The Jacques Maritain Center is pleased to announce our 2026-2027 Jacques Maritain Center Research Grant recipients! These accomplished scholars will be conducting and presenting research at the Maritain Center during extended visits occurring throughout the academic year. We look forward to welcoming everyone to campus and encourage members of our community to reach out to them during their visit. Information about events planned during their visits is updated regularly on our events page.
Reseach Grant Recipients
In order of visit dates
Fr. James Cleary, L.C. | Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile
Assistant Professor, Department of Core Curriculum and Philosophy
Project: Maritain’s and Ratzinger’s Political Philosophy: Convergence and Divergence
Visited July 14–21, 2026
Angelos Zaloumis | University of Patras, Greece
PhD Candidate in Byzantine Philosophy
Project: Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae IIa IIae in Byzantium (14th–15th c.): Translation, Reception, and Transformation
Visiting September 24-October 5, 2026
Ethan Sanders | Regis College
Associate Professor of History
Project: Jacques Maritain in Africa: Catholic Social Thinking and African Political Thought
Visiting October 7-13, 2026
Elisabeth Kincaid | Baylor University
Associate Professor of Ethics, Faith and Culture; Director of the Institute of Faith and Learning
Project: Business Ethics for a Flourishing Life: Leo XIII and Catholic Social Thought in the Modern Workplace
Visiting November 16-21, 2026
Montagu James | Brown University
PhD Candidate in History
Project: Cultural Internationalism and the European Human Rights Revolution: Jacques Maritain, Arnold Schoenberg, and the 1947-48 UNESCO Human Rights Survey
Visiting Spring, 2027