Events Calendar

On Thursday, February 13, First Things welcomes Patrick Deneen to present the inaugural Neuhaus Lecture, entitled “We Are All Postliberals Now,” in Sarasota, Florida at New College's Sainer Auditorium.

On February 4, 2025, Fr. Thomas Joseph White will present the lecture “The Future of Catholic Theology and Why It Matters in the 21st Century” in New York City. 

The thirty-seventh annual Erasmus Lecture will be given by Paul Kingsnorth at the Union League Club of New York on Monday, October 28.

Join us for our 9th annual poetry reading with Adam Kirsch. 

Wilfred McClay will give our 2024 Austin Lecture on “Baptism of the Imagination” on Monday, September 9 at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held at the University Avenue Church of Christ in partnership with the Center for Christian Studies

Our 2024 First Things Intellectual Retreat will be held at the Union League Club in New York City on August 9–10.

Please join us in Chicago for a conversation on postliberalism with Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen and First Things editor R. R. Reno. The two speakers will explore the effects of liberalism on individuals and society at large. 

Join us on Tuesday, March 26 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Atlanta, Georgia for a conversation with Mark Bauerlein on “Living Christian Values in Today's Public Square.”

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.

First Things and the Collegiate Network are proud to invite you to a panel with Daniel McCarthy, R. R. Reno, and Matthew Schmitz on seeking truth in the public square.