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Villanova University Department of Humanities In the Department of the Humanities at Villanova, we seek to enlighten the mind and transform the soul.

In our program, your mind will be developed, disciplined, and deepened through an inquiry into the great human questions. For nearly twenty years, the Department of Humanities has offered students at Villanova an innovative curriculum that seeks to explore the most important questions of human life. Through an integrated series of courses, we ask the big questions about the meaning of life and the reality of truth, beauty, and goodness in our world, seeking answers that accord with faith and reason.

Today, Tuesday, October 6, we welcome Patrick Boyden, president of Regina Angelorum Academy (Ardmore), who will lead an ...
10/06/2026

Today, Tuesday, October 6, we welcome Patrick Boyden, president of Regina Angelorum Academy (Ardmore), who will lead an info session about job/internship/fellowship opportunities in classical Catholic education (no education degree required).

There'll be brief info sessions in SAC 304 at 11:30 and 12:15 and conversations from 11:00am-1pm.

This info session is open to anyone in all years who is looking for interesting professional opportunities after Villanova.

Tomorrow is Hoagie Day in Humanities! Stop by SAC 304 for mid-term sustenance (aka lunch) after 11:15am--first come, fir...
10/05/2026

Tomorrow is Hoagie Day in Humanities! Stop by SAC 304 for mid-term sustenance (aka lunch) after 11:15am--first come, first served. And you'll also be able to pick up our brand new course listings for Spring 2027.

🗓️ Tuesday | October 6, 11:15am onward | Saint Augustine Center 304 (Humanities office)

Hope to see you there!

Prof. Anna Moreland will be back *this* week, October 4, for another Sunday @ St. Rita's. After the 7pm Mass, she'll be...
09/30/2026

Prof. Anna Moreland will be back *this* week, October 4, for another Sunday @ St. Rita's.

After the 7pm Mass, she'll be talking in St. Rita's Community Room about one of the great questions that St. Augustine puts in focus for us: "Knowing God, Loving God: Which Comes First?”

Stop by around 8 (or after 7pm Mass) for food, friends--and Moreland!

It's 1842 Day, Villanova's annual day of giving--and we invite you to donate to the Department of Humanities! https://bu...
09/29/2026

It's 1842 Day, Villanova's annual day of giving--and we invite you to donate to the Department of Humanities! https://buff.ly/Alp6DFr

Our goal in Humanities has always been to invite students and faculty alike into the great questions at the heart of the intellectual life.

The names of our seminars tell you how big and important these questions are: Human Person, Society, World, God. In our electives you find those same questions asked with more specific purpose: Problem of Love, Problem of Suffering, Forgiveness, Forming Citizens, Epiphanies of Beauty--and so much more. St. Augustine is our patron is taking these questions seriously, but together in spirit of joyful friendship.

Our pioneering curriculum has been serving the Villanova community for over 20 years. And we hope that our alumni continue to live their lives with the confidence that comes from this kind of scholarly enterprise--which is why we call our alumni organization Humanities for Good.

Please consider an 1842 Day donation today to our work, including our Great Book Fund, which generously gifts all students in our Seminars with a key book to treasure.

For more about Humanities, our curriculum, and our alumni: https://buff.ly/lMrQ0uL

Tomorrow is 1842 Day--Villanova's Annual Day of Giving, when you can show your love for Hugh Manatee by donatng directly...
09/28/2026

Tomorrow is 1842 Day--Villanova's Annual Day of Giving, when you can show your love for Hugh Manatee by donatng directly in support of the Department of Humanities.

Donation link: https://buff.ly/40umXx1

Join us this Thursday, October 1, 2:30-3:30 pm in SAC 300 for an info session about this amazing opportunity to study ab...
09/28/2026

Join us this Thursday, October 1, 2:30-3:30 pm in SAC 300 for an info session about this amazing opportunity to study abroad at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University.

Everyone's invited to hear from students who studied in Oxford at Blackfriars last year and faculty who can help you work out if this is a good fit for you.

Find out more about the Catherine Barr Windels Scholarship for study at Blackfriars and other information about our many years of sending Villanovans to Blackfriars here: https://buff.ly/13UhvaN

Just one week until 1842 Day, Villanova's 10th annual day of giving on Tuesday, September 29. Please consider a gift to...
09/22/2026

Just one week until 1842 Day, Villanova's 10th annual day of giving on Tuesday, September 29. Please consider a gift to support the Department of Humanities!

villanova.edu/1842Day

We're excited to be supporting this event, which brings the enormously successful Thomistic Institute to campus with our...
09/18/2026

We're excited to be supporting this event, which brings the enormously successful Thomistic Institute to campus with our very own Villanova chapter

Dr. Matthew Cuddeback from Providence College will give the chapter's first lecture on Monday, September 21, at 7:00 pm in Bartley 1011. Dr. Terence Sweeney, a proud Providence alumnus, will be offering opening remarks.

This event is open to the all!

https://buff.ly/nstDG2T

We are thrilled and delighted to announce that our beloved Professor Margaret Grubiak was today awarded the Grace Adolph...
09/17/2026

We are thrilled and delighted to announce that our beloved Professor Margaret Grubiak was today awarded the Grace Adolphsen Brame Trust Faculty Award by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Established in 2023 with a gift from the Grace Adolphsen Brame Trust, this award recognizes a faculty member(s) for excellence in teaching Christianity in history, spirituality studies and/or women in religion and society.

Any student who knows Dr. Grubiak will recognize how fitting an award this is. And she will be offering her "American Architecture" class in Spring 2027 for those interested in experiencing her now award-winning classroom.

Congratulations, Dr. Grubiak!

The semester is in full swing, which means Humanities Term Cards are officially out! The Term Card has a list of all eve...
09/14/2026

The semester is in full swing, which means Humanities Term Cards are officially out! The Term Card has a list of all events the Department of Humanities is hosting this semester *and* a preview of the classes offered in the Spring on the back.

Stop by the Humanities lounge (SAC 304) this week to pick up your copy!

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800 E Lancaster Avenue
Radnor, PA
19085

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+16105196165

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