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International Day Conference in June on Reception of the Ten...
Passions, Dispassion, and the Ordering of Life. International Day Conference on Reception ...
Las Casas Term Card Trinity 2026
The term card of events hosted at the Las Casas Institute is now live! We look forward to ...
New Publication: Catholic Sisters, Conflict and Peace in Nor...
Dr Briege Rafferty, Research Fellow of the Las Casas Institute and a key part of ou...
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From Sign to Sound: Towards an Aesthetic Presence of Dead Music
Prof Christian Leitmeir, Associate Professor in Music, University of Oxford:Â From Sign to Sound: Towards an Aesthetic Presence of Dead Music
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John Berkman, University of Toronto and Visiting Fellow at Campion Hall, will lead this seminar starting at 5pm, Friday 1 May in the Aula of Blackfriars Hall. A reception with... |
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Can "Existence Itself" be Personal? Interpreting Aquinas’s God This year's Annual Aquinas Lecture will be given by John Cottingham (Prof Emeritus, Reading; Hon Fellow, John’s Oxford) Thursday the 7th of May... |
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Dr Cynthia Liu, Junior Research Fellow, Blackfriars Hall: Poetry and Translation in Sino-European ‘Classical’ Exchange
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Professor Michael Mawson, Auckland, will lead this seminar at 5.30pm, Friday 8 May in the Aula of Blackfriars Hall. A reception with refreshments and pizza will follow. Please email the... |
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Giovanni di Paolo, The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise (Met) This seminar series brings together emerging scholars of historical ecologies, placing them in conversation to reflect... |
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The Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall is pleased to host an online academic conversation exploring the complex role of communities of faith in peacebuilding processes. As scholars and practitioners... |
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John Berkman, University of Toronto and Visiting Fellow at Campion Hall, will deliver this lecture at 4pm, Tuesday the 19th of May. Â Dr Nicholas Austin SJ, Campion, will respond. The... |
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Professor Vincent Lloyd, Villanova, will lead this seminar at 11am, Friday 22 May in the Annexe Seminar Room of Blackfriars Hall (33 St Giles' OX13LD). A sandwich lunch with refreshments...
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An interactive book launch and workshop introducing The Spiritual Narratives of Generation Z (Routledge 2026), based on cutting-edge research on youth religion supported by Oxford’s John Fell Fund and AHRC... |
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Pope Francis (2013-2025): A Retrospective Assessment with Some Early Reflections on the Pontificate of  Leo XIV - An International Relations Perspective Pope Francis died a year ago and this is an... |
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