Event Calendar

Join us for a lecture and conversation on Thursday, November 29 at the University of Texas with Matthew B. Crawford as the keynote speaker.

Now in its 31st year, the Erasmus Lecture brings in world-renowned speakers to New York—including Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Gilbert Meilaender, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks—to address an audience of over five hundred people each year. The lecture also appears in the pages of First Things and on FirstThings.com.

First Things is pleased to host its 4th Annual Poetry Reading with James Matthew Wilson. 

First Things and the Collegium Institute are pleased to invite our readers to Philadelphia for a memorable weekend of seminars and lectures on the relationship between markets and human life. 

Join us for a reception and panel discussion on college summer reading. 

Join us for a reception, conversation, and book signing with Leah Libresco.

First Things is pleased to invite our readers to New York City for a memorable weekend of seminars and lectures on the life of the mind. 

Join us for a reception and conversation with Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM Cap

Join us for a reception and panel discussion on Poland's democratic reforms.