Valor Institute Video Lectures Video Lectures Featured April 9, 2026 "The Art of Leisurely Parenting" — Dr. Timothy O'Malley April 9, 2026 April 9, 2026 January 30, 2026 "Guardians of the Polis" — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2026 January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026 "Misology As Our Cultural Crisis" — Dr. D. C. Schindler | Valor Winter Symposium 2026 January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026 September 26, 2025 "Guardians of the Logos" — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2025 September 26, 2025 September 26, 2025 September 26, 2025 "The Uses of Tradition" — Dr. Wilfred McClay | Fall Symposium 2025 September 26, 2025 September 26, 2025 August 1, 2025 "A Declaration People" — Dr. Adam Seagrave | Valor Convocation 2025 August 1, 2025 August 1, 2025 August 1, 2025 "Guardians of Metaphysical Wonder" — David Williams | Valor Convocation 2025 August 1, 2025 August 1, 2025 February 21, 2025 "Poetry's Role in Education" — Dana Gioia February 21, 2025 February 21, 2025 January 31, 2025 "Receiving Reality with Gratitude" — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2025 January 31, 2025 January 31, 2025 January 31, 2025 "Plato's Apology: Our Times and the Call of Philosophy" — Dr. Jonathan Sanford | Valor Winter Symposium 2025 January 31, 2025 January 31, 2025 September 27, 2024 “A Wardrobe of Images: Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination” — Dr. Daniel Coupland | Valor Fall Symposium 2024 September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024 “Storytelling: A Renewal of Wonder” — Stephen Gordon | Valor Fall Symposium 2024 September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024 "Tradition, Gratitude, and Poetry" — Dr. James Wilson | Valor Fall Symposium 2023 September 27, 2024 September 27, 2024 January 26, 2024 “Pathmarks to Freedom: Recasting the Drama of Education” — Peter Crawford | Valor Winter Symposium 2024 January 26, 2024 January 26, 2024 January 26, 2024 “Revolutionary Ideologies of the 20th Century: A Heroic Response” — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2024 January 26, 2024 January 26, 2024 September 16, 2022 "The Virtues of Speaking" — Dr. John Finley | Keynote Address, Valor Symposium Fall 2022 September 16, 2022 September 16, 2022 September 29, 2023 “Education as an Embodiment of Tradition” — Joel VanDerworp | Valor Fall Symposium 2023 September 29, 2023 September 29, 2023 January 27, 2023 “The Conversation of Friends" — Dr. John A Cuddeback | Valor Winter Symposium 2023 January 27, 2023 January 27, 2023 January 27, 2023 “The Foundation of Friendship: Openness to the Other” — David Williams | Valor Winter Symposium 2023 January 27, 2023 January 27, 2023 January 28, 2022 “Education and Liberty in The Tempest” — Dr. Benedict Whalen | Valor Winter Symposium 2022 January 28, 2022 January 28, 2022 September 30, 2022 “Affirming the Goodness of the World” — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2022 September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022 January 28, 2022 "Celebration and Festivity: Reflections on Pieper's Leisure" — Joel VanDerworp | Valor Winter Symposium 2022 January 28, 2022 January 28, 2022 August 5, 2021 "Romeo and Juliet and Petrarch: Shakespeare's New Love Poetry" — Dr. Benedict Whalen | Valor Fall Symposium 2021 August 5, 2021 August 5, 2021 August 5, 2021 “The Contemplative Life: Its Meaning and Its Enemies” — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2021 August 5, 2021 August 5, 2021 August 1, 2019 "Resisting Reduction: Teaching for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful" — David Williams | Valor Fall Symposium 2019 August 1, 2019 August 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!
