First Things Inaugural Neuhaus Lecture
Thursday, February 13 | 6:00 p.m.
New College, Sainer Auditorium
5313 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243
On Thursday, February 13, 2025, First Things welcomes Patrick Deneen to present our inaugural Neuhaus lecture, named after our founder Richard John Neuhaus. Deneen's lecture, entitled “We Are All Postliberals Now,” will take place in Sarasota, Florida at New College's Sainer Auditorium.
Patrick J. Deneen holds a B.A. in English literature and a PhD in Political Science from Rutgers University. From 1997–2005 he was assistant professor of Government at Princeton University. From 2005–2012 he was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis associate professor of Government at Georgetown University, before joining the faculty of Notre Dame in fall 2012.
Deneen was awarded the A.P.S.A.'s Leo Strauss Award for Best Dissertation in Political Theory in 1995, and an honorable mention for the A.P.S.A.'s Best First Book Award in 2000. He has been awarded research fellowships from Princeton University, Earhart Foundation, and the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Virginia.
Deneen is a frequent author for First Things; you can read his articles here. His most recent book Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, was published in 2023.
Biography provided by the University of Notre Dame website.
The first inaugural Neuhaus Lecture is kindly sponsored by
Robert N. Allen, Jr.
Robert J. Harvey and Debra A. Jenks
Donald and Jane Leeber
Douglas Mayer
James McDonald
Scott Schneider
