Past Valor Institute Events Featured Past Events Featured Jul 31 July 31, 2026 Convocation Valor Convocation with Dr. Elizabeth Corey July 31, 2026 Convocation Read more → July 31, 2026 Convocation Jun 15 June 15, 2026 – June 19, 2026 Summer Intensive Narnia and the Education of the Soul: Summer Intensive Led by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela June 15, 2026 – June 19, 2026 Summer Intensive Read more → June 15, 2026 – June 19, 2026 Summer Intensive May 6 May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 The American Republic: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Adam Seagrave May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 Read more → May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 All Past Events Featured Jul 31 July 31, 2026 Valor Convocation with Dr. Elizabeth Corey July 31, 2026 Read more → July 31, 2026 Jun 15 June 15, 2026 – June 19, 2026 Narnia and the Education of the Soul: Summer Intensive Led by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela June 15, 2026 – June 19, 2026 Read more → June 15, 2026 – June 19, 2026 May 26 May 26, 2026 – May 29, 2026 Wordsworth and Keats: College Student Retreat Led by Dr. Jason Baxter May 26, 2026 – May 29, 2026 Read more → May 26, 2026 – May 29, 2026 May 6 May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 The American Republic: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Adam Seagrave May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 Read more → May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 Apr 22 April 22, 2026 – April 24, 2026 King Lear: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Michael West April 22, 2026 – April 24, 2026 Read more → April 22, 2026 – April 24, 2026 Apr 8 April 8, 2026 – April 10, 2026 Contemplative Pedagogy in a Technocratic Age: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Tim O’Malley April 8, 2026 – April 10, 2026 Read more → April 8, 2026 – April 10, 2026 Mar 26 March 26, 2026 – March 27, 2026 William Butler Yeats: Academic Retreat Led by Valor’s Dean of Humanities, Michael Cowan March 26, 2026 – March 27, 2026 Read more → March 26, 2026 – March 27, 2026 Mar 11 March 11, 2026 – March 13, 2026 Thomas Aquinas and the Contemporary Age: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. John Finley March 11, 2026 – March 13, 2026 Read more → March 11, 2026 – March 13, 2026 Feb 25 February 25, 2026 – February 27, 2026 Absalom, Absalom! Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Glenn Arbery February 25, 2026 – February 27, 2026 Read more → February 25, 2026 – February 27, 2026 Feb 11 February 11, 2026 – February 13, 2026 Embodying Charity in Flannery O’Connor: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Farrell O'Gorman February 11, 2026 – February 13, 2026 Read more → February 11, 2026 – February 13, 2026 Jan 30 January 30, 2026 Valor Winter Symposium with Dr. D. C. Schindler January 30, 2026 Read more → January 30, 2026 Jan 5 January 5, 2026 – January 9, 2026 Democracy in America: College Student Retreat Led by Dr. Raul Rodriguez January 5, 2026 – January 9, 2026 Read more → January 5, 2026 – January 9, 2026 Dec 10 December 10, 2025 – December 12, 2025 Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. John Finley December 10, 2025 – December 12, 2025 Read more → December 10, 2025 – December 12, 2025 Nov 5 November 5, 2025 – November 7, 2025 The Decameron: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Anthony Nussmeier November 5, 2025 – November 7, 2025 Read more → November 5, 2025 – November 7, 2025 Oct 22 October 22, 2025 – October 24, 2025 Friendship in Athens, Rome, and the New Jerusalem: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Matthew Walz October 22, 2025 – October 24, 2025 Read more → October 22, 2025 – October 24, 2025 Oct 8 October 8, 2025 – October 10, 2025 The Gawain Poet: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Greg Roper October 8, 2025 – October 10, 2025 Read more → October 8, 2025 – October 10, 2025 Sep 26 September 26, 2025 Valor Fall Symposium with Dr. Wilfred McClay September 26, 2025 Read more → September 26, 2025 Sep 10 September 10, 2025 – September 12, 2025 Romans and the Early Church: Academic Retreat led by Fr. Thomas Esposito September 10, 2025 – September 12, 2025 Read more → September 10, 2025 – September 12, 2025 Aug 28 August 28, 2025 – August 29, 2025 Crime and Punishment: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Jason Baxter August 28, 2025 – August 29, 2025 Read more → August 28, 2025 – August 29, 2025 Jul 7 July 7, 2025 – July 9, 2025 The Quadrivium: Summer Intensive Led by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela July 7, 2025 – July 9, 2025 Read more → July 7, 2025 – July 9, 2025 May 26 May 26, 2025 – May 29, 2025 Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: College Student Retreat Led by Dr. Benedict Whalen May 26, 2025 – May 29, 2025 Read more → May 26, 2025 – May 29, 2025 May 1 May 1, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Aristotle’s De Anima: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. John Finley May 1, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Read more → May 1, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Mar 26 March 26, 2025 – March 28, 2025 Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Aesthetics: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Maria Fedoryka March 26, 2025 – March 28, 2025 Read more → March 26, 2025 – March 28, 2025 Mar 6 March 6, 2025 – March 7, 2025 Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Andrew Moran March 6, 2025 – March 7, 2025 Read more → March 6, 2025 – March 7, 2025 Feb 21 February 21, 2025 Poetry & Education: Lecture by Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate February 21, 2025 Read more → February 21, 2025 Jan 31 January 31, 2025 Valor Winter Symposium with Dr. Jonathon Sanford January 31, 2025 Read more → January 31, 2025 Jan 6 January 6, 2025 – January 9, 2025 Dante’s Purgatorio: College Student Retreat Led by Jason Baxter January 6, 2025 – January 9, 2025 Read more → January 6, 2025 – January 9, 2025 Sep 27 September 27, 2024 Valor Fall Symposium with Dr. Daniel Coupland September 27, 2024 Read more → September 27, 2024 Jan 26 January 26, 2024 Valor Winter Symposium with Peter Crawford January 26, 2024 Read more → January 26, 2024 Sep 29 September 29, 2023 Valor Fall Symposium with Dr. James Matthew Wilson September 29, 2023 Read more → September 29, 2023 View our upcoming events to see what’s happening next at the Valor Institute. 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