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BREAKING NEWS – Fr Timothy Radcliffe to be made Cardinal
We are delighted that Fr Timothy Radcliffe is to be made a Cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory of 8th December 2024. Fr Timothy is a former Master of...
Blackfriars Fellow is visiting the USA
Hugo Slim from Blackfriars Hall will be visiting Connecticut and Washington DC this coming week and would be very pleased to see some Blackfriars alumni while he is there. Hugo...
Forgotten Voices in Literature and Religion – Conference
Conference on Women Writers. Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, 5th July 2024. Keynote speakers include: Dr Kathryn Lamontagne (Boston University) Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson (University of Cambridge) Professor Emma Mason (University of...
Welcome to the new Communications Assistant at the Las Casas Institute
The Las Casas Institute is delighted to welcome Marystella Ramirez as the new Communications Assistant. Marystella brings a number of years in social media and research. In November she joined...
Humanitarian resistance: its ethical and operational importance
Article by Hugo Slim. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the return of military dictatorship in Myanmar have reminded the world of the importance of humanitarian resistance. In both countries, civilian rescue and relief is being organised by resistance groups that are struggling for victory and humanity in equal measure, and so simultaneously taking sides for human life and human freedom. They ar...
Solferino 21
This year is the 160th anniversary of the publication of Henri Dunant’s seminal humanitarian text A Memory of Solferino in 1862. Dunant’s powerful book famously inspired the launch the International...
Hugo Slim to join the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice
Blackfriars Hall is delighted to announce that Dr Hugo Slim will be joining the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice in July as a Senior Research Fellow. Hugo will build...
The Bede Jarrett Scholarship for Women in Theology
Blackfriars Hall is offering a one-year scholarship of £15,000 per annum towards fees and maintenance, to a doctoral student in the Faculty of Theology and Religion. This award has been...
Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark – in Lockdown
It seems a life-time away, but in a pre-social-distancing-era we held our last talk of Hilary Term 2020, which included a round-table discussion and a lecture by the Right Revd...
Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark – the story so far!
For this academic year (2019-20), the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, in collaboration with Georgetown University, has been holding a series of talks on ‘Christian Shakespeare: Question Mark’ as...