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SUMMARY:Human rights after Gaza
DESCRIPTION:2024 Las Casas Institute Annual Lecture\n\n\nProfessor Conor Gearty\, Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE Law School\, is returning to the Las Casas Institute to give this year’s Annual Lecture. \nOpen to all. The lecture will be live streamed as well. \n\n\nProfessor Gearty has given an interview to Ian Linden ahead of his lecture. You can view it on this link. \nYou can now read the full version of the lecture here. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/human-rights-after-gaza/
LOCATION:Blackfriars\, St Giles Oxford\, OX1 3LY United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240507T170000
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SUMMARY:Centesimus Annus - Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus\nOnline discussion group running over nine weeks. \nOpen to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. \n  \nThe text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html \nWeek One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present \nWeek Two (April 30): Sections 12-16 – Socialism\, atheism\, and the modern State \nWeek Three (May 7): Sections 17-21 – True freedom\, true peace\, and the post-War order \nWeek Four (May 14): Sections 22-29 – Why communism fell\, and what it left behind? \nWeek Five (May 21): Sections 30 – 33 – Towards a human economy (Part One) \nWeek Six (May 28): Sections 34-36 – Towards a human economy (Part Two) \nWeek Seven (June 4): Sections 37-39 – Ecology and human ecology \nWeek Eight (June 11): Sections 40- 43 – Alienation and exploitation \nWeek Nine (June 18): Sections 44-62 – State\, culture\, humanity\, and the Church \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/centesimus-annus-discussion-group/2024-05-07/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T224656
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SUMMARY:Centesimus Annus - Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus\nOnline discussion group running over nine weeks. \nOpen to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. \n  \nThe text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html \nWeek One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present \nWeek Two (April 30): Sections 12-16 – Socialism\, atheism\, and the modern State \nWeek Three (May 7): Sections 17-21 – True freedom\, true peace\, and the post-War order \nWeek Four (May 14): Sections 22-29 – Why communism fell\, and what it left behind? \nWeek Five (May 21): Sections 30 – 33 – Towards a human economy (Part One) \nWeek Six (May 28): Sections 34-36 – Towards a human economy (Part Two) \nWeek Seven (June 4): Sections 37-39 – Ecology and human ecology \nWeek Eight (June 11): Sections 40- 43 – Alienation and exploitation \nWeek Nine (June 18): Sections 44-62 – State\, culture\, humanity\, and the Church \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/centesimus-annus-discussion-group/2024-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240515T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240515T171500
DTSTAMP:20260409T224656
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SUMMARY:Is Censorship Ever Necessary or Justified?
DESCRIPTION:The debate over censorship in the West is a complex tug-of-war. While freedom of expression is respected as a fundamental right\, the question of whether and where to draw the line comes up time and again\, and remains contentious. Advocates argue that censorship may be the only way to protect vulnerable minorities\, new ones and old ones alike\, from potential harm and violence. Nevertheless\, critics caution against the slippery slope of censorship\, warning of its potential to stifle dissent\, suppress marginalized voices\, and inhibit the free exchange of ideas essential for democracy. In the pursuit of a more just and equitable society\, how should the West grapple with the uneasy balance between liberty and suppression? Are there words and threats that are truly horrific enough to merit exclusion from the public dialogue? \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  required. \nFeatured:\nJohn Drakakis\, emeritus professor of English studies at the University of Stirling in Scotland\, holds a Ph.D from the University of Leeds\, as well as an honorary D.Litt from the University of Clermont-Auvergne. He has published many articles in learned journals and chapters in books on Shakespeare\, Jacobean literature and drama\, media studies\, modern critical theory\, and cultural studies. He is a fellow of the English Association\, and an elected member of the Academia Europoea. \nCatherine Pepinster is a British journalist\, author and broadcaster. She has been a senior national newspaper executive and edited The Tablet\, the Catholic weekly\, for 13 years. She writes regularly for many British national newspapers\, mostly not always about religion\, as well as for specialist outlets on religion. She authored the book The Keys and The Kingdom – the British and the Papacy\, Martyrdom – Why Martyrs Still Matter\, and others. She regularly broadcasts for the BBC. \nKate Ruane directs the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Free Expression Project. An attorney with a strong background in legal research\, Kate brings focus to the ways in which strong protections for free expression benefit communities of color\, religious minorities\, LGBTQ+ communities\, and other oft-censored groups. Her work spans the intersection of civil rights and the First Amendment\, Section 230\, online privacy and surveillance\, harassment\, protecting children online\, and disinformation. \nJohn Watson is an associate professor at American University. A journalist for 21 years\, he has a law degree and a Ph.D. His research on media law and journalism ethics has been presented at scholarly conferences and published in law reviews. He authored the book Journalism Ethics by Court Decree. He advocates for the formal professionalization and licensing of journalists to provide professional responsibilities and privileges that distinguish them from other mass media content providers. \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. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/is-censorship-ever-necessary-or-justified/
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:20240516T170000
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SUMMARY:Workers' Rights as Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:2024 Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Annual Lecture\nThere is a pressing need to address the lack of dignity and respect in the current world of work. Issues of low pay\, working poverty and precarious  work can be tackled by strengthening rights at the workplace. This will lead to greater human flourishing in our communities and our country. \nThis year’s annual lecture is given by Dr Maria Exall. \nOpen to all. The lecture will be live streamed as well.\nFor in-person attendance\, please email lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk.\nTo attend online\, please register here. \nThe event is sponsored by the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights (OCHR) and the Las Casas Institute. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/workers-rights-as-human-rights/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T170000
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SUMMARY:Cultural Encounters 1601: “Hamlet” and “Twelfth Night”
DESCRIPTION:In the 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 nature of plays means that they are fluid\, being different every time someone engages a written script. Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Twelfth Night are generally regarded to have been first performed in 1601. Both plays—one a tragedy\, one a comedy—exhibit cultural encounters surrounding death. They prompt their audiences\, and later their readers\, to consider mortality as an objective truth to which the living react in divergent ways. In this conversation Michael Scott and Michael Collins will explore how these two plays confront others in their otherness as they search for reconciliation and peace within the transience of life. \nParticipants\nMichael Scott 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. \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. \n  \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. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/1601-hamlet-and-twelfth-night/
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:20240521T170000
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DTSTAMP:20260409T224656
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SUMMARY:Centesimus Annus - Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus\nOnline discussion group running over nine weeks. \nOpen to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. \n  \nThe text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html \nWeek One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present \nWeek Two (April 30): Sections 12-16 – Socialism\, atheism\, and the modern State \nWeek Three (May 7): Sections 17-21 – True freedom\, true peace\, and the post-War order \nWeek Four (May 14): Sections 22-29 – Why communism fell\, and what it left behind? \nWeek Five (May 21): Sections 30 – 33 – Towards a human economy (Part One) \nWeek Six (May 28): Sections 34-36 – Towards a human economy (Part Two) \nWeek Seven (June 4): Sections 37-39 – Ecology and human ecology \nWeek Eight (June 11): Sections 40- 43 – Alienation and exploitation \nWeek Nine (June 18): Sections 44-62 – State\, culture\, humanity\, and the Church \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/centesimus-annus-discussion-group/2024-05-21/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240523T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240523T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T224656
CREATED:20240426T085710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T085710Z
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SUMMARY:Rearmament and Security: “Europe\, where are you sailing?”
DESCRIPTION:In a global context marked by violent conflicts and an erosion of multilateralism\, European countries have pledged to invest significant resources in the extension and modernisation of their military defence capabilities. A spreading logic of war is fuelling a rearmament dynamic in Europe and worldwide\, posing not only serious security challenges but also ethical questions. With Pope Francis we may thus ask: “[Europe]\, where are you sailing\, if you are not showing the world paths of peace?” \nA talk by Marek Misak\, COMECE. Response by Jacob Oakes\, CBCEW. \nOnline. Open to all.  Registration is required.
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/rearmament-and-security-europe-where-are-you-sailing/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240528T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240528T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T224656
CREATED:20240328T100503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T100503Z
UID:9598-1716915600-1716919200@www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Centesimus Annus - Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus\nOnline discussion group running over nine weeks. \nOpen to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information. \n  \nThe text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html \nWeek One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present \nWeek Two (April 30): Sections 12-16 – Socialism\, atheism\, and the modern State \nWeek Three (May 7): Sections 17-21 – True freedom\, true peace\, and the post-War order \nWeek Four (May 14): Sections 22-29 – Why communism fell\, and what it left behind? \nWeek Five (May 21): Sections 30 – 33 – Towards a human economy (Part One) \nWeek Six (May 28): Sections 34-36 – Towards a human economy (Part Two) \nWeek Seven (June 4): Sections 37-39 – Ecology and human ecology \nWeek Eight (June 11): Sections 40- 43 – Alienation and exploitation \nWeek Nine (June 18): Sections 44-62 – State\, culture\, humanity\, and the Church \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/centesimus-annus-discussion-group/2024-05-28/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240529T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240529T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T224656
CREATED:20240409T121730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240409T134901Z
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SUMMARY:Inserted Communities as Places of Encounter in Post-Conciliar Britain\, 1970s-2000s
DESCRIPTION:Catholic religious institutes of sisters and nuns were influenced by the Second Vatican Council’s (1962-1965) call to the renewal of religious life. This paper examines the changing ministries of Catholic sisters as they rethought forms of outreach from education\, nursing and social welfare to those that emphasized social justice. It examines the religious meaning of their commitment to those on the margins of society within the context of British religious institutes diminishing in size and within the new paradigm of de-institutionalised forms of ministry. This paper will address the experimental ministry of ‘inserted communities’\, small communities that placed themselves within the heart of inner-city neighbourhoods and those on the margins of society.  Archival material and oral testimony will be examined to identify the complex lived experience of religious sisters in the inner-city mission\, how they grappled with tensions of ‘being with’ and ‘doing for’. \nCarmen M. Mangion teaches modern British history at Birkbeck University of London. Her research examines the cultural and social history of gender and religion in nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain relating to how religious identities were formed\, imagined and lived during times of social change.  Her most recent monograph\, Catholic nuns and sisters in a secular age\, Britain 1945-1990 (2020)\, draws on archival materials and a remarkable set of eighty interviews to place Catholic sisters and nuns at the heart of the turbulent 1960s\, integrating their story of social change into a larger British and international one. Her current research has two strands\, the first examines religious life in the inner city after 1970. The second\, interrogates the decline of the lay sister state of religious life\, 1880s-1960. \nIn-person seminar\, open to all. \n 
URL:https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/inserted-communities-as-places-of-encounter-in-post-conciliar-britain/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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