The 2025 Aquinas and the 'Arabs' International Working Group (AAIWG) Summer Conference is hosted by Dr Daniel DeHaan, Frederick Copleston, Campion Hall, and Blackfriars Hall . The event is organized by Dr DeHaan, Prof Luis X. López-Farjeat (Universidad Panamericana) and Prof Richard C. Taylor (Marquette University & KU Leuven), with the assistance of Prof Brett Yardley...
Co-sponsored by the Aquinas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, and the Thomistic Institute, this is a seminar for faculty, graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, and postdocs in philosophy and related disciplines. 9th June: 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm, at the Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre, Christ Church, Oxford 10th June: 9:15 am - 3:30 pm, at the Cathedral...
Led by Philip John Paul Gonzales (St. Mary's Seminary & University, Baltimore), this lecture will discuss Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The apocalyptic artistry of Dostoevsky will be on full show as Philip Gonzales explores the underground desires and the battle between the two kingdoms in this key work of the western canon. This event will...
The debate regarding the validity of the use of neurological criteria to determine death – so-called “brain death” – has been central to the field of bioethics since its inception. At the root of this debate are several philosophical claims regarding the definition of human personhood and criterion of personal identity, concepts such as “organism...
On Monday 3rd November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Anton ten Klooster, of Tilburg University, to speak on St Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Abstract Thomas Aquinas on the Beatitudes: Reading, Disputing,...
On Tuesday 4th November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Anton ten Klooster, of Tilburg University, who will be delivering a seminar on St Thomas Aquinas on the New Law. Spaces are limited for this seminar. For more information or to reserve a place, contact Br Reginald Herbert OP. Abstract In this seminar,...
On Monday 17th November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Sr Catherine Joseph Droste OP, of the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), to speak on Virtue and Self-Knowledge in St Catherine of Sienna. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and will be followed by refreshments. All are...
On Monday 24th November, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Fr Reginald Lynch OP, of the Dominican House of Studies (DHS) in Washington DC, to speak on Eucharist and Growth in Holiness. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. About the...
In this presentation, I critique transhumanism, which denies any objective account of human nature and flourishing in favour of “morphological freedom” to reshape ourselves in any way one chooses so long as it does not harm others. I also critique those who reject any non-therapeutic interventions that could alter allegedly definitive qualities of human nature....
In this presentation, I comparatively analyze traditional indirect means of moral enhancement, such as moral education within families and wider societies, with direct biotechnological means that affect a moral agent’s cognitive and emotive capacities. I raise several concerns with the latter and call for enhancing traditional methods of moral education. Nevertheless, certain methods of bioenhancement...