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Gill Goulding was invited to contribute to the Colloquium of the International Association of Catholic Bioethicists

VHI Senior Research Associates Professor Gill Goulding gave a paper on 'Authority and Vulnerability' at the invitation-only colloquium of the International Association of Catholic Bioethicists (IACB) in Quebec, in June 2019. The 2019 Colloquium ' Caring for Persons with Compromised Agency: Navigating Complexity ' focussed...

Gorazd Andrejč coedits new book on Wittgenstein and Interreligious Relations

Congratulations to VHI Research Associate Dr Gorazd Andrejč on his new book Interpreting Interreligious Relations with Wittgenstein: Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, edited by Gorazd Andrejč and Daniel H. Weiss, Brill, 2019. This volume argues that Wittgenstein’s philosophy of religion and his thought in general...

PRESS RELEASE: Clericalism and Sexuality Workshop

The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry, based at St Edmund’s College in Cambridge, held a three day invitation-only workshop on the possible interconnections between clericalism and sexuality. The workshop was the start of a multi-year research project. While historically clericalism used to be a term of...

Vlado Kmec's contribution published in CUP volume on Energy Policy

VHI Research Associate Vladimir Kmec 's response to Johathan Chaplin's chapter 'From Inspiration to Implementation: Laudato Si, Public Theology and the Demands of Energy Policy' has been published in the volume In Search of Good Energy Policy (Cambridge University Press), which is edited by Marc Ozawa , Jonathan Chaplin ...

VACANCY: VHI Development Officer (Full-time)

The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI) is looking for a dynamic and innovative Development Officer to support its fundraising campaign along with the VHI Director, VHI development collaborators and the College’s Development Office to ensure a long and sustainable future for this unique research...

The VHI welcomes six new Associates from October 2019

The VHI is delighted to welcome a new Senior Research Associate, Professor Johannes Hoff, and five new Research Associates, Dr Zeina Barakat, Rev Dr Isidoros Katsos, Rev Dr John McCabe, Rupert Shortt, and Professor Wojciech Szczerba. The new members will begin their associateships on 1st October 2019 for three years. They...

Welcome to Visiting Scholar Professor Greg Peters

The VHI is delighted to welcome Rev Professor Greg Peters who has been appointed as Visiting Scholar of St Edmund's College and the Von Hügel Institute for the academical year 2019-2020. Greg is a Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology in the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University in La Mirada, CA, USA and also...

Sara Silvestri hosts a discussion seminar for Refugee Week at St Paul's Cathedral

VHI's Sara Silvestri has organised the seminar Why Bother About Refugee Week? which discussed the responsibilities of the various societal actors in addressing refugees issues. The event took place on Monday 17 June on the occasion of Refugee Week and coincided with the art installation The Tent by artist Kate Daudy at St...

Simon Ravenscroft co-authores commentaries for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project (VCS)

VHI Research Associate Simon Ravenscroft has co-authored with Ruth Jackson commentaries for a virtual exhibition as part of The Visual Commentary on Scripture project (VCS) , an initiative being developed by King’s College London. The exhibition brings works by Banksy, Damien Hirst, and Hans Holbein the Younger into...

Elif Cetin appointed visiting scholar at EUI Migration Policy Centre

VHI's Research Associate Dr Elif Çetin has been appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), where she is conducting research for her upcoming book on migration politics in UK and Italy. Elif is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology of...

Gill Goulding was invited to contribute to the Colloquium of the International Association of Catholic Bioethicists

Gorazd Andrejč coedits new book on Wittgenstein and Interreligious Relations

PRESS RELEASE: Clericalism and Sexuality Workshop

Vlado Kmec's contribution published in CUP volume on Energy Policy

VACANCY: VHI Development Officer (Full-time)

The VHI welcomes six new Associates from October 2019

Welcome to Visiting Scholar Professor Greg Peters

Sara Silvestri hosts a discussion seminar for Refugee Week at St Paul's Cathedral

Simon Ravenscroft co-authores commentaries for The Visual Commentary on Scripture project (VCS)

Elif Cetin appointed visiting scholar at EUI Migration Policy Centre

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