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Endowed by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø alumna Catherine Barr Windels ’75 CLAS, this scholarship annually helps one or more students to study abroad at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford.

Since 2005, the Department of Humanities has been developing an exchange relationship with Blackfriars, the Oxford home of the Dominican friars. With a tradition stretching back to 1221, Blackfriars was officially designated in 1994 as a permanent private hall for undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford. Students live, eat, worship and study with the friars, as well as with a distinguished array of students and affiliated Catholic scholars.

As an institution of interdisciplinary learning with particular strengths in philosophy and theology, Blackfriars is a natural partner for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s Department of Humanities. The Oxford tutorial system complements our emphasis on individual attention and student-initiated inquiry. In keeping with ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s mission for social responsibility, students are also able to participate in the work of the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, named for the sixteenth-century Dominican defender of indigenous peoples in the new world. Students also have ready access to the intellectual and cultural opportunities that abound in this vibrant university environment.

The Department of Humanities is grateful to Catherine Barr Windels for assisting our students in enjoying this remarkable opportunity, and also for the logistical support and cooperation of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s Development and Study Abroad offices and the Rector and Fellows of Blackfriars.

Students who are interested in this opportunity can direct any queries to the chair of the Department of Humanities.

The Symposium Series

(formerly the Paideia Colloquia)Ìý is a community of students from University of Pennsylvania, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø, Eastern University, and other local universities who gather several times each semester to discuss how the Humanities can humanize us. Run in conjunction with the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture, these dine-and-discuss and other events offer a unique intercollegiate opportunity to live out the intellectual life on campus and beyond. Please contact Dr. Veronica OgleÌýfor more information.

Internships

College and University Resources

In addition to resources and opportunities through the Humanities Department, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø provides support to undergraduate students in all aspects of their collegiate experience and beyond through the centralized services of theÌýOffice for Undergraduate Students,ÌýOffice of Education Abroad, Center for Research and Fellowships,ÌýandÌýCareer Center.