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Upcoming Events, 2023-24

Headshot of Francis SuSept. 21: Francis Su 
Francis Su writes about the dignity of human beings and the wonder of mathematical teaching. He is professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. His book, Mathematics for Human Flourishing, won the 2021 Euler Book Prize.

Headshot of Elizabeth BruenigOct. 2: Elizabeth Bruenig 
Elizabeth Bruenig is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was previously an opinion writer for The New York Times and The Washington Post, where she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Bruenig holds a master of philosophy in Christian theology from the University of Cambridge. 

Headshot of Lydia DugdaleNov. 2: Lydia Dugdale
Lydia Dugdale is the author of The Lost Art of Dying, and is the director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University. Prior to her 2019 move to Columbia, she was associate director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics and founding co-director of the Program for Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion at Yale School of Medicine. 

Headshot of Christian WimanMarch 5: Christian Wiman
Christian Wiman is a poet and professor of the practice of religion and literature at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of many works of prose and poetry, including My Bright Abyss and Every Riven Thing. He is a former editor of Poetry magazine, a former Guggenheim Fellow, and has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review and the Atlantic Monthly. His particular interests include modern poetry, the language of faith and what it means to be a Christian intellectual in a secular culture.

Headshot of Han Luen Kantzer KomlineApril 18: Han-luen Kantzer Komline 
Han-luen Kantzer Komline is professor of church history and theology at Western Theological Seminary. Her first book, Augustine on the Will: A Theological Account, received the Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise in 2020. Her scholarship focuses on the innovative resources of Christian theology, drawing on early church writings for modern times.