From time to time, Mathewson will invite professionals to the house to speak about their work and related topics with interested students.  Dates and times for specific speakers are posted here when they are finalized.

Future Speakers
Past Speakers

Future Speakers

"Bearing Witness: The Press and September 11" ,
Thomas E. Heslin, Metropolitan Managing Editor, The Providence Journal

"The Art of Collecting Oriental Rugs" ,
Alfred DeCredico , Professor of Foundation Studies , Rhode Island School of Design

"The Bibliographic Art of Walter Feldman" ,
Walter Feldman , Professor of Visual Art, Brown University

"The Shaker Aesthetic",
Robert P. Emlen, Curator of Brown University and Senior Lecturer, Department of American Civilization , Brown University

"God, Darwin, and Kansas - The New Battle over Evolution",
Professor Kenneth R. Miller, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry, Brown University

“Thomas More as Statesman and Lawyer of the Millennium:  His Legacy for Us” ,
Professor Gerard Wegemer, Director of the Center for Thomas More Studies , The University of Dallas

“The Mystery of the Hebrew Story” , David Stokes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Catholic Theology and Patristics, Providence College

“The Crusades, the Inquisition, and the Galileo Affair:  Lessons of Church History" ,
Dwight Duncan , J.D., J.C.L., J.C.D., Associate Professor, Southern New England School of Law

"Pain Relief for the Terminally Ill" , Dr. Ralph P. Miech, M.D., Ph.D. , Associate Professor, Brown University School of Medicine

"Justice Through the Ages" , Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

"The Life and Poetry of Anna Akhmatova" , Professor Samuel Driver, Professor Emeritus, Brown University