Archive of Lectures and Seminar Papers

This is a list of papers and presentations delivered by invited speakers during VHI Lecture Series, conferences and workshops.

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• Professor William Desmond, The Dearth of Astonishment and Thinking as Negativity (Lecture, 23 February 2018)

• Cardinal Blase Cupich, Pope Francis’ Revolution of Mercy: Amoris Laetitia as a New Paradigm of Catholicity (Von Hügel Annual Lecture, 9 February 2018)

• Francis Campbell, Has Globalisation changed the nature of Diplomacy? (Lecture, 20 February 2015)

• Dr Claire Foster-Gilbert, The Challenges of Bioethics in UK Decision-making (Lecture on 5 February 2015)

• Professor Andrew Gamble, The Crisis of the UK political Class (Lecture, 28 November 2014)

• Paul Vallely, Ethical Standards in Public Life (Opening Seminar, 9 October 2014)
  

• Professor Eduardo Echeverria, Revision Lessons from the Habermas-Ratzinger Debate (Guest Lecture, 4 March 2015)
  

• Dr Mark Hayes, The Surprising Fertility of the Concept of Usury (Guest Lecture, 11 November 2014)

• Professor Mary McAleese, Governing the Church - The imperative of Collegiality (Von Hügel Annual Lecture, 27 February 2014)

• Professor Frank Delmartino, Faith, Subsidiarity and Human Rights (Lecture, 7 February 2014)

• Professor Ralf Wuestenberg, Theological Implications in Political Reconciliations (Lecture, 4 December 2013)

• Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, What Authority does the Word of God have in the Catholic Church? (The Lattey Lecture, 23 October 2013)

• Stanley Hauerwas, Habit Matters: The bodily Character of the Virtues  (Von Hugel Silver Jubilee Lecture, 30 Oct 2012)

• Luk Bouckaert, The Personalist Idea of Money (Workshop Paper, 8-9 June 2013)

• Knut Ims, Dialogical Man and Economic Life (Workshop Paper, 8-9 June 2013)

• Antonio Tencati, Laszlo Zsolnai, The Collaborative Enterprise (Workshop Paper, 8-9 June 2013)

• Johan Verstraeten, Details can be Crucial: the Vatican Document on the International Financial Crisis (Workshop Paper, 8-9 June 2013)

• Laszlo Zsolnai, The Failure of Materialistic Management (Workshop Paper, 8-9 June 2013)