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Events Roundup—1.10.25
First Things Events Neuhaus Lecture with Patrick Deneen: “We Are All Postliberals Now”Thursday, February 13Sarasota, Florida First Things welcomes Patrick Deneen to present our inaugural Neuhaus lecture, named after our...
Events Roundup—2.14.24
Online Disorder & RenewalSpring 2024 Join the Abigail Adams Institute for this year’s installment of their twelve-week “The Great Conversation: How Should We Live?” series, led by J. David...
What We’ve Been Reading—March 2023
Mark Bauerlein Contributing Editor Gustave Flaubert’s Sentimental Education has an unfortunate pertinence to 2023 America, at least to the ranks of the aspiring-to-be-elite. The novel follows a sensitive, handsome, romantic young man...
Events Roundup—1.30.23
Virginia The Imago Dei ConferenceSaturday, March 18 What does the Imago Dei have to say about race, gender, marriage, identity politics, science, poverty, and private property? The Imago Dei Project at Patrick Henry...
Events Roundup—12.5.19
New York, New York New York Voices – Let it Snow!Friday, December 6Join the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture for a performance of Christmas-themed music by the New...
Events Roundup—9.4.19
New York, New York The Popes & The PresidentsTuesday, September 10Commemorate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and U.S. with a conversation featuring three recent...
Events Roundup—3.18.19
New York, New York Why Does the Mass Have Rules?Saturday, April 6 Join the Thomistic Institute and the Catholic Center at NYU for the final installment of the Wisdom...
First Things Junior Fellows Program 2019
Graduating college seniors and recent graduates are invited to apply for the First Things junior fellows program. The junior fellows work closely with the editors to produce the magazine and its...
Events Roundup—1.9.19
New York, New York Art Opening: Nature and FormWednesday, February 6, 2019First Things invites you to attend the opening of “Nature and Form,” a showcase of recent works by...
Events Roundup—10.19.18
New York, New York Fourth Annual First Things Poetry ReadingSunday, October 28, 2018First Things presents a night of poetry with James Matthew Wilson at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New...
Events Roundup—8.9.18
New York, New York Building the Benedict Option: Book DiscussionThursday, September 13, 2018Join us at the First Things editorial offices for a reception and discussion of Building the Benedict Option:...
Events Roundup—4.3.18
New York, New York Honoring Academic Courage: An Evening with Amy WaxThursday, April 12 Join the National Association of Scholars as we present the Peter Shaw Award to Professor Amy Wax...
First Things Junior Fellows Program 2018
Graduating college seniors and recent graduates are invited to apply for the First Things junior fellows program. The junior fellows work closely with the editors to produce the magazine and its...
A Militant Church
On this episode of the First Things Podcast: Editor Rusty Reno and literary editor Matthew Schmitz talk to associate editor Julia Yost about a recent article in the Jesuit...
What We’ve Been Reading—3.31.17
Alexi Sargeant I read Brian Tinsman’s The Game Inventor’s Guidebook, a how-to for aspiring game designers, including lots of insider stories from the board game industry. The author is...