an Executive\n\nA conversation with Jeffrey Metzner\, Vice President\, Marketing\, Media & Communications: P&G Walmart Global Customer Team \n\nMarch 12\, 2025\n7:30 pm EST\n111 The Knoll Rd or via Zoom\nDessert will be provided! \nRegister here \nThe business world is a jungle! Are careers in the business world inevitably in tension with a pursuit of ethical integrity? How does one maintain personal faith convictions when surrounded by the pressure of these cut-throat cultures? On a winding path from Ohio to Cornell\, to Yale\, to on-the-ground construction management to Procter & Gamble\, Jeff Metzner has hard-won sage advice every novice in this industry–or any vocation–needs to hear. \nJeffrey Metzner; Vice President\, Marketing\, Media & Communications: P&G Walmart Global Customer Team\nJeff is responsible for Marketing\, Media and Communications on P&G’s Walmart US business. Prior to this role\, Jeff held numerous roles across the company\, most recently as the OTC Health Care Walmart team leader. Other assignments have included leading the North America Vicks brand and expanding Always Infinity into Europe and China. In his time at P&G\, Jeff has held assignments in OTC Health Care\, Oral Care\, Beauty\, Feminine Care\, Pharmaceuticals and Pet Care. \nPrior to P&G\, Jeff built homes as a project manager for a large homebuilder in the Northeastern US. Jeff is passionate about values-based leadership and investing in those around him to build their own personal and business leadership skills. Jeff has taught Communication Effectiveness both inside and outside P&G and enjoys guest lecturing on effective brand building as well as personal purpose and values. Jeff has guest lectured at University of Arkansas since 2019 and guest lectured at Cornell University from 2019 to 2024. Jeff is on the University of Arkansas Retail Advisory Board. \nJeff is a native of Ohio and enjoys spending time with his family outdoors. Jeff and his wife Katy have six children and live in Northwest Arkansas. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/jeffrey-metzner-03-12-2025/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jeffrey-MEtzner-Web-Event-25.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002227-1741719600-1741723200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-03-11/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250310T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250310T213000 DTSTAMP:20250304T195924Z CREATED:20250102T174427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T195924Z UID:10002167-1741635000-1741642200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:My Load is Easy: An Invitation to Cease Striving\, Building\, and Bettering DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nMy Load is Easy: An Invitation to Cease Striving\, Building\, and Bettering\nA conversation with Ephraim Radner; Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology \nMarch 10\, 2025\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom \nRegister Here \nOur generation pressures itself to meet abstract and unattainable standards of equality\, self-actualization\, and social improvement. We feel pulled toward one of two extremes: striving endlessly to create a perfect world and a perfect life\, or retreating into distraction or numbness when our efforts fail. We long for all things to be made new\, yet we struggle to tolerate ambiguity and wait patiently for God’s return. Instead of living with hope and eager expectation\, we carry a self-imposed and ever-increasing weight of anxiety and despair. \nEphraim Radner\, Emeritus Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College\, University of Toronto\, offers a different way. Through the gifting of his Spirit\, God invites us to fully engage this present life—embracing both its moments of glorious astonishment and its seasons of suffering—while learning to rest in Christ’s easy yoke until His return. \nWhat if Jesus truly meant it when He said\, My load is easy? And what if it’s still true for us today? Join us for this powerful conversation about living lightly in a heavy world. \nEphraim Radner; Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College\, University of Toronto; PhD in Theology (Yale University)BA (Dartmouth College)\, MDiv (Yale Divinity School)\nPrior to his appointment as Professor of Historical Theology\, the Rev. Dr. Radner was rector of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension\, Pueblo\, Colorado. His range of ministerial experience includes Burundi\, where he worked as a missionary\, Haiti\, inner-city Cleveland\, and Connecticut. He has taught at seminaries in Connecticut and Colorado. In the Anglican Communion context he is a member of the Covenant Design Group. He is a violinist\, hiker\, and traveler. He is married to the Rev. Annette Brownlee and they are the parents of Hannah and Isaac. Radner’s research and teaching interests include pneumatology\, ecclesiology and ecumenism\, and biblical hermeneutics. Radner is currently co-editing a volume on Anglican figural reading of the Scriptures\, and working on a larger project involving Christian politics. \nEcclesiology: Ecclesial decision-making\, politics and ecumenism\, Scriptural hermeneutics and the theological categories of “time” and “history”\, The character of early modern Christian self-identity\, Pneumatology\, Contemporary Christian social experience\, Theological Interpretation of Scripture. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/ephraim-radner-3-10-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ephraim-Radner-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002226-1741114800-1741118400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-03-04/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002225-1740510000-1740513600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-02-25/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T193000 DTSTAMP:20250210T184430Z CREATED:20250102T173421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T184430Z UID:10002165-1740418200-1740425400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:When Computers “Create” DESCRIPTION:When Computers “Create”: AI-Generated Art\, Authorship\, and the Imago Dei\n\nA conversation with Ruth L. Okediji\, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School \n\nFebruary 24th\, 2025\n5:30 pm EST\nPhysical Sciences Building 120 or via Zoom\n+ Reception to follow \nRegister here to join via Zoom \nIf ChatGPT can write a book\, what are the implications for human authors and their works? If MidJourney can create an image\, where does that leave graphic designers and artists? These questions draw us into the deep and complex relationships between our human identity and our intelligence and creativity. After all\, we want to believe we have a special divine spark of creativity within us. But it can be increasingly difficult to hold that belief amidst the ever-advancing sophistication of AI modeling that seems “more perfect” than those born of the Imago Dei. \nHarvard Law Professor Ruth L. Okediji can help us attend to these questions. As a leading scholar in intellectual property law and appointed member of the American Bar Association President’s Taskforce on AI and the Law\, she is among a small and distinguished group of experts studying creativity\, artistry\, and ownership of ideas and creative products. Join us for an evening of discussion on what happens when computers can “create.” \nRuth L. Okediji; Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School\, Co-Director of Berkman Klein Center\n\nRuth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith\, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School\, Co-Director of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society\, Founding Faculty Director of the Harvard Program on Biblical Law & Christian Legal Studies\, and Founding Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of African Societies and Economies (CSASE). Professor Okediji teaches contracts\, intellectual property (IP)\, Law and Development\, AI in the Just Society\, and courses on Biblical Law. Her research and scholarship examine innovation policy\, the digital economy\, and global knowledge governance. She has authored an extensive array of influential articles\, commissioned papers\, and book chapters on the relationship between intellectual property\, innovation\, and human wellbeing. \nProfessor Okediji was a member of the U.S. National Academies Board on Science\, Technology and Policy Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era\, and in 2021 she completed service as Co-Chair of the National Academies Board on Science\, Technology\, and Economic Policy Committee on Advancing Commercialization from the Federal Laboratories. She advises governments and international organizations on a variety of issues at the intersection of innovation policy\, AI\, and human development. \nOver the course of her career\, Professor Okediji has received numerous awards and distinctions for teaching\, advising\, and mentoring. These include “Professor Most Likely to Go Beyond the Call of Duty” and the Student Bar Association’s “Outstanding Professor Award.” She is a two- time recipient of the Harvard Law School Women’s Law Association “Shatter the Ceiling” Award. She has been named one of the 50 most influential figures in the field of intellectual property by Managing IP and she received the 2019 Public Knowledge IP3 Award. In 2023 she was awarded the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. \nProfessor Okediji served as an expert to the Africa Group and lead negotiator for the 2013 Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind\, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. In 2024 she served as the Government of Nigeria’s expert negotiator for the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge. \nProfessor Okediji serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of World Intellectual Property Law and the Journal of International Economic Law. She is the immediate past-President of the Order of the Coif\, an elected member of the American Law Institute\, and an appointed member to the American Bar Association’s Presidential Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence and the Law. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/ruth-okediji-02-24-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Web-Events-2024-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T133000 DTSTAMP:20250221T174147Z CREATED:20250204T203036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T174147Z UID:10002238-1740398400-1740403800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Innovation: New Actors and New Issues in International Intellectual Property DESCRIPTION:Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Innovation: New Actors and New Issues in International Intellectual Property\n\nA conversation with Ruth L. Okediji\, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School \n\nFebruary 24th\, 2025\n12:10 pm EST\nMyron Taylor Hall 182\n*Lunch will be provided; registration required \nIn- Person Student Registration \nNon-Student Registration (in person or via Zoom) \nRuth L. Okediji\, the Jeremiah Smith\, Jr.\, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center on Professor of Law at Harvard Law School\, recently served as the lead expert negotiator for a historic negotiation at the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization. The result of more than a decade of negotiations is a ground-breaking intellectual property treaty that recognizes the contributions of Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLC’s) in the global innovation system. \nWhat ethical\, economic\, and cultural factors affect how we steward humanity’s capacity for creativity? The default utilitarian approach that underpins intellectual property law has historically excluded non-traditional forms and practices of innovation. These concerns operate in parallel with other complex tensions\, including indigenous rights\, biodiversity\, sovereignty over genetic resources\, ecological sustainability\, and climate change more broadly. \nOkediji draws personal inspiration from her Christian faith in tackling these challenges\, and her story illustrates how faith convictions – and the worldview it promotes – can shape and interact with policy and legal frameworks in advancing human flourishing. \nCo-Sponsored by Christian Legal Society at Cornell\, Cornell United Religious Works\, and Cornell’s Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making. \nRuth L. Okediji; Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School\, Co-Director of Berkman Klein Center\nRuth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith\, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School\, Co-Director of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society\, Founding Faculty Director of the Harvard Program on Biblical Law & Christian Legal Studies\, and Founding Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of African Societies and Economies (CSASE). Professor Okediji teaches contracts\, intellectual property (IP)\, Law and Development\, AI in the Just Society\, and courses on Biblical Law. Her research and scholarship examine innovation policy\, the digital economy\, and global knowledge governance. She has authored an extensive array of influential articles\, commissioned papers\, and book chapters on the relationship between intellectual property\, innovation\, and human wellbeing. \nProfessor Okediji was a member of the U.S. National Academies Board on Science\, Technology and Policy Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era\, and in 2021 she completed service as Co-Chair of the National Academies Board on Science\, Technology\, and Economic Policy Committee on Advancing Commercialization from the Federal Laboratories. She advises governments and international organizations on a variety of issues at the intersection of innovation policy\, AI\, and human development. \nOver the course of her career\, Professor Okediji has received numerous awards and distinctions for teaching\, advising\, and mentoring. These include “Professor Most Likely to Go Beyond the Call of Duty” and the Student Bar Association’s “Outstanding Professor Award.” She is a two- time recipient of the Harvard Law School Women’s Law Association “Shatter the Ceiling” Award. She has been named one of the 50 most influential figures in the field of intellectual property by Managing IP and she received the 2019 Public Knowledge IP3 Award. In 2023 she was awarded the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. \nProfessor Okediji served as an expert to the Africa Group and lead negotiator for the 2013 Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind\, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. In 2024 she served as the Government of Nigeria’s expert negotiator for the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge. \nProfessor Okediji serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of World Intellectual Property Law and the Journal of International Economic Law. She is the immediate past-President of the Order of the Coif\, an elected member of the American Law Institute\, and an appointed member to the American Bar Association’s Presidential Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence and the Law. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/protecting-indigenous-peoples-innovation/ LOCATION:Cornell Law School\, Room 182 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ruth-Okediji-Web-Event-lunch.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002237-1739905200-1739908800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-02-18/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002236-1739300400-1739304000@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-02-11/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002235-1738695600-1738699200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-02-04/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250128T200000 DTSTAMP:20250122T192007Z CREATED:20250121T153836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T192007Z UID:10002224-1738090800-1738094400@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there! URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-01-28/ LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250121T210000 DTSTAMP:20250121T154250Z CREATED:20241209T172229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154250Z UID:10002164-1737489600-1737493200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Online Course with Vivek Mathew & Ryan O'Dowd DESCRIPTION:Equality in the Hot Seat: A Promising Idea That Fails to Deliver\nOnline course with Dr. Vivek Mathew & Rev. Dr. Ryan O’Dowd\nJanuary 6th\, 7th\, 20th\, 21st\n8pm – 9pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here \nThe Chesterton House on-campus Logos seminar discussions are an award-winning and unique educational experience in Christian higher education\, guiding students through flashpoints of contemporary cultural debates in conversation with historic Christian intellectual traditions. This course will give our online-only audience an abbreviated taste of those discussions\, specially geared for our alumni and supporters around the world. The discussions will be led by our Executive Director Vivek Mathew and Academic Director Ryan O’Dowd. \nThis year\, our thematic center has been equality. The idea of equality has modern incarnations that attempt to protect human dignity and achieve a more just distribution of created goods within a world of fallen creatures and broken economic systems. But how did this modern idea of equality come about? How did it come to take center place in our moral ecology? And how does it compare with older Biblical ideals\, and historic Christian intellectual foundations? This short course will briefly survey how equality in its modern guise became the reigning starting point for guiding moral and political thought\, from both within Christian internal debates as well as secular challenges to Christian ethics. The course will bring together a combination of Biblical passages and theological and philosophical readings for our reflection\, from patristics to contemporary analytic philosophers and theologians\, including both Christian and non-Christian perspectives. It does not aim to settle final questions or positions in the debates\, but provide an intellectual and conceptual framework to orient them. \nThis online-only course will have a limited number of registration spots\, so register today if you are interested. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/online-course-with-vivek-mathew-ryan-odowd/2025-01-21/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Web-Events-2024-2025-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250120T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250120T210000 DTSTAMP:20250121T154250Z CREATED:20241209T172229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154250Z UID:10002163-1737403200-1737406800@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Online Course with Vivek Mathew & Ryan O'Dowd DESCRIPTION:Equality in the Hot Seat: A Promising Idea That Fails to Deliver\nOnline course with Dr. Vivek Mathew & Rev. Dr. Ryan O’Dowd\nJanuary 6th\, 7th\, 20th\, 21st\n8pm – 9pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here \nThe Chesterton House on-campus Logos seminar discussions are an award-winning and unique educational experience in Christian higher education\, guiding students through flashpoints of contemporary cultural debates in conversation with historic Christian intellectual traditions. This course will give our online-only audience an abbreviated taste of those discussions\, specially geared for our alumni and supporters around the world. The discussions will be led by our Executive Director Vivek Mathew and Academic Director Ryan O’Dowd. \nThis year\, our thematic center has been equality. The idea of equality has modern incarnations that attempt to protect human dignity and achieve a more just distribution of created goods within a world of fallen creatures and broken economic systems. But how did this modern idea of equality come about? How did it come to take center place in our moral ecology? And how does it compare with older Biblical ideals\, and historic Christian intellectual foundations? This short course will briefly survey how equality in its modern guise became the reigning starting point for guiding moral and political thought\, from both within Christian internal debates as well as secular challenges to Christian ethics. The course will bring together a combination of Biblical passages and theological and philosophical readings for our reflection\, from patristics to contemporary analytic philosophers and theologians\, including both Christian and non-Christian perspectives. It does not aim to settle final questions or positions in the debates\, but provide an intellectual and conceptual framework to orient them. \nThis online-only course will have a limited number of registration spots\, so register today if you are interested. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/online-course-with-vivek-mathew-ryan-odowd/2025-01-20/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Web-Events-2024-2025-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250107T210000 DTSTAMP:20250121T154250Z CREATED:20241209T172229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154250Z UID:10002162-1736280000-1736283600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Online Course with Vivek Mathew & Ryan O'Dowd DESCRIPTION:Equality in the Hot Seat: A Promising Idea That Fails to Deliver\nOnline course with Dr. Vivek Mathew & Rev. Dr. Ryan O’Dowd\nJanuary 6th\, 7th\, 20th\, 21st\n8pm – 9pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here \nThe Chesterton House on-campus Logos seminar discussions are an award-winning and unique educational experience in Christian higher education\, guiding students through flashpoints of contemporary cultural debates in conversation with historic Christian intellectual traditions. This course will give our online-only audience an abbreviated taste of those discussions\, specially geared for our alumni and supporters around the world. The discussions will be led by our Executive Director Vivek Mathew and Academic Director Ryan O’Dowd. \nThis year\, our thematic center has been equality. The idea of equality has modern incarnations that attempt to protect human dignity and achieve a more just distribution of created goods within a world of fallen creatures and broken economic systems. But how did this modern idea of equality come about? How did it come to take center place in our moral ecology? And how does it compare with older Biblical ideals\, and historic Christian intellectual foundations? This short course will briefly survey how equality in its modern guise became the reigning starting point for guiding moral and political thought\, from both within Christian internal debates as well as secular challenges to Christian ethics. The course will bring together a combination of Biblical passages and theological and philosophical readings for our reflection\, from patristics to contemporary analytic philosophers and theologians\, including both Christian and non-Christian perspectives. It does not aim to settle final questions or positions in the debates\, but provide an intellectual and conceptual framework to orient them. \nThis online-only course will have a limited number of registration spots\, so register today if you are interested. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/online-course-with-vivek-mathew-ryan-odowd/2025-01-07/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Web-Events-2024-2025-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250106T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250106T210000 DTSTAMP:20250121T154250Z CREATED:20241209T172229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154250Z UID:10002161-1736193600-1736197200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Online Course with Vivek Mathew & Ryan O'Dowd DESCRIPTION:Equality in the Hot Seat: A Promising Idea That Fails to Deliver\nOnline course with Dr. Vivek Mathew & Rev. Dr. Ryan O’Dowd\nJanuary 6th\, 7th\, 20th\, 21st\n8pm – 9pm ET\nRemotely via Zoom \nRegister Here \nThe Chesterton House on-campus Logos seminar discussions are an award-winning and unique educational experience in Christian higher education\, guiding students through flashpoints of contemporary cultural debates in conversation with historic Christian intellectual traditions. This course will give our online-only audience an abbreviated taste of those discussions\, specially geared for our alumni and supporters around the world. The discussions will be led by our Executive Director Vivek Mathew and Academic Director Ryan O’Dowd. \nThis year\, our thematic center has been equality. The idea of equality has modern incarnations that attempt to protect human dignity and achieve a more just distribution of created goods within a world of fallen creatures and broken economic systems. But how did this modern idea of equality come about? How did it come to take center place in our moral ecology? And how does it compare with older Biblical ideals\, and historic Christian intellectual foundations? This short course will briefly survey how equality in its modern guise became the reigning starting point for guiding moral and political thought\, from both within Christian internal debates as well as secular challenges to Christian ethics. The course will bring together a combination of Biblical passages and theological and philosophical readings for our reflection\, from patristics to contemporary analytic philosophers and theologians\, including both Christian and non-Christian perspectives. It does not aim to settle final questions or positions in the debates\, but provide an intellectual and conceptual framework to orient them. \nThis online-only course will have a limited number of registration spots\, so register today if you are interested. \nRegister Here URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/online-course-with-vivek-mathew-ryan-odowd/2025-01-06/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Web-Events-2024-2025-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T213000 DTSTAMP:20241104T194024Z CREATED:20240913T233911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T194024Z UID:10002140-1731353400-1731360600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Singing the Blues: A Moral Alternative to Vengeance and Apathy? DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nSinging the Blues: A Moral Alternative to Vengeance and Apathy?\nA conversation with Angel Adams Parham\, Associate Professor of Sociology and senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture (IASC) at the University of Virginia\nNovember 11\, 2024\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom \nRegister Here \nMany of America’s most tense public battles over the last decade hinge on disputes about rival readings of history. Yet we have irreconcilable accounts of what happened and why\, let alone who is responsible and how to move forward. These historical stalemates foster an increasingly polarized culture. \nBut what if our disputes brought together not only what we think happened in the past\, but how and why we choose to remember it? A fuller exploration uncovers the way history is shaped by our moral imagination\, bringing together emotions such as anger and optimism. As a sociologist and trenchant commenter on the ways social communities shape their own stories\, Angel Adams Parham looks to a deeper vision of history that goes beyond simplistic stories. \nCould we “sing the blues” as Angel Adams Parham phrases it? A different way of understanding history could help us move forward in hope without forgetting the sins of our past. \nAngel Adams Parham; Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow\, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia\nAngel Adams Parham is Associate Professor of Sociology\, senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture\, and Associate Director for the major in Political and Social Thought at the University of Virginia. Through her research in historical sociology\, she engages in inquiry that examines the past in order to better understand how to live well in the present and envision wisely for the future. Her first book\, American Routes: Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race (Oxford\, 2017)\, received several awards. Her latest book\, co-authored with Anika Prather\, was published in 2022 and is entitled The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature. Parham has published articles on the intersection of Black writers and classical liberal education in popular outlets including the Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, Public Discourse\, Comment Magazine\, The Hedgehog Review\, and Common Good Magazine. Her work finds expression in the community in her capacity as the co-founder and executive director of Nyansa Classical Community\, an educational organization which provides curricula and programming designed to connect with students from diverse backgrounds\, inviting them to take part in the Great Conversation\, cultivate the moral imagination\, and pursue truth\, goodness\, and beauty. Parham has been a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, as well as the recipient of a Fulbright grant. She received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and completed her doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/chesterton-perspectives-angel-adams-parham/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Angel-Web-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T193000 DTSTAMP:20241011T164810Z CREATED:20240913T233214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241011T164810Z UID:10002139-1729791000-1729798200@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:You Are What You Scroll | Israel Soong DESCRIPTION:You Are What You Scroll: Why Tech Is Not Value-Neutral\nIsrael Soong\,  former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\nOctober 24rd\, 2024\n5:30 pm EST Reception with hearty hors d’oeuvres to follow\nWillard Straight Hall 404 or via Zoom \nRegister here to join via Zoom \nHow does technology shape us? Should it be considered “value-neutral”\, a mere individual preference? Just as some like to read e-books and others enjoy the tangible feel of paper. But\, technology is not created in a moral vacuum\, its design and possible uses innately reflect the values and goals of its designers. This raises difficult questions about how we may need to bring in both ethics and larger conceptions of a human person and the meaning of life to think about whether emerging technologies lead to justice and happiness or addiction\, exploitation\, and corruption.As National Security Council Director for Cyber Policy\, Izzy Soong has thought about these issues from the point of view of a technologist\, a policy analyst\, an advisor\, as well as a practicing Christian who is involved in the intersection of tech and faith. Join us as we consider how old wisdom meets new challenges. \nCo-Sponsored by the Cornell Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making \nIsrael (Izzy) Soong; Former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\n\nIsrael Soong is former Director of Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council. While at the NSC\, Israel coordinated inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States critical infrastructure\, and efforts to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Before entering government service\, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States\, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He has been a part-time seminary student at Westminster Theological Seminary\, and has written for The Gospel Coalition and for the Tennent School of Theology.  He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001.  He enjoys kayaking\, biking\, and hiking Civil War battlefields. URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/israel-soong-10-24-2024/ LOCATION:Willard Straight Hall Library\, 136 Ho Plaza\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T200000 DTSTAMP:20241008T224455Z CREATED:20240913T232717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241008T224455Z UID:10002138-1729706400-1729713600@chestertonhouse.org SUMMARY:Can Government Be Moral? Seeking Faith & Wisdom in International Relations DESCRIPTION:Can Government Be Moral?\nSeeking Faith & Wisdom in International Relations\nIsrael Soong\,  former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\nOctober 23rd\, 2024\n6:00 pm EST Reception with hearty hors d’oeuvres to follow\nPhysical Sciences Building 120 or via Zoom \nRegister here to join via Zoom \nWith our round-the-clock gaze on the world\, we can’t help but ask questions about the moral nature of government. One historic answer to this question is to say that government has no values\, only its own self-interest to preserve a nation. Here\, Christians have no responsibility in the public square. A second answer is that Christians should seek to compel the government to conform with Christian moral values. If one option too quickly shirks moral responsibility\, the second naively over-idealizes it. Might there be another\, more historically Christian way to engage our Christian political responsibility among the realities of a post-Christian fallen world? \nIsrael (Izzy) Soong; Former Director of Cyber Policy at the White House National Security Council\nIsrael Soong is former Director of Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council. While at the NSC\, Israel coordinated inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States critical infrastructure\, and efforts to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Before entering government service\, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States\, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He has been a part-time seminary student at Westminster Theological Seminary\, and has written for The Gospel Coalition and for the Tennent School of Theology.  He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001.  He enjoys kayaking\, biking\, and hiking Civil War battlefields. \n\nThis event is a part of Chesterton House’s Faith & Public Life Series URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/israel-soong-10-23-2024/ LOCATION:120 Physical Science Building ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chestertonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/3.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR