FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The University of Saint Francis and Chesterton Academy of St. Scholastica welcome author Dr. Mark Bauerlein for a free lecture on cultural renewal on Thursday, April 16.
The lecture, “The Imperative of Cultural Renewal Rooted in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” will start at 7:30 p.m. in Room 226 of the Achatz Hall of Science and John and Toni Murray Research Center on campus, 2701 Spring Street. The lecture is part of the Alverno Lecture Series.
Bauerlein is a contributing editor at First Things magazine, professor emeritus of English at Emory University and a visiting professor at the Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society at Ohio State University.
Bauerlein earned his doctorate in English at UCLA in 1988. He taught at Emory from 1989 to 2018, with a two-and-a-half-year break in 2003-05 to serve as the director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts.
Apart from his scholarly work, he publishes in popular periodicals such as The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is the author of “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone under 30),” and a follow-up, “The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults.” He also co-edited a collection of essays entitled, “The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism.”
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. The academic structure at Saint Francis offers seven pathways: Humanities, Faith and Liberal Arts; Allied Health; Business and Leadership: Creative Arts and Digital Media; Education, Human Services and Community Care; Nursing; and Sciences and Medical Studies. In addition to its traditional programs, Saint Francis delivers workforce development healthcare programs in Fort Wayne, Crown Point, Gas City, Indianapolis, Lafayette and online. Saint Francis Downtown houses the music technology program while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. A National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Five-Star Champion of Character institution, Saint Francis has 21 athletic programs boasting three individual and four team NAIA national championships. More than 1,900 students from a broad geographic region attend Saint Francis.