Past Valor Institute Events Featured Past Events Featured May 6 May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 The American Republic: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Adam Seagrave May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 Apr 8 April 8, 2026 – April 10, 2026 Academic Retreat Contemplative Pedagogy in a Technocratic Age: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Tim O’Malley April 8, 2026 – April 10, 2026 Academic Retreat April 8, 2026 – April 10, 2026 Academic Retreat Feb 25 February 25, 2026 – February 27, 2026 Academic Retreat Absalom, Absalom! Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Glenn Arbery February 25, 2026 – February 27, 2026 Academic Retreat February 25, 2026 – February 27, 2026 Academic Retreat All Past Events Featured May 6 May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 The American Republic: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Adam Seagrave May 6, 2026 – May 8, 2026 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 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 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 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 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 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 February 11, 2026 – February 13, 2026 Jan 30 January 30, 2026 Valor Winter Symposium with Dr. D. C. Schindler January 30, 2026 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 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 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 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 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 October 8, 2025 – October 10, 2025 Sep 26 September 26, 2025 Valor Fall Symposium with Dr. Wilfred McClay September 26, 2025 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 March 6, 2025 – March 7, 2025 Feb 21 February 21, 2025 Poetry & Education: Lecture by Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate February 21, 2025 February 21, 2025 Jan 31 January 31, 2025 Valor Winter Symposium with Dr. Jonathon Sanford January 31, 2025 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 January 6, 2025 – January 9, 2025 Sep 27 September 27, 2024 Valor Fall Symposium with Dr. Daniel Coupland September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024 Jan 26 January 26, 2024 Valor Winter Symposium with Peter Crawford January 26, 2024 January 26, 2024 Sep 29 September 29, 2023 Valor Fall Symposium with Dr. James Matthew Wilson September 29, 2023 September 29, 2023 Jun 26 June 26, 2023 – June 28, 2023 Ferdinand Ulrich on Childhood: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Andrew Shivone June 26, 2023 – June 28, 2023 June 26, 2023 – June 28, 2023 May 22 May 22, 2023 – May 26, 2023 The Wisdom of Josef Pieper: College Student Retreat Led by Dr. John Finley May 22, 2023 – May 26, 2023 May 22, 2023 – May 26, 2023 May 3 May 3, 2023 – May 5, 2023 Eric Voegelin’s The New Science of Politics: Academic Retreat Led by Dr. Michael Hickman May 3, 2023 – May 5, 2023 May 3, 2023 – May 5, 2023 View our upcoming events to see what’s happening next at the Valor Institute. 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