Fall Catholic Heritage Lecture - The Continuing Relevance of Rerum Novarum for a New Industrial Revolution

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Eduardo M. Peñalver, Seattle University President and Professor of Law

Tuesday, November 4 at 4:30pm

Public reception following the lecture

Le Roux Room, Student Center 160

Some, including the new Pope, have compared our current moment of instability and change to the industrial revolution of the late 19th century. As we grapple with accelerating technological change and its impacts on our society and economy, returning to first principles becomes more important. Reading Pope Leo XIII’s groundbreaking encyclical Rerum Novarum – which was written the same year as Seattle University’s founding – with fresh eyes can provide us with valuable tools as we seek to reconcile innovation with humanity.

Eduardo M. Peñalver became the President of Seattle University on July 1, 2021. From 2014 until 2021, he served as the Dean of Cornell Law School. Peñalver’s legal scholarship focuses on property and land use, as well as law and religion. His work explores the way in which the law mediates the interests of individuals and communities. His writing on property has appeared in numerous leading law journals. His book, Property Outlaws (co-authored with Sonia Katyal), published by Yale University Press in February 2010, explores the vital role of disobedience within the evolution of property law. His most recent book, An Introduction to Property Theory (co-authored with Gregory Alexander), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011.

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