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SUMMARY:The Limits of Worst
DESCRIPTION:Bad Experience in “Paradise Lost” \nIn a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national\, religious\, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series\, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates. \nJohn Milton’s great epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) retells the story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve and their subsequent expulsion from the garden of Eden. In this talk Daniel Shore\, professor and chair of the English Department at Georgetown University\, will investigate the limits of possible experience through the motif of “worse” and “worst.” When the poem’s fallen characters ask “How bad can experience get?” what they discover\, to their horror\, is that it can always get worse. Rather than engaging in systematic philosophy of normal\, stable\, and coherent universal experience\, Milton used the speculative liberty of poetry to represent the diversity of his fallen characters – Satan preeminent among them – approaching and transgressing experience’s ever lower limits. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nParticipants\nDaniel Shore is professor and chair of the English Department at Georgetown University\, where he teaches early modern literature\, critical theory\, and digital humanities. He is the author of Cyberformalism: Histories of Linguistic Forms in the Digital Archive (2018) and Milton and the Art of Rhetoric (2012) and has published articles in PMLA\, Critical Inquiry\, Modern Philology\, Shakespeare Quarterly\, Milton Studies\, and Digital Humanities Quarterly. \nMichael Scott\, Ph.D. (moderator)\, is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-limits-of-worst/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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SUMMARY:Four American Women Saints (almost) - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton\, Katherine Drexel\, and Frances Xavier Cabrini\, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness\, Catholic feminism\, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. \nThe meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. \nThe group will be led by Edward Hadas\, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford University. He is the author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching\, published by Catholic University of America Press in 2021\, and Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality\, published by Ethics International Press in 2022. \nFor further information\, contact Edward at edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/four-american-women-saints-almost/2023-11-07/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260410T010914
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SUMMARY:Kipling's "Kim": A Tale for Our Time
DESCRIPTION:In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national\, religious\, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series\, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates. \nRudyard Kipling’s Kim (1901) has received wide acclaim\, ranking 78 in the Modern Library’s 1998 list of the 100 best English novels of the twentieth century and winning “best-loved novel” on the BBC‘s The Big Read poll in 2003. Despite this praise\, it now trespasses into contested topics around race and coloniality with a sensibility that long pre-dates our own\, so much so that its subject matter may be considered out-of-date or even offensive. In this talk\, Durham University Assistant Professor Carmody Grey will discuss why Kim should not be discarded\, as the novel models and represents a mode of encounter which remains uniquely textured\, subtle\, and sensitive beyond its time. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nParticipants\nCarmody Grey is assistant professor of Catholic theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom and adjunct professor of ethics at the University of Bern in Switzerland. She writes\, lectures\, and teaches in academic and public fora on the ethics of science\, economics\, and environment. She does advisory\, consultancy\, and advocacy work with wide range of organizations including businesses\, civil society organizations and NGOs\, cultural and artistic enterprises\, and faith leaders in the areas of ethics and values. \nMichael Scott\, Ph.D. (moderator)\, is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/kiplings-kim-a-tale-for-our-time/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T170000
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DTSTAMP:20260410T010914
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SUMMARY:Four American Women Saints (almost) - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton\, Katherine Drexel\, and Frances Xavier Cabrini\, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness\, Catholic feminism\, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. \nThe meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. \nThe group will be led by Edward Hadas\, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford University. He is the author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching\, published by Catholic University of America Press in 2021\, and Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality\, published by Ethics International Press in 2022. \nFor further information\, contact Edward at edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/four-american-women-saints-almost/2023-11-14/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Media Freedom in Europe under Siege?
DESCRIPTION:Violence against European journalists has led to the introduction of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)\, which will theoretically protect media institutions across the European Union. But while the legislation has been hailed as an important boost to press freedom\, a recent revision allowing for the use of spyware against journalists has received support from seemingly democratic countries like France\, the Netherlands\, the Czech Republic\, Luxembourg\, and Greece. In fact\, many critics suggest that freedom of the press is in a uniquely fragile state throughout Europe. Some incidents\, including a raid by French authorities on the home of a journalist\, have caused grave concern. Will the EMFA truly protect European journalists? Or does it lack meaningful safeguards? \nThis 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. \nFree and open to all. Registration is not required\, follow the link to join the event. \nFeaturing\nSharon Moshavi\, president of the International Center for Journalists\, joined the organization in 2007\, first as digital media director\, and later as senior vice president for new initiatives. Previously\, she worked at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\, helping promote and launch the first News Challenge. In more than 15 years as a journalist\, Moshavi covered North Korea’s nuclear ambitions\, Hamas’s rise in Gaza\, India’s economic reforms\, and the growth of Fox News and CNN. \nFulvio Orsitto directs the Villa Le Balze\, Georgetown University’s Study Center in Fiesole\, Italy. He was previously director of the California State University Study Abroad program in Florence. He holds a Ph.D. in Italian Cultural Studies from the University of Connecticut\, and has published numerous essays and book chapters on Italian and Italian-American cinema\, as well as Italian literature\, including The Other and the Elsewhere in Italian Culture and Cinema and Risorgimento: Visions and Re-Visions. \nJessica White leads research for Freedom House’s new stream of work on Media and Democracy\, with a focus on Europe. She formerly served as research analyst for Freedom on the Net\, Freedom House’s annual survey of internet freedom in 70 countries around the world. White has supported international engagement and programming at the Royal Society of Arts in London\, the British Embassy in Madrid\, and the National Democratic Institute in Washington\, DC. \nMichael Scott (moderator) is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college adviser for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously was the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University. \nSanford J. Ungar (moderator)\, president emeritus of Goucher College\, is director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University\, which documents challenges to free expression in American education\, government\, and civil society. Director of the Voice of America under President Bill Clinton\, he was also dean of the American University School of Communication and is a former co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/media-freedom-in-europe-under-siege/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T160000
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SUMMARY:The Hebrew Bible: Defining Scriptural Cultures
DESCRIPTION:In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national\, religious\, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series\, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates. \nThe bold claim from Biblical historians and archaeologists Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman that the Hebrew Bible is the “single most influential literary and spiritual creation in the history of humanity” (made in their book The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts [2001]) articulates the extensive influence that it has had both geopolitically and religioculturally. Yet\, simply referring to this literary collection as the Hebrew Bible exposes the tensions and conflicts surrounding its production and reception. In this talk\, Rev. Bruno J. Clifton\, O.P.\, will argue that it is worth casting a critical eye over this book’s history\, the parameters of the collection\, and the type of literature it contains in order to evaluate the nature of its influence. \nThis lecture seeks only to set out what is at stake\, hoping to stimulate further reflection on the wider cultural and spiritual impact of the Bible on humanity. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nParticipants\nRev. Bruno J. Clifton\, O.P.\, is vice-regent of Blackfriars Hall and Studium\, Oxford. He is director of Blackfriars’ visiting students program and course director of Master of Theology in applied theology degree courses. He also teaches scripture and Biblical languages. Clifton earned his doctorate at the University of Cambridge. His research interests include investigating how concepts of identity are influential on the formation of biblical texts as socially authoritative and the contribution of critical biblical scholarship to theology. \nMichael Scott\, Ph.D. (moderator)\, is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/the-hebrew-bible-defining-scriptural-cultures/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T010914
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SUMMARY:Four American Women Saints (almost) - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton\, Katherine Drexel\, and Frances Xavier Cabrini\, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness\, Catholic feminism\, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. \nThe meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. \nThe group will be led by Edward Hadas\, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford University. He is the author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching\, published by Catholic University of America Press in 2021\, and Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality\, published by Ethics International Press in 2022. \nFor further information\, contact Edward at edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/four-american-women-saints-almost/2023-11-21/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T180000
DTSTAMP:20260410T010914
CREATED:20230926T103148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T095956Z
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SUMMARY:Four American Women Saints (almost) - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to our discussions of the lives and works of Saints Elizabeth Seton\, Katherine Drexel\, and Frances Xavier Cabrini\, and Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. We will talk about modern holiness\, Catholic feminism\, and the varieties of Amercian Christianity. \nThe meetings will be online.  All are welcome. Register here. \nThe group will be led by Edward Hadas\, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford University. He is the author of Counsels of Imperfection: Thinking through Catholic Social Teaching\, published by Catholic University of America Press in 2021\, and Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality\, published by Ethics International Press in 2022. \nFor further information\, contact Edward at edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/four-american-women-saints-almost/2023-11-28/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T143000
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SUMMARY:Finance for the Common Good
DESCRIPTION:Joint CEME – Las Casas Institute for Social Justice event \nSponsored by CCLA Investment Management Limited\, One Angel Lane\, London EC4R 3AB \nConfirmed presentations: \nEdward Hadas: ‘Finance\, greed and morality’ \nRevd Dr Richard Turnbull: ‘Local banking and friendly societies in the nineteenth century’ \nJean Pierre Casey: ‘What does Catholic Social Teaching have to say to finance?’ \nProfessor Cheryl Schonhardt- Bailey: ‘The Corn Laws\, Brexit and the Common Good’ \nEdward Hadas is Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford prior to which he spent 45 years in finance and financial journalism. He is the author of Money\, Finance\, Reality\, Morality (2022). \nRichard Turnbull is the Director of the Centre for Enterprise\, Markets and Ethics\, visiting Professor at St Mary’s University\, Twickenham and author of numerous articles\, papers and books relating to ethics and business in historical perspective. \nJean Pierre Casey is the convenor of the UK Chapter of the Centesimus Annus Foundation\, a member of the investment committee of the Holy See and formerly head of investments for both J.P. Morgan and Edmond de Rothschild. \nCheryl Schonhardt-Bailey is Professor in Political Science and Fellow of the British Academy and was head of the department of government at the LSE from 2019-2022. Her research interests are in political economy\, legislatures\, deliberation and accountability and she is the author of several books. \nRegistration is required. For registration details please follow the link.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/finance-for-the-common-good/
LOCATION:CCLA Investment Management Limited\, One Angel Lane\, London\, EC4R 3AB
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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