The Eric Voegelin Institute was established in March 1987 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences at LSU.  It honors the memory of one of the greatest scholar-

teachers in the history of the University, where he was a faculty member from 1942 to 1958.  Eric Voegelin came to America as a refugee from Nazi Germany after 

being fired at the University of Vienna in 1938 because of his resolute scholarly opposition to Adolf Hitler. He became one of the first three Boyd Professors at 

LSU and now is recognized as one of the premier minds of the twentieth century.

    The Eric Voegelin Institute itself is a humanities and social sciences research institute, devoted to the revitalization of teaching and understanding of the "great 

books" of Western civilization in comparison with other traditions.

    The Institute's principal activities involve seminars and conferences, research, publications, and teaching.