Speaking/Workshops
Whether you're planning a parish retreat, faculty workshop, conference keynote, library program, classroom visit, book club, podcast, or virtual event, LuElla D'Amico welcomes opportunities to speak with audiences about literature, faith, storytelling, and the arts.
Stories influence our imaginations, strengthen our faith, and help us discover what it means to live well. As a professor of English, public scholar, and author of Wondrous Reading: Encountering the Catholic Faith through Children's Literature, LuElla explores how literature, storytelling, and the arts cultivate virtue, wonder, and the moral imagination. Drawing on literature, film, popular culture, and the Catholic intellectual tradition, her presentations invite audiences to think deeply about the stories that shape our lives and accompany us in the pursuit of truth, beauty, goodness, and the good life.
Featured Talks
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The Beauty of Story: Literature, Pop Culture, and the Catholic Imagination
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Wondrous Reading: Encountering Faith Through Children's Literature
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The Good Life: What Literature and Stoicism Teach Us About Joy
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Great Books for Living Well
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Reading Like a Pilgrim: Contemplative Reading in the Literature Classroom
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Writing Beyond the Academy: Public Scholarship That Matters
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What Makes an Academic Life Worth Living?: Friendship, Joy, and the Academic Vocation
Whether speaking with educators, parents, students, parish communities, faculty, librarians, or general readers, LuElla seeks to provoke intellectual curiosity and renew an appreciation for the power of story. Presentations may be adapted for Catholic, classical, public, or higher education settings and are designed to meet the unique interests and needs of each audience.
To inquire about speaking engagements, please contact luelladamico@gmail.com.
What People Are Saying
Words from organizers, hosts, colleagues, and attendees who have heard LuElla speak.
"LuElla D'Amico gave a delightful talk, getting the audience to think about how literature forms our imagination and so our faith. She has a gift for connecting scholarship to people's lives." —Dr. Jason King, Beirne Director and Chair, Center for Catholic Studies, St. Mary's University
"LuElla is an engaging and versatile speaker who invites her audience to share in her curiosity and joy, whether discussing children's literature, an obscure nineteenth-century text, popular culture, theory, or teaching." —Dr. Marlowe Daly-Galeano, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning; Professor of English, Lewis–Clark State College
“LuElla D’Amico is an insightful speaker as well as a charming storyteller and keeper of memories. In her presentation for my students, LuElla helped to unlock childhood memories while inviting prayerful, searching reflection on the role of literature and liturgy in early faith formation. She is a wonderful voice in the public humanities, who celebrates the common good, inspires the moral imagination, and truly enriches the humanity of her audience.”—Dr. Joseph Grabau, Dean and Associate Professor of Philosophy & Theology, Mexican American Catholic College