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The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on 'Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark' as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative.   The fifth talk : Round table conversation with Rev Dr Paul Edmondson, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Clare Asquith, literary critic, Prof Michael Collins, Georgetown...

The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on ‘Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark’ as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. Shakespeare and Eden: Botanical Ornament and the Book of Nature in Cymbeline - Dr. Bonnie Lander Johnson Shakespeare’s Cymbeline is rich in botanical ornament and symbolism. Flowers and...

The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on ‘Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark’ as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. Natural and Supernatural Happiness in "The Taming of the Shrew" - Andrew Moran Although Lucentio quickly forgets about “that part of philosophy / … that treats of happiness...

The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on ‘Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark’ as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. Shakespeare and the Morality Plays: A Formal Heritage - Molly Clark In the mid-sixteenth-century genre of the morality play the interludes featured personified abstract nouns as their characters,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwP3iKFS1k The end of glory: Why contemporary war has few big battles, much devastation and very little justice  - Frank Ledwidge Warfare changes over time, and the philosophers of just war struggle to keep up. Frank Ledwidge, author and military historian, and Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, will help restore the balance with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLLb6hfTUb4 The philosophical case against war: What war looks like after modern war has stripped away the illusions - Edward Hadas Warfare changes over time, and the philosophers of just war struggle to keep up. Frank Ledwidge, author and military historian, and Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, will help restore the balance with...

The Institute, in collaboration with Georgetown University, is holding a series of talks on ‘Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark’ as part of The Future of the Humanities Project and The Humanities Initiative. Putting Religion to the Question: Political Theology in Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy and Venetian Plays - John Drakakis The four plays in the Second Tetralogy, and particularly Henry V, raise...

The Christian Literary Imagination Series Over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The 'Christian Literary Imagination Series' will explore the role and function of the arts and humanities in...

A Transatlantic Dialogue October 2020 is an intensely busy month around the world for elections in democratic states and other societies. Before Americans officially vote on 3 November, at least 11 other national elections and three major referenda will have taken place—from New Zealand to Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania to Bolivia, Tanzania to Chile. The stakes are...

The Christian Literary Imagination Series Over the course of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Future of the Humanities Project is sponsoring a series of webinars on the Christian literary imagination in collaboration with Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. The 'Christian Literary Imagination Series' will explore the role and function of the arts and humanities in...