University of Maryland at College Park

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Maryland at College Park presents a lecture by Prof. Thomas Hibbs of Baylor University titled “Sorrow, Beauty, and Mercy: A Catholic Aesthetic Vision”

Thursday, April 27

6:00 PM

Susquehanna Hall Room 1101

This event is free and open to the public

About the Speaker:

Thomas Hibbs is currently J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, where he is also Dean Emeritus, having served for 16 years as Dean of the Honors College and as Distinguished Professor of Ethic and Culture. Hibbs received a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and has served as tutor at Thomas Aquinas College, Full Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy at Boston College, and President of the University of Dallas. Hibbs works in the areas of medieval philosophy, especially Thomas Aquinas, contemporary virtue ethics, and aesthetics. He has published more than thirty scholarly articles and seven books, as well as 100 reviews and discussion articles on film, theater, art, and higher education in a variety of venues.