This is the season of botany courses at The Maurin Academy! We have a special speaker you won’t want to miss! Gavin Schaefer, botany extraordinaire, will be teaching a two-part course on all things native plants. You’ll learn the basics, like what even is a native plant, as well as how to start planting them … Read more
You can join us for the live talk by supporting the Maurin Academy on Patreon at the Worker-Scholar level, or receive the video of his talk with the Question and Answer session included at our Salt of the Earth level. Supporting us on Patreon can give you access to all we do–our speaker series, reading groups and classes. If you want to gain access to only this lecture, live and recorded, go to: https://pmaurin.org/2025/07/01/in-this-complicated-world-what-can-you-do-about-the-environment-when-it-comes-to-what-you-eat/
The latest Maurin Academy lecture series guest will be Dr. Jeremy Cowan, Horticulture specialist and homesteader, who will speak to us about the “Implications of Sustainable Agriculture at Home.” If you have been confused by the terms you see on foods and products at the grocery store, and wondered if how you eat or consume really impacts the environment, this talk will be worth your while. Dr. Cowan will discuss how the commercial “sustainable” food and product choices we are encouraged to make may not be as sustainable as we think. How can we make more sustainable choices, either in the grocery store or in the garden? Dr. Cowan will give us well-informed guidance.
We are thrilled to welcome guest lecturer Harry Murray who will be teaching four classes over the next year, once every three months. The third session in this series will be held on Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom. Harry will be discussing several of French Personalists including, but … Read more
Dr Neuhouser gave a talk for the Maurin Academy on Feb. 22, inspired by his book Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx and Durkheim, Cambridge University Press, 2022. This is the full recording of the speech without the live Q & A with patrons.
Saturday, February 22 at 12 P.M. US Central Time, live on Zoom, join special guest, Frederick Neuhouser in discussing his latest book, Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim. From the jacket: Can a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In … Read more
On Thursday, January 23 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, Laurie will host an hour for a check-in with patrons and supporters. She will discuss what’s coming up at TMA, especially a special guest speaker for February, Prof. Fred Neuhauser! His talk will be at noon Central Time, Saturday, Feb. 22, and will be hosted by TMA’s Jakob Hanschu.
Spencer and Laurie talk with Benjamin Studebaker about his new book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies. Studebaker will give a speech for the Maurin Academy March 3, 2025.
Next Monday, December 16, we will be joined by Harry Murray for his second of four sessions on topics of his choice, related to Personalism and the Catholic Worker Movement! This upcoming session Harry will be presenting on the philosopher and theologian, Nikolai Berdyaev. To attend either this live session and discussion or watch the … Read more
The Gap in God’s Country: Themes and Discussion With Laurie M. Johnson Series Dates: November 18, December 2 and 9, January 6 and 20 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom Laurie’s newly published book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars was recently published and sessions with … Read more