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The Great Gatsby

In this online talk Maureen Corrigan, Georgetown, will discuss F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Professor Michael Scott will chair. This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the  series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  Online. Free and open to all. Registration is required. Upcoming events in...

The Heart of Good Health: Supporting the Whole Person in Local Communities

As the personal, social and economic costs of current approaches to healthcare rise, causing distress to patients and healthcare professionals, this webinar brings together experts and concerned individuals from the health service, the churches, and public life to explore what a Catholic vision of the human person in society offers as an alternative in terms...

Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum

In this online talk Richard Finn O.P. will discuss Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum. Professor Michael Scott will chair. This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the  series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  Online. Free and open to all. Registration is required. Upcoming events in this...

TBA

The speaker and topic of this online talk is TBA. Professor Michael Scott will chair. This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the  series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  Online. Free and open to all. Registration is required. Upcoming events in this series Martin Ganeri...

The Bhagavad Gita

In this online talk Martin Ganeri O.P., The Angelicum (PUST), will discuss the Bhagavad Gita. Professor Michael Scott will chair. This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the  series, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  Online. Free and open to all. Registration is required.

What could possibly be wrong with checking the facts?

These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. Fact-checking, once seen as a noble and common-sense endeavour to reduce errors...

The European challenge: defending human rights in the digital age

This online workshop, in collaboration with the Thomas More Centre for International Relations at CEU Fernando III, will cover a wide range of topics from disinformation to Gaza. Richard Finn O.P. and Carlos Espaliú will co-chair. All are welcome, registration is required. Speakers and Topics Carlos Espaliú, CEU Fernando III: 'Saint George and the new dragon: the fight...

Japan in the Early Modern World: Religion, Translation, and Transnational Relations

  Please join us for a hybrid book launch to celebrate the co-edited volume Japan in the Early Modern World. Religion, Translation, and Transnational Relations. There will be a brief introduction to the book and a short panel discussion with the volume's editors and authors over drinks and nibbles. All are welcome.   To register for in-person...

Can independent academic research survive?

These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. Independent academic research was once considered bipartisan and sensible. But drastic and...