Upcoming: Hugh McCloskey Evans Memorial Lecture

Thomas Hibbs - "Divine Irony: Pascal on Faith and Reason"

April 4, 2013 - 7 p.m. - Rogers Memorial Chapel

Thomas Hibbs, who received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame, is Distinguished Professor of Ethics & Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He oversees several interdisciplinary programs and has taught courses in medieval philosophy and contemporary virtue ethics as well as philosophy and popular culture. In addition to his scholarly work, he reviews films and writes on contemporary cultural issues. Prof. Hibbs’ books include Virtue’s Splendor: Wisdom, Prudence, and the Human Good (2001), Aquinas, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion (2007), Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Lost Code of Redemption (2008), and Shows about Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture (2012).

Lectures are in the Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel, Newcomb Campus of Tulane University, 1229 Broadway. They are open to the University community and public at no charge. For further information call 504-866-8793 or e-mail j-chsec@tulane.edu.

Videos of Past Lectures

Watch Leora Batnitsky's Lecture on October 16, 2012

Watch Calum Carmichael's Lecture on March 22, 2012

Watch Luke Timothy Johnson's Lecture on October 27, 2011

In Memorium

We are very sad to announce the passing, within just a few months of one another, of Frank Birtel (September 1, 2011) and Father Val McInnes (November 22, 2011). Dr. Birtel was a Professor in the Mathematics Department at Tulane, later University Provost, and Father McInnes was originally Chaplain of the Tulane Catholic Center.Working together to found the Judeo-Christian Studies Chair in 1979, they co-directed the prestigious lecture series since then and published a series of volumes based on it.The continuing program is their legacy.

Obituary for Professor Birtel

Obituary for Father McInnes

Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Chair

Prof. Ronna Burger, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, is the Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Chair in Judeo-Christian Studies. This chair was endowed through a generous gift of Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman. Prof. Burger’s intellectual path has taken her from an early interest in the Bible and its interpretation to Greek philosophy and most recently to the question of the relation between them. This path is reflected in her scholarly pursuits and her teaching at Tulane, where she has found an intellectual home for over three decades.

Read more about Professor Burger's appointment

Contact Info

Director: Professor Ronna Burger

Chair: Department of Philosophy

E-mail: j-chsec@tulane.edu

Phone: (504) 866-8793

Secretary: Nancy Tatarski

Myra Clare Rogers Memorial Chapel Location: Newcomb Campus of Tulane University, 1229 Broadway St., New Orleans, LA 70118 [Google Maps link]