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Rethinking Economic Equality: A Thomistic Perspective

Trinity College Dublin

A lecture by Prof. Mary Hirschfeld (University of Notre Dame)

Thursday, October 19th

7:00 PM

Uí Chadain Theatre (Room 2041B) in the Arts Block

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Mary Hirschfeld is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame, Mary Hirschfeld was Associate Professor of Economics and Theology in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University where she regularly taught the Humanities gateways Society and God, and honors ACS seminars (ancients and moderns). She completed a Ph.D. in economics (Harvard University) under the direction of Lawrence Summers and Jeffrey Williamson, and a Ph.D. in Moral Theology (University of Notre Dame) under the direction of Jean Porter. Her research is on the boundary between economics and theology, culminating in her book Aquinas and the Market: Toward a Humane Economy (Harvard University Press, 2018).

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