Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn is Professor of History at Syracuse University and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. She is the author of numerous essays and books including, most recently, Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living (Giles Family Fund Recipient, Notre Dame, 2020), a study of ancient philosophy and modern culture.

LONG FORM: Remembering the University’s Mission

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | September 18, 2023

The theater of the absurd has moved from the stage to the quad. Must it stay?

REVIEW: Men and Women in Love with God

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | July 6, 2023

Renunciation is the pathway to our deepest longing, says Zena Hitz

Fifty Souls

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | June 7, 2023

In Greyhound, contemporary individualism meets ancient Stoicism—and much more

FORUM: Tending to a Tradition

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | February 27, 2023

Book reviewing is a form of commentary upon which many of our greatest goods depend

REVIEW: The Need to Be Whole

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | October 12, 2022

Wendell Berry’s long ramble of a book is cause for celebration

The Sights and Sounds of Belfast

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | May 23, 2022

Kenneth Branagh’s film shows us what it means to come down to joy

“Keep Haulin’, Boys”

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | May 12, 2021

After viewing Fishermans’ Friends, the revival of sea shanties makes even more sense

Fifty Souls

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn | April 5, 2021

In Greyhound, contemporary individualism meets ancient Stoicism—and much more