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,...
Professor Michael Scott, Senior Dean, Blackfriars Hall, will speak on the role of war and peace in the works of Shakespeare. Prof Scott is an expert on Shakespeare having written numerous monographs and novels on the subject, including the recent publication, The Scottish King: Macbeth and the Psychotherapist. For further details, please contact Dr...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...