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Research Associates attend 2017 AGM

On Friday 23rd January the Research Associates of the VHI held their Annual General Meeting in the Okinaga Room at St Edmund's College. We discussed the progress made over the last year in terms of events, outputs, and fundraising, as well as the future of the Institute under its new name and with a new logo, announced at...

VHI Represented at the Gregorianum: Report by Roman Cholij

The following is a report by VHI Research Associate Dr Roman Cholij , concerning a recent trip to Rome in which he presented on his research into the themes of genetics and intellectual property law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. On 19 November 2016 I presented a paper and led discussions in Rome on the theme of ‘...

New Article on Human Dignity by Prof John Loughlin

Former VHI Director Prof John Loughlin has published a new article on Human Dignity: the Foundation of Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Memoria y civilización, Vol 19 (2016) . Professor Loughlin, who is currently a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, has been working on a research project which aims to...

New article on Happiness & Human Development by Flavio Comim

VHI's Dr Flavio Comim has recently co-authored with Tadashi Hirai and Yukio Ikemoto an article entitled, "Happiness and Human Development: A Capability Perspective" , published in the October 2016 issue of the Journal of International Development . ABSTRACT: "Subjective information about people's quality of life has always...

Panel discussion on Migration Crisis at City University London with Elif Cetin & Sara Silvestri

Dr Elif Cetin will present a paper on 'The Role of Catholic Charities in the UK ' at the panel discussion Ethical Dilemmas and Responses in Addressing the Refugee and Migration Crisis , chaired by VHI Director of Research Dr Sara Silvestri , on Thursday 8 December at 6pm at City University of London. The event is organised...

Philip McCosker gives keynote lecture at ACU/CUA seminar 'Conceiving Change in the Church'

VHI Director Dr Philip McCosker gave the opening keynote lecture at the seminar Conceiving Change in the Church: An Exploration of the Hermeneutics of Catholic Tradition held at the ACU/CUA Rome Campus (Australian Catholic University/Catholic University of America) on 13-16 September 2016. The title of Dr McCosker's paper...

New article and paper on transnational Islam, Europe and migration by Sara Silvestri

The November special issue of the US journal Current History , dedicated to the theme of Diasporas, features an article on notions of transnational Islam by VHI Director of Research Dr Sara Silvestri . Dr Silvestri was also interviewed for an Italian documentary on Islam in Europe broadcast by Reteconomy (Sky512)...

VACANCY: VHI Development Executive

The VHI is seeking a tenacious, enterprising, and innovative fundraiser to lead a major campaign for a unique research institute in the University of Cambridge

2016-17 Lecture Series on Dynamics of Dis/Agreement

We are pleased to announce the programme for our 2016-17 themed lecture series, entitled 'Dynamics of Dis/Agreement'. Throughout our social, political, and cultural lives—online as well as offline—we see increasing oppositional and bitter disagreement. Have we forgotten the virtues of disagreement in moving towards...

A New Chapter for the VHI

Over the last year the VHI has been reconsidering its mission. As we look towards our thirtieth anniversary year, which will fall in the 2017-18 academic year, it is a good time to refresh our vision and identity. The first fruits of that process are now with us. After a long period of consultation with many VHI...

Research Associates attend 2017 AGM

VHI Represented at the Gregorianum: Report by Roman Cholij

New Article on Human Dignity by Prof John Loughlin

New article on Happiness & Human Development by Flavio Comim

Panel discussion on Migration Crisis at City University London with Elif Cetin & Sara Silvestri

Philip McCosker gives keynote lecture at ACU/CUA seminar 'Conceiving Change in the Church'

New article and paper on transnational Islam, Europe and migration by Sara Silvestri

VACANCY: VHI Development Executive

2016-17 Lecture Series on Dynamics of Dis/Agreement

A New Chapter for the VHI

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