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Read more at: VHI Research Associate, Flavio Comim, leads Lent Term reading group on Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom

VHI Research Associate, Flavio Comim, leads Lent Term reading group on Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom

READING GROUP on HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - LENT 2021 To celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the first VHI Reading Group on Human Development, we are returning to the first book of the series: Amartya Sen’s 1999 Development as Freedom . It is not only a return to a classic, but to a book that remains as relevant to the world today...


Read more at: Vacancy: Development Director (full/part time)
Vacancy: VHI Administrator (part-time/temporary)

Vacancy: Development Director (full/part time)

Salary up to £55,000 pa pro rata The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI), based at St Edmund’s College in the University of Cambridge invites applications for the position of Development Director. The VHI has embarked on a major fundraising campaign and seeks a dynamic, and innovative staff-member to...


Read more at: Centre for Catholic Studies' Launch of Dr Elizabeth Powell's new book on David Jones and Theology
Centre for Catholic Studies' Launch of Dr Elizabeth Powell's new book on David Jones and Theology

Centre for Catholic Studies' Launch of Dr Elizabeth Powell's new book on David Jones and Theology

An online event on Tuesday 3 November 2020, 5.30 - 6.45pm GMT (by Zoom), celebrating the launch of: David Jones and the Art of Theology: Becoming Beauty At this celebratory launch event, author Elizabeth Powell (La Retraite Fellow in Theology and Spirituality, Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham University) will be joined...


Read more at: VHI research associates present papers at the 'Hafis-Menschenrechtsdialog Weimar' workshop
VHI research associates present papers at the 'Hafis-Menschenrechtsdialog Weimar' workshop

VHI research associates present papers at the 'Hafis-Menschenrechtsdialog Weimar' workshop

VHI researchers Professor Ralf Wuestenberg and Dr Zeina Barakat (European University Flensburg/ VHI, St Edmund College) recently participated in the Hafis -Menschenrechtsdialog Weimar workshop that took place on the 23-24 of September 2020 in Weimar. The focus of this conference is on human rights dialogue. Professor...


Read more at: William Simpson has won an Expanded Reason Award for his doctoral research

William Simpson has won an Expanded Reason Award for his doctoral research

VHI Research Associate Dr William Simpson has received an "Expanded Reason Award" for his doctoral thesis, "What's the matter? Toward a neo-Aristotelian ontology of nature". The Expanded Reason Award is an international research prize of 25,000 Euros awarded by the University Francisco de Vitoria in collaboration with the...


Read more at: Vacancy: VHI Administrator (part-time/temporary)
Vacancy: VHI Administrator (part-time/temporary)

Vacancy: VHI Administrator (part-time/temporary)

The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI), based at St Edmund’s College in the University of Cambridge invites applications for the position of Administrator. The Administrator is a key member of staff and is responsible for the management of the Institute’s work and the organisation of lectures...


Read more at: A Report of the book launch of 'Patents on Life' by Roman Cholij
A Report of the book launch of 'Patents on Life' by Roman Cholij

A Report of the book launch of 'Patents on Life' by Roman Cholij

Thursday 12 March 2020 saw the official book launch of ‘ Patents on Life: Religious, Moral and Social Justice aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property ’, published by Cambridge University Press. The book, produced by three co-editors (Thomas C. Berg of the University of St Thomas, Dr Roman Cholij of the Von Hügel...


Read more at: New article on Imago Dei and online series on Christianity and the pandemic by Wojciech Szczerba
New article on Imago Dei and online series on Christianity and the pandemic by Wojciech Szczerba

New article on Imago Dei and online series on Christianity and the pandemic by Wojciech Szczerba

VHI Research Associate, Professor Wojciech Szczerba , has published a new article examining the concept of Imago Dei in biblical writings, theological tradition and modern philosophy in the context of religious inclusion and human dignity: The Concept of Imago Dei as a Symbol of Religious Inclusion and Human Dignity, Forum...


Read more at: Lockdown videos and weekly Mass on College YouTube channel
Lockdown videos and weekly Mass on College YouTube channel

Lockdown videos and weekly Mass on College YouTube channel

Due to the unprecendented circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, the doors of the VHI had to temporarily remain closed, however at St Edmund's College we are working tirelessly to prepare for the next phase. Please visit the College YouTube channel which is constantly updated with videos about the many changes and...


Read more at: Shared Lenten Pilgrimage: From Cambridge to the Cross
Shared Lenten Pilgrimage: From Cambridge to the Cross

Shared Lenten Pilgrimage: From Cambridge to the Cross

St Edmund's Chapel and the V on hügel Institute are among the RC institutions in Cambridge participating in a Shared Lenten Pilgrimage . The First Station 'Imagining the Cross', a meditation through prayer, song, silence and poetry in the Taizé tradition, will take place at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology on 27...


 

 

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