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Frank Madsen Gives Lecture on Damnatio Memoriae

At the 33rd International Symposium on Economic Crime, Jesus College, Cambridge, 6-13 September 2015, VHI Research Associate Dr Frank G. Madsen gave a lecture on damnatio memoriae, i. e. the wilful destruction of art and archaeological artefacts with the purpose of erasing the identity of a people, religion, or idea.

Patents on Life conference attracts leading figures from law, religion and ethics

The VHI conference ' Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice ', co-hosted with the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy took place in Cambridge last week, and was a great success. The event attracted a wide range of high-profile speakers from the...

Dr McCosker gives paper on Pope Francis’ Christology

Dr Philip McCosker gave a paper on 'From the Joy of the Gospel to the Joy of Christ: Situating and Expanding Pope Francis’ Christology' at a recent conference held at St John’s College, Cambridge, 29 June – 1 July: ‘Making All Things News’? Evangelii Gaudium and Ecumenical Mission . The conference drew together several...

Condolences message on the death of Prof Frank Delmartino

The Von Hugel Institute is saddened to learn of the death of Professor Frank Delmartino on Sunday, 21 June 2015. Prof. Delmartino co-founded the Institute for European Policy at KU Leuven and he was a noted specialist on European integration. Last year he delivered one of the VHI lectures on ' Faith, Subsidiarity and Human...

Two new articles on migration by Dr Elif Cetin

Two recent publications on migration policy by Dr Elif Cetin: The Italian left and Italy's (evolving) foreign policy of immigration controls on the Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JMIS) A comment piece on the many implications of recent EU immigration policies on Politics in Spires: Politics of restriction in the Euro-...

Statesmanship in the Twenty-first Century: What about Religion? Cambridge University Symposium on 26 May at 2:30pm

Churchill 2015 - 21st Century Statesmanship Global Leaders Programme Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, Von Hügel Institute, St Mary's University Twickenham, Theos, Faith in Leadership, Christ Church Oxford, Georgetown University ‘Statesmanship in the Twenty-first Century: What about Religion?’ ‘The Global Covenant of...

Vacancy: Conference Organiser/ Research Assistant

The Von Hügel Institute (VHI) at St Edmund’s College wishes to recruit a Conference Organiser/ Research Assistant to assist with the planning and organisation of a major international Conference on ‘ Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith, and Social Justice ’ which will take place in September 2015...

Dr Silvestri awarded research grant by Charles Plater Trust

Dr Sara Silvestri had been awarded a research grant by the Charles Plater Trust for a project on the contribution of Catholic social thought in the field of migration in the UK. The award was officially annunced by Cardinal Vincent Nichols during the Trust's annual celebration on Thursday 26th February 2015 at the Cardinal...

A major new series on Faith and Religion launched to mark the 2015 commemorations of Sir Winston Churchill

MAJOR NEW SERIES ON FAITH AND RELIGION LAUNCHED TO MARK THE 2015 COMMEMORATIONS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL London – 3 March 2015 : To mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s death and 75 years since he became Prime Minister, a major new series of work examining the role of faith and religion will take place this...

Prof Loughlin speaks on BBC Wales on the impact of immigration

On the 24th February Professor John Loughlin was interviewed on BBC Wales TV on the issue of migration. He responded to the Week In Week Out survey of attitudes towards immigration in Wales .

Frank Madsen Gives Lecture on Damnatio Memoriae

Patents on Life conference attracts leading figures from law, religion and ethics

Dr McCosker gives paper on Pope Francis’ Christology

Condolences message on the death of Prof Frank Delmartino

Two new articles on migration by Dr Elif Cetin

Statesmanship in the Twenty-first Century: What about Religion? Cambridge University Symposium on 26 May at 2:30pm

Vacancy: Conference Organiser/ Research Assistant

Dr Silvestri awarded research grant by Charles Plater Trust

A major new series on Faith and Religion launched to mark the 2015 commemorations of Sir Winston Churchill

Prof Loughlin speaks on BBC Wales on the impact of immigration

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