Dominican's Center Life of the Mind Series Presents Dr. Robert Royal
January 26, 2007
COLUMBUS, OH – Robert Royal, Ph.D., director of The Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., will speak at Ohio Dominican University as part of its Dominican Life of the Mind Series. His lecture, entitled Secularization, the Church and Society, will be presented on Thursday, February 15, at 7:00 p.m. in the Colonial Room of Sansbury Hall, located on ODU’s main campus,1216 Sunbury Road.
Sponsored by ODU’s Center for Dominican Studies, the Dominican Life of the Mind Series provides occasions for the community to gather to reflect upon the ideas and events that shape our culture.
A noted scholar and author, Dr. Royal’s latest books include The God that Did Not Fail, The Pope’s Army: 500 years of Papal Swiss Guard and The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive Global History. He writes and lectures frequently on questions of ethics, culture, religion, and politics, and has appeared on various television and radio stations around the United States.
Dr. Royal holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Catholic University of America. He has taught at Brown University, Rhode Island College, and The Catholic University of America. He received fellowships to study in Italy from the Renaissance Society of America and as a Fulbright scholar.
The lecture is free and open to the public; but reservations are required. For more information or to register, please contact the Director of the Center for Dominican Studies, Sr. Catherine Colby, O.P. at (614) 251-4722, or email colbyc@ohiodominican.edu. Free parking is available in the Visitor’s Lot west of Sunbury Road.
ODU’s Center for Dominican Studies was established through a generous gift from the Congregation of Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. The Center promotes Dominican ideals and education and serves as a public voice of the university and community regarding issues of importance to church, culture and society.
