Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book of Toni Morrison’s University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist’s Most Important Lessons

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...
Variety

Peter Thiel Sparks Vatican Ire With Antichrist Lectures in Rome

The tech billionaire and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir has been holding Antichrist talks in Rome's Renaissance-era Palazzo Orsini Taverna that are rubbing the Vatican the wrong way Last year, ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Writer Yiyun Li to deliver Berlin Family Lectures beginning March 31

Internationally renowned novelist and essayist Yiyun Li has become known for writing that probes life’s hardest realities. Li, a recipient of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, ...
The New York Times

Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.

The right-wing tech investor is giving lectures near the Catholic church’s administrative heart. Commentators there are rejecting his apocalyptic vision. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome For ...
Case Western Reserve University

Events & Lectures

Expand your knowledge with Case Western Reserve's online and in-person events. We offer a variety of lectures and conferences, many of which are offered for CLE credit. Take a look at our upcoming ...
Yahoo

Peter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to Rome — and Italian politicians are calling his ideas ‘scandalous’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Thiel is hosting his latest Antichrist lecture in Rome. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Peter Thiel is taking his ...
Newsweek

Peter Thiel Brings Antichrist Lecture to Rome

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. U.S. billionaire Peter Thiel launched a closed-door lecture series on the Antichrist in Rome, drawing scrutiny from ...
Page Six

Super-long Oscars 2026 had plenty of holier-than-thou lectures, few memorable moments

Hollywood, Hollywood. You can’t help but get in your own way, can you? Some of Sunday night’s Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, was very funny, sporadically interesting (there was only the seventh-ever ...
devdiscourse

Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures: A Controversial Confluence of Faith, Technology, and Politics

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist known for his ties to Donald Trump, has initiated a private lecture series in Rome discussing the concept of the Antichrist. The event, shrouded in ...
CNN

Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with ...
The Financial Times

‘Mr AI’ Peter Thiel lectures about antichrist in Rome

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US tech billionaire and Maga donor Peter Thiel is starting a series of closed-door lectures about the ...