Valor Institute Video Lectures Video Lectures Featured Jan 30, 2026 "Guardians of the Polis" — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2026 Jan 30, 2026 Jan 30, 2026 Jan 30, 2026 "Misology As Our Cultural Crisis" — Dr. D. C. Schindler | Valor Winter Symposium 2026 Jan 30, 2026 Jan 30, 2026 Sep 26, 2025 "Guardians of the Logos" — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2025 Sep 26, 2025 Sep 26, 2025 Sep 26, 2025 "The Uses of Tradition" — Dr. Wilfred McClay | Fall Symposium 2025 Sep 26, 2025 Sep 26, 2025 Aug 1, 2025 "A Declaration People" — Dr. Adam Seagrave | Valor Convocation 2025 Aug 1, 2025 Aug 1, 2025 Aug 1, 2025 "Guardians of Metaphysical Wonder" — David Williams | Valor Convocation 2025 Aug 1, 2025 Aug 1, 2025 Feb 21, 2025 "Poetry's Role in Education" — Dana Gioia Feb 21, 2025 Feb 21, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 "Receiving Reality with Gratitude" — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 "Plato's Apology: Our Times and the Call of Philosophy" — Dr. Jonathan Sanford | Valor Winter Symposium 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Sep 27, 2024 “A Wardrobe of Images: Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination” — Dr. Daniel Coupland | Valor Fall Symposium 2024 Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 “Storytelling: A Renewal of Wonder” — Stephen Gordon | Valor Fall Symposium 2024 Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 "Tradition, Gratitude, and Poetry" — Dr. James Wilson | Valor Fall Symposium 2023 Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 “Pathmarks to Freedom: Recasting the Drama of Education” — Peter Crawford | Valor Winter Symposium 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 “Revolutionary Ideologies of the 20th Century: A Heroic Response” — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Jan 26, 2024 Sep 16, 2022 "The Virtues of Speaking" — Dr. John Finley | Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Fall 2022 Sep 16, 2022 Sep 16, 2022 Sep 29, 2023 “Education as an Embodiment of Tradition” — Joel VanDerworp | Valor Fall Symposium 2023 Sep 29, 2023 Sep 29, 2023 Jan 27, 2023 “The Conversation of Friends" — Dr. John A Cuddeback | Valor Winter Symposium 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023 “The Foundation of Friendship: Openness to the Other” — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Jan 28, 2022 “Education and Liberty in The Tempest” — Dr. Benedict Whalen | Valor Winter Symposium 2022 Jan 28, 2022 Jan 28, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 “Affirming the Goodness of the World” — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jan 28, 2022 "Celebration and Festivity: Reflections on Pieper's Leisure" — Joel VanDerworp | Valor Winter Symposium 2022 Jan 28, 2022 Jan 28, 2022 Aug 5, 2021 "Romeo and Juliet and Petrarch: Shakespeare's New Love Poetry" — Dr. Benedict Whalen | Valor Fall Symposium 2021 Aug 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 “The Contemplative Life: Its Meaning and Its Enemies” — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2021 Aug 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 Aug 1, 2019 "Resisting Reduction: Teaching for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful" — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2019 Aug 1, 2019 Aug 1, 2019 Be Part of Our Community Stay informed about the Valor Institute’s latest lectures and upcoming events. Email Address Sign Up Thank you!
