On Monday 26th May, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Dr Nuno Castel-Branco, of All Souls College, to speak on Holy Corpses: Incorrupt Bodies and Early Modern Science. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Abstract This talk examines how incorrupt...
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...
On Monday 9th June, the Oxford Thomistic Institute will be hosting Sir Gabriele Finaldi, the Director of the National Gallery, to speak on Visions of Heaven and Hell in Botticelli’s “Mystic Nativity”, “The Wilton Diptych”, and Bermejo’s “Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil”. The lecture will begin at 7.30pm in the Aula at Blackfriars, and...
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...
Clarins Shieryl, Blackfriars Hall, and Ignatius Bambang Sugiharto, Parahyangan, will speak at this online seminar about the charity work they have carried out recently. All are welcome, registration required.
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. To get an invitation contact John McCabe: jm3479@georgetown.edu. This discussion is part...
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...
A one-day symposium on artistry, religion and culture in the modern world. Tuesday 1 July, 2025, 9am – 6pm. Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. Building on last year’s landmark conference on the lives and legacy of Jacques and Raïssa Maritain, this exciting collaborative day symposium draws together philosophers, theologians, musicians, poets, liturgists and other artists, to converse...