Veritatis Splendor
Our Speakers Series will return in the 2024-25 school with six new speakers. Please refer to the schedule of events below.
Dr. David Whalen
Character and Virtue: Learning to Love What's Right
October 29, 2024 in the Sojourner Truth Auditorium
Event starts at 6 PM with a reception in the Old Narthex, Siebenthaler Campus
Followed by the talk at 7 PM in the Sojourner Truth Auditorium, Siebenthaler Campus
About the Speaker
Dr. David Whalen is the Associate Vice President for Curriculum and a Professor of English at Hillsdale College. He received his BA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, and he has written on Great Books education, Renaissance Poetry, and the works of John Henry Newman. Dr. Whalen is the recipient of a Weaver Fellowship from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, the Salvatori Fellowship from the Heritage Foundation, and the Daugherty Teaching Award from Hillsdale College. He and his wife Janet have eleven children.
About the Veritatis Splendor Speakers Series
Through the Veritatis Splendor Speakers Series (Latin for “Splendor of Truth”), CLASSICAL will be inviting nationally recognized speakers to address thought-provoking topics related to our mission of promoting moral character and civic virtue through a content-rich education in the classical liberal arts and sciences. The aim of the speaker series is not merely to deepen the knowledge and involvement of CLASSICAL’s immediate school community, but also to educate and engage the community at large.
2024-25 Veritatis Splendor Speakers
Oct. 29, 2024 – Dr. David Whalen – Character and Virtue: Learning to Love What’s Right
Nov. 19, 2024 – Dr. Dwight Lindley – A Christmas Carol
Jan. 28, 2024 – Dr. Jordan Wales – Artificial Intelligence, the Human Person, and Education
Feb. 25, 2024 – Dr. Wilfred McClay – The Great American Story
March 8, 2024 – TBA –
Previous Veritatis Splendor Speakers
Dr. Stephen Smith – Love and Fire: Education of Soul in Dante’s Divine Comedy
Dr. Larry Arnn – The Renaissance of American Classical Education
Dr. Jeffrey Lehman – Quadrivial Pursuits: Why Classical Education Needs the Quadrivium
Dr. Stephen Smith – Why Everyone Should Study Shakespeare
Mr. Andrew Zwerneman – The Confidence of Culture: Seeing What the West Frees us to See
Mr. Patrick Whalen – The Role of the Body in Education
Dr. Daniel Coupland – Education and the Cultivation of the Moral Imagination
Mr. Antonin Scalia – What My Grandfather Taught Me About the Constitution
Location: Sojourner Truth Auditorium – 170 Siebenthaler Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45215