The Thomistic Institute is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, a Catholic pontifical faculty run by the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) located in Washington, D.C.^[1] Founded in 2009,^[2] its name derives from the order's heritage of Thomas Aquinas,^[3] as the institute is influenced by the Thomistic tradition.^[4] The institute was originally founded as an academic research institute of the Pontifical Faculty, but evolved into a network of campus chapters at universities throughout the United States, England, and Ireland that sponsors lectures on theology, philosophy, ethics, and politics.^[3] As of 2018^[update], the institute had chapters at around 60 universities.^[4] Counted among its past speakers are Scottish philosophers Alasdair MacIntyre and John Haldane,^[5] French philosopher Remi Brague,^[6] American philosopher Robert Sokolowski,^[7] English philosopher Sir Roger Scruton,^[8] Australian philosopher Mark Johnston,^[9] the Theologian of the Pontifical Household Wojciech Giertych,^[10] and United States Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.^[11] In addition to individual lectures, the Institute has co-sponsored academic conferences with Harvard Law School,^[12] Yale University,^[13][14] New York University, Georgetown University,^[15] and Notre Dame University,^[16] among others. It also organizes an annual conference on Thomistic philosophy^[17] at Mt. St. Mary's College in Newburgh, New York and an annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science conference for faculty and graduate students in the experimental sciences and in philosophy, held in Washington, D.C.^[18]

The Thomistic Institute

Coat of Arms of the Order of Preachers
Motto	Catholic Truth in a Contemporary World
Parent institution	Dominican House of Studies
Established	2009 (2009)
Director	Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.
Website	thomisticinstitute.org