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Speakers Jon Crudas MP for Dagenham and Helen Pearce Director of LabourUnions. The panel discussion will be hosted by Maria Exall and John Battle. "As an unprecedented wave of strike action takes place in UK in response to the cost of living crisis we will be discussing the role of Trade Unions in promoting dignity...

In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — A Bent but Beautiful World: Literature, Art, and the Environment — we delve into the topical area of our environment. In recent years, we have rightly heard much about the world’s environmental problems, dangers, and disasters. However, in this series, we will invite speakers to...

Small is Beautiful, first published in 1973, has become a classic text for critics of the massive scale and environmental depredations of the modern industrial economy. The author was the Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board, a founder of the Intermediate Technology Development Group, and an enthusiast for Catholic Social Teaching. Many...

It is commonly said that Jesus was a refugee. But why is that significant and how could it change our politics? This seminar explores the theological depth of Jesus’ refugeehood to see how it might transform our understanding of ourselves and of refugees today, leading to a more compassionate and welcoming world. A seminar led...

In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — A Bent but Beautiful World: Literature, Art, and the Environment — we delve into the topical area of our environment. In recent years, we have rightly heard much about the world’s environmental problems, dangers, and disasters. However, in this series, we will invite speakers to...

Human Dignity and Bureaucracy series A talk by Dr Jonathan Patterson, Departmental Lecturer in French, St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was a woman of many talents. By marriage she became Duchess of Alençon, then queen of Navarre; by birth she was sister of the French King François I. Her status and intersecting...

This event is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University), the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. The recent armed attack on the three main centers of political power in Brazil reflected...

The Las Casas Institute is very sorry to let you know that Fergal Keane has had to postpone his forthcoming lecture on February 17th due to illness. It is hoped to reschedule when he is recovered, and we will contact those who registered in due course to offer you the opportunity to re-register. The World...

A panel of five Catholic theologians will reflect on the Ukraine-Russia war that began on 24 February 2022. They will share their thoughts about the war as well as on recent developments in Catholic teaching and thinking, including from Pope Francis, regarding the ethics of war and peace. Panellists include: Maria Power, Fellow, Las Casas...