The Role of the Holy See in International Relations

Professor Carlos Espaliú Berdud, CEU Fernando III, and Dr Hugo Slim, Blackfriars, will co-chair a workshop at 3pm, 29 July in the Aula of Blackfriars Hall (OX13LY). This workshop is part of the collaboration between the Las Casas Institute and the Thomas More Observatory of International Relations at the University Fernando III, Seville, Spain. Other participants include: Paul Yowell, Oriel; Dr Scott Thomas, Blackfriars; Dr Anthony O’Mahoney, Blackfriars; Dr Claes Granmar, Stockholm; Dr Rafael Palomino, Complutense Madrid; Manousha Dhiwaghar, Carleton.

This will be a hybrid event open to everyone, and online participation will be available. A reception will follow. Please email lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk if you are interested in attending.

Papers and profiles

Professor Carlos Espaliú Berdud, Full Professor of Public International Law and International Relations and Director of the Thomas More of International Relations at CEU Fernando III, Spain; Research Fellow of Las Casas Institute, University of Oxford:

One Hundred Years after the Lateran Treaty: Reassessing the International Legal Status of the Holy See.

Dr Claes Granmar, Associate Professor of European Law, University of Stockholm and Director of the Nordic Forum for ECHR-Studies:

The Holy See and EU migration policy

Paul Yowell, Associate professor of Law, Fellow of Oriel College, University of Oxford:

The constitution of the Vatican State

Dr Anthony O’Mahoney, tutor in World Religions at Blackfriars Hall and Studium and Research Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University:

The Vatican, John Paul II and  King Hassan II: The Holy See’s Agreements with the Kingdom of Morocco on Church and State

Professor Rafael Palomino, Full Professor of Law and Religion at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid:

Between Ostpolitik and Sinicization: Relations between China and the Holy See

Dr Scott Thomas, Research Associate of the Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford:

Pope Francis: An Idealist without Illusions: A retrospective Assessment with Some Early Reflections on the Pontificate of Leo XIV-An International Perspective

Manousha Dhiwaghar, Carleton University:

Babylon and Jerusalem: The Vatican and the Urban Political Theology of Diplomacy

Venue: Blackfriars Hall - St Giles Oxford, OX1 3LY United Kingdom

Contact:
Las Casas Institute
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk