Lectures
We invite you to browse recent lectures and addresses from Valor Institute events. Guest professors from across the country, Kingfisher Fellows, and Valor leaders share insights on a wide range of topics pertaining to the meaning of the human person, community, and the intellectual life. We hope this content deepens your understanding of and appreciation for truth, goodness, and beauty.
“A Wardrobe of Images: Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination,” Dr. Daniel Coupland
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Fall 2024
“Pathmarks to Freedom: Recasting the Drama of Education,” Peter Crawford
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Winter 2024
“Tradition, Gratitude, and Poetry” Dr. James Wilson
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Fall 2023
“The Conversation of Friends,” Dr. John A Caddeback
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Winter 2023
"The Virtues of Speaking," Dr. John Finley
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Fall 2022
“Education and Liberty in The Tempest,” Dr. Benedict Whalen
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Winter 2022
“Romeo and Juliet and Petrarch: Shakespeare's New Love Poetry,” Dr. Benedict Whalen
Keynote Address, Valor Symposium 2021
“Storytelling as a Renewal to Wonder,” Stephen Gordon
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium Fall 2024
“Revolutionary Ideologies of the 20th Century: A Heroic Response,” David Williams
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium Winter 2024
“Education as an Embodiment of Tradition,” Joel VanDerworp
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium Fall 2023
“The Foundation of Friendship: Openness to the Other,” David Williams
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium Winter 2023
“Affirming the Goodness of the World,” David Williams
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium Fall 2022
“Celebration and Festivity: Peiper's Leisure,” Joel VanDerworp
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium Winter 2022
“The Contemplative Life: Its Meaning and Its Enemies,” David Williams
Opening Remarks, Valor Symposium 2021