John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801–1890), a guiding light of the
Oxford Movement, was the most distinguished English convert to
Roman Catholicism of the 19th century. A brilliant scholar and
defender of the faith, his treatise The Idea of a University (1854)
became a template for the founding of Roman Catholic institutions
throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century,
including our own.
This Faculty – Student Forum, featuring members of the faculty
and students from the Honors Program, will consider Discourse Five,
“Knowledge Its Own End,” and to what degree Newman’s parameters
apply to Catholic and secular institutions of higher education in
the 21st century.
Copies of this section of the treatise are available in the
Honors Commons (Library 112) or may be downloaded here.
Date
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Time
3:30 p.m.
Location
Bent Hall, Room 277A, Queens campus
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