Events
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Event
September 29, 2026
New York
Portico Conversation with Lionel Shriver
Please join us for an evening of reading and conversation with Lionel Shriver – the first in a series of events hosted by Portico.
Erasmus Lecture
November 2, 2026
New York
The 39th Annual Erasmus Lecture: Only the Old Testament Can Restore America
The thirty-ninth annual Erasmus Lecture, “Only the Old Testament Can Restore America,” will be given by Yoram Hazony at the Union League Club of New York on Monday, November 2.
Lecture Series
December 10, 2026
Austin
2026 Austin Lecture: Prometheus Ashamed
First Things, in partnership with the Center for Christian Studies, is pleased to announce Carl R. Trueman will present this year’s 2026 Austin Lecture “Prometheus Ashamed: Technological Humiliation and…
DC Lecture, Lecture Series
March 5, 2026
Washington DC
2026 D.C. Lecture: Our Crisis Is Metaphysical
Join us on Thursday, March 5th in Washington DC for Mary Harrington’s lecture on “Our Crisis is Metaphysical”
DC Lecture
March 11, 2025
Washington DC
The Hour for a New Humanism
Join us in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 11 at 6 p.m. in Washington, D.C. to hear from First Things contributing editor Carl Trueman on what it means to be human.
DC Lecture
March 4, 2024
Washington DC
Constructing Conservatism in the Secular Age
Join us on Monday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in Washington, D.C. to hear from one of conservatism’s brightest and most interesting thinkers, Oren Cass.
DC Lecture
March 7, 2023
Washington DC
Antihumanism and the Post-Political Condition
Join us on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. to hear Matthew B. Crawford give the sixth annual First Things Lecture in Washington, D.C.
