The story of Hamlet is well-known throughout the world, having been popularized through Shakespeare’s play, but it has roots in a medieval Danish work. This talk will focus on a lesser-known version of this story that was written in Iceland in the seventeenth century. What would have happened if Hamlet’s murderous uncle had not shipped...
Willa Cather’s most famous book Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927), based on the true story of two nineteenth-century French missionaries to New Mexico, is regularly listed among the greatest American novels of the twentieth century. In it, Cather addresses the theme of this series: the paradoxical relationship between the Church’s missionary task and the Christian...
This event explores the intersection of transitional justice and the religious imagination in addressing contemporary international challenges. By examining how faith-based narratives influence reconciliation, justice, and societal healing, it unveils ongoing challenges in transitional justice, and current transformative contributions of religious imaginaries as tools for bridging divides, fostering dialogue, and reimagining pathways to enduring peace....
This online seminar, led by Prof Dean Winslow (Stanford, Blackfriars Hall), will explore the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship to the global refugee crisis. In 2021 he  took leave from Stanford to lead the US COVID-19 Testing and Diagnostic Working Group. He also served as CDC Senior Advisor to Operation ALLIES WELCOME and Chief...
In Don Quixote (1605), the unreliable narrator of the first volume names a Moor, Cide Hamete Benengeli, as a source for the story he is about to recount—although he warns readers that Moors are often untruthful. Throughout his wanderings, Don Quixote encounters men and women of different social and ethnic groups. His interactions with Moors are particularly...
In this online talk Professor Michael Scott, Blackfriars, will discuss Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. 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 Maureen Corrigan,...
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...
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...
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...
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...