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SUMMARY:Our Technological Fate
DESCRIPTION:Our Technological Fate: George Grant and Pope Francis in Dialogue \nAn in-person talk by Hallam Willis\, Associate Member of the Las Casas Institute in the Aula at Blackfriars Hall. The event will also be available to follow online. To register for online attendance\, please follow this link. \nThe primary aim of this talk is to give an intelligible interpretation to George Grant’s varied and various ways of claiming that those societies we would consider “technological” have a destiny or a fate\, and that this fate is bound up in the nature of our society as technological. The argument is\, simply\, that if we are technologically fated\, then there is something out of our control with respect to technology. Should this claim be true\, it should obviously disturb us.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/our-technological-fate/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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SUMMARY:"English Seneca": Vernacular Rhyme and Classical Style in Early Modern English Drama
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 invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates. \nThe cultural encounter addressed in this talk by Molly Clark is between the ancient and the medieval\, the classical and the vernacular\, specifically\, the style of the Roman playwright Seneca and the vernacular style of English drama in the early modern period. English drama of the mid-sixteenth century tended to be written in continuous rhyme. It was also\, however\, increasingly influenced by the non-rhyming drama of classical playwrights\, and Seneca in particular. In 1581\, a group of authors published their translations of Seneca’s plays\, which were generally faithful to the spirit and style of the originals\, apart from one striking feature: they were entirely in rhyme. In this talk\, Molly Clark will consider how rhyme as a particularly Gothic\, particularly English device was simultaneously pitted against and conversant with the Senecan approach in the drama that was written in the wake of these translations. Clark will also argue that early modern English drama can be Senecan even in this most anti-classical feature of its style—and that the encounter between these two very different cultural predecessors made early modern English drama what it is. \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\nMolly Clark completed her doctor of philosophy at Merton College\, Oxford\, where she wrote on rhyme in Shakespeare’s theatre. Her articles have been published in Studies in Philology\, RES\, Shakespeare\, and Shakespeare Survey\, and she also reviews early modern scholarship for the Times Literary Supplement. She has a chapter in Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark (2022)\, a monograph which resulted from a previous series of talks from the Future for the Humanities Project. Alongside her research\, she works part-time as a refugee and asylum seeker caseworker for a charity in east London. \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  \nFurther events in the series: \n12 February:  Professor Michael Collins\, Georgetown University – James Joyce\, ‘The Dead’ \n26 February: Professor Alexa Alice Joubin\, George Washington University\, DC – ‘Worldwide Encounters with Shakespeare’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/seneca-and-the-english-poets/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Thinking about work - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:If men and women are made in God’s image\, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just\, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice\, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s to Pope Benedict in 2009\, with a glance at the Jewish philosopher Simone Weil. \nOnline. All are welcome. Registration is mandatory. \nFor further details\, contact Edward Hadas (edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk) and James Bergida (james.bergida@christendom.edu)
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thinking-about-work-discussion-group/2024-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:The Culture of Encounter in James Joyce’s “The Dead”
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 invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates. \nIn his third encyclical\, Fratelli Tutti\, Pope Francis proposes that “an innate tension exists between globalization and localization.” In his great short story “The Dead“ (1914)\, James Joyce undertakes an exploration of that tension as it presents itself in Ireland of the early twentieth century. During this webinar Georgetown University Professor Emeritus Michael Collins will explore how Gabriel Conway\, the central figure of the story\, experiences three cultural encounters with other persons that illustrate both the obstacles to genuine encounter among people and the disfiguring separation of the global and the local that creates\, in the words of Pope Francis\, “a dangerous polarization.” \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\nMichael Collins is a teaching professor of English and dean emeritus at Georgetown University. He has published essays on Anglo-Welsh poetry in Poetry Wales\, World Literature Today\, the Dictionary of Literary Biography\, and the Anglo-Welsh Review. He is an honorary fellow of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, University of Wales\, and a recipient of Georgetown University’s Presidential Medal and its Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching. \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  \nFurther events in the series: \n26 February: Professor Alexa Alice Joubin\, George Washington University\, DC – ‘Worldwide Encounters with Shakespeare’
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/james-joyce-the-dead/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Thinking about work - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:If men and women are made in God’s image\, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just\, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice\, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s to Pope Benedict in 2009\, with a glance at the Jewish philosopher Simone Weil. \nOnline. All are welcome. Registration is mandatory. \nFor further details\, contact Edward Hadas (edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk) and James Bergida (james.bergida@christendom.edu)
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thinking-about-work-discussion-group/2024-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Elections\, Elections: How Will the World Be Different at the end of 2024?
DESCRIPTION:More than 50 countries have already gone\, or are set to go\, to the polls to elect leaders in 2024\, representing a large percentage of the world’s population – a fact made more daunting by the reality that\, in some nations\, democracy is on the line. The implications for human rights\, international relations\, and economics loom large. In the United States\, two unpopular candidates are likely to face off in a hotly contested rematch. Taiwan has elected a president who rejects China’s sovereignty claims over the island. India\, the world’s most populous country\, seems likely to re-elect its conservative leader for a third term. The two Mexican presidential front runners are both women. Across Africa\, climate change and military mischief remain prevalent. As Pakistan prepares for parliamentary elections\, its former prime minister has been sentenced to a long prison term. Russian elections will be held against the backdrop of its ongoing war in Ukraine\, and a new challenger has emerged. And in the midst of several elections for the European Parliament\, many expect the United Kingdom’s general election to take place before the end of the year. With discontent spreading and populism on the rise\, will the global picture be different at the start of 2025? \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) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nFree and open to all. Registration is not required. To join the event\, follow this link. \nFeatured:\nFernando Cervantes\, a professor at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom\, specializes in early modern European and Latin American intellectual history. He has supervised PhD students on a wide range of subjects\, from the phenomenon of diabolism in colonial Peru to the Cristero Revolt in post-revolutionary Mexico. \nLouis Goodman\, professor and dean emeritus at the School of International Service at American University\, carries out research on social change and politics in Latin America and in Asia. His current research focuses on public goods\, regional alliances and development. He has published widely on civil-military relations in Latin America\, on foreign investment in developing countries and on determinants of career success for blue-collar workers. \nBaroness Jenny Randerson has been a member of the House of Lords since 2012 and is a Liberal Democratic Party spokesperson there for Transport. She has served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales and a Lords’ Minister for Northern Ireland. She has also been a Welsh Assembly member for Cardiff Central\, including a year as acting deputy First Minister of Wales. \nMoses Tesi\, a professor of political science and international relations at Middle Tennessee State University\, teaches courses in African politics\, Middle East politics\, international relations\, and international development. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Vanderbilt University. Tesi’s research focuses on domestic political dynamics and governance in Africa\, Cameroon’s foreign relations\, and the intersection of environmental challenges and development in Africa. \nChunjuan Nancy Wei\, a professor at Wenzhou-Kean University\, taught at the University of Bridgeport\, where she chaired the East Asian and Pacific Rim Studies program. She has written on the South China Sea disputes\, U.S.-China relations\, East Asian political economy\, and cross-Taiwan Strait politics in the Harvard Asia Quarterly\, the Yale Journal of International Affairs\, and other publications. \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/elections-elections/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Thinking about work - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:If men and women are made in God’s image\, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just\, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice\, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s to Pope Benedict in 2009\, with a glance at the Jewish philosopher Simone Weil. \nOnline. All are welcome. Registration is mandatory. \nFor further details\, contact Edward Hadas (edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk) and James Bergida (james.bergida@christendom.edu)
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thinking-about-work-discussion-group/2024-02-20/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240226T160000
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SUMMARY:Cultural Encounters of Otherness through Shakespeare
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 invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes of cultural encounters both in classic literary works and in contemporary cultural debates. \nArtists in different places often hold contrasting views on the meanings of Shakespeare’s plays and on Shakespeare’s stature in modern culture. What they do have in common is their effort to plant new ideas along well-trodden paths and to blaze new trails through long-abandoned territories. To quote novelist Minae Mizumura\, if we walk “through the doors” of other cultural spaces more often\, we may\, one day\, reach “unpathed waters and undreamed shores.” \nIn this talk\, Alexa Alice Joubin will examine cultural encounters with Shakespeare’s plays as heterotopia\, a place of stories and a portal to other places. In particular\, theatre and film are key players in creating embodied snippets of knowable worlds\, as adaptations and performances open up national cultures to other views. Artists and audiences project their beliefs onto dramatic works to create hybrid worlds across cultures and history. Joubin will argue that since the fictional space created by performance juxtaposes multiple worlds\, this heterotopic space—a microcosm of different temporalities and worlds—has multiple layers of cultural meanings. \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\nProfessor Alexa Alice Joubin is a professor of English\, theatre\, and East Asian languages and literatures at George Washington University. Joubin is the inaugural recipient of the bell hooks Legacy Award and holder of the Martin Luther King\, Jr. Award; she co-founded and co-directs the Digital Humanities Institute. Her work on adaptation of the Western canon has been recognized by the Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies. Her recent books include Race (with Martin Orkin\, 2018)\, Shakespeare and East Asia (2021)\, and King Lear (co-edited with Michael Best\, 2023). \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/worldwide-encounters-with-shakespeare/
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:20240227T170000
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SUMMARY:Thinking about work - discussion group
DESCRIPTION:If men and women are made in God’s image\, then human work must have something divine about it. If societies are supposed to be just\, then the work that people do should be justly rewarded. We will look at highlights of modern Catholic thinking about work and worker justice\, from Cardinal Manning in the 1870s to Pope Benedict in 2009\, with a glance at the Jewish philosopher Simone Weil. \nOnline. All are welcome. Registration is mandatory. \nFor further details\, contact Edward Hadas (edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk) and James Bergida (james.bergida@christendom.edu)
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/thinking-about-work-discussion-group/2024-02-27/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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