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New Blog Post: Undercover Activism
Hugo Slim, our Las Casas Institute Director, has published a blog on the London School of Economics site, exploring the long and nuanced history of deception in activism, and the...
International Day Conference in June on Reception of the Tenth Commandment
Passions, Dispassion, and the Ordering of Life. International Day Conference on Reception of the Tenth Commandment. Septuagint, Philo, Clement of Alexandria, Maximos the Confessor, Aquinas An international interdisciplinary conference exploring...
Las Casas Term Card Trinity 2026
The term card of events hosted at the Las Casas Institute is now live! We look forward to everyone joining us to exchange ideas and hear from inspiring voices these...
New Publication: Catholic Sisters, Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland, 1968-2008
Dr Briege Rafferty, Research Fellow of the Las Casas Institute and a key part of our Women Religious Project, will publish an in-depth study of Catholic sisters in Northern Ireland...
Fr Zdzislaw on the Dominican Work in Ukraine, Hope, and Action
‘It is important not to say: “this is not our war”‘. In an interview posted to YouTube, the Las Casas Institute sat down with Fr Zdzislaw Szmanda, the director of...
Las Casas in the Public Sphere
The Las Casas Institute has been making an impact in the public sphere recently. Our director, Hugo Slim, participated in an interview with the Global Policy Institute (GPI). An independent...
Blackfriars Students Win Top University Prizes
At Blackfriars Hall, we take pride in the achievements of all our students, and are especially delighted to announce that in 2025 we had two Oxford University Prize winners: Kit...
New Guest Blog: ‘Saving humans and nature together’
The director of the Las Casas Institute, Hugo Slim, has written a fantastic guest blog for The East African, sponsored by the British High Commission. He has recently completed a...
Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought
Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought is a bold reappraisal of the concept of human dignity through the lens of Catholic tradition. Drawing on the biblical notion that human...
2026 Aquinas Summer Seminar
Thomas Aquinas on the Trinity (June 1–4, 2026) The Aquinas Institute at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University is pleased to announce a call for applicants for the 2026 Aquinas Summer Seminar...