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...
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...
Olivier Catel (EBAF & Hebrew University) Rethinking the Dynamics Between Law and Narrative, Halakhah and Aggadah: The Case of y. Ta?an. 1:4, 64b Bruno Clifton (Blackfriars, Oxford) Doing Right in One’s Own Eyes: Natural Virtue at Biblical Dan Simon Dürr (Angelicum) “A Law to themselves”? Paul, the Law, and the Human Vocation in...