Liam McDonnell (Blackfriars), ‘On Studying Aquinas in an Aquinas-like Manner’ Beginning in the twelfth century, scholastic theologians started to write in a new genre: the summa. The stated intention behind...
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Vacancy in Medieval Theology
Senior Research Fellow & Departmental Lecturer in Medieval and Scholastic Theology
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Vacancy: Senior Research Fellow & Departmental Lecturer...
Blackfriars is delighted to announce that applications are now invited for an exciting new...
2026 Aquinas Summer Seminar
Thomas Aquinas on the Trinity (June 1–4, 2026) The Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars Hall...
Remembering our Former Regent, Fr Fergus Kerr OP
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of the former Regent of Blackfria...
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Dr Clare Broome Saunders, Senior Tutor, Blackfriars Hall Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936) was one of the leading contributors to the British Arts and Crafts movement, and one of the first three...
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Thomistic Institute – Giving a Voice to Mary in Syriac Liturgical Tradition – Dr Sebastian Brock
Thomistic Institute – Giving a Voice to Mary in Syriac Liturgical Tradition – Dr Sebastian Brock
On Monday 2nd February, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Dr Sebastian Brock, of Wolfson College, Oxford, to speak on Giving a Voice to Mary in Syriac Liturgical Tradition.... |
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Fr Michael Sherwin OP (Angelicum), ‘Nietzsche or St Thomas: Thoughts on Alasdair MacIntyre’ Part of this term’s lecture series, Thursdays at 5pm unless otherwise noted, presenting the breadth of Thomistic thought and... |
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A Thomistic case for the rule of rescue as a normative principle in healthcare allocation decision-making The rule of rescue (RR) describes the tendency in healthcare to prioritise treatment for... |
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Jan Bentz (Blackfriars), ‘Aquinas and the Real Distinction: Historical-Philosophical Notes’ Part of this term’s lecture series, Thursdays at 5pm unless otherwise noted, presenting the breadth of Thomistic thought and its applications. upcoming events... |
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This seminar brings together emerging scholars of historical ecologies, placing them in conversation to reflect on the relationship humanity has and had with the natural world. By tracing how human–environment... |
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On Monday 23rd February, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Prof Rebecca Rist, of the University of Reading, to speak on Pope or Antipope?: Schism and the Medieval Papacy.... |
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Jack Norman (Blackfriars), ‘McCabe’s Social Ontology: Sin, Sacraments, and the New Left’ Herbert McCabe OP’s thought was shaped by and phrased in Marxist social theory, and he shows undeniable sympathy to... |
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Michelle Castelletti FRSA, New College, Oxford, Director of the Oxford Festival of the Arts.
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