Monthly running event

On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., we will be meeting via Zoom to discuss "The Fraud" by Zadie Smith. 

Description

Zadie Smith makes 1860s London feel alive, and recognizable. Her new novel, “The Fraud,” is based on a celebrated 19th-century criminal trial, but it keeps one eye focused clearly on today’s political populism" (New York Times, 2023).

All are welcome to attend.

Learn more about our book group by visiting our group webpage. 

On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., we will be meeting via Zoom to discuss "Yellowface" by R. F. Kuang.

Description

"Her novel became a best seller. The trouble: she didn’t write it. In “Yellowface,” R.F. Kuang satirizes the publishing industry with a tale of a struggling writer who passes off her recently deceased friend’s book as her own" (New York Times, 2023). Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2023. 

All are welcome to attend.

Learn more about our book group by visiting our group webpage. 

On Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., we will be meeting in the Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel, to discuss "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride.

Description

"James McBride’s latest is a murder mystery inside a great American novel. 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' opens with the discovery of a skeleton in a well, and then flashes back to explore its connection to a town’s Black, Jewish and immigrant history" (New York Times, 2023). Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Historical Fiction.

All are welcome to attend.

Learn more about our book group by visiting our group webpage. 

Join us for an in-depth conversation about the present condition of the market economy. Dr. Barbara Kolm, former Vice-President of the Austrian Central Bank, and EU lawyer Pieter Cleppe will present insights into the current economic landscapes of the U.S. and EU. Following their discussions, AIER researcher Peter Earle will delve into the pressing matter of increasing global de-dollarization and its repercussions for the U.S. economy. Refreshments will be provided.

Schedule 

12:30 PM – 12:50 PM: Barbara Kolm: "We got markets, we got economies - do we still run market economies?"
12:50 PM – 1:10 PM: Pieter Cleppe: "An Analysis of European Economic Policies"
1:10 PM – 1:30 PM: Peter Earle: "Why de-dollarization is an issue" 
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Panel discussion, Q&A

About the Speakers

Barbara Kolm is the founder of the Free Market Road Show, Director of the Austrian Economics Center, President of the Hayek Institute and Professor of Austrian Economics at the University of Donja Gorica in Montenegro.

Pieter Cleppe (LL.M) is a Brussels-based Policy Analyst, focused on EU affairs, Brexit, and the Eurozone. He’s the editor-in-chief of BrusselsReport.eu, an online magazine covering EU affairs, and a Research Fellow for U.S. think tank Property Rights Alliance. He is also a columnist for U.S. National Review Online, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and a frequent commentator in European and international media.

Peter C. Earle is a senior economist at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). He joined AIER in 2018, prior to which he spent over 20 years as a trader and analyst at several securities firms and hedge funds in the New York metropolitan area including Schwab Capital Markets, Fahnestock & Co., Roy G. Niederhoffer Capital Management and others, as well as starting and running a cryptocurrency consultancy (Intangible Economics, LLC).
 

As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, learn about the process of electing an Abbot as Saint Anselm Abbey prepares for their election of a new abbot in April.

As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, join Fr. Mathias for a tour of the Abbey Church.

As part of Benedictine Heritage Week, join the monastic community as they commemorate the death of St. Benedict.