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Dr Silvestri speaks at CAMMIGRES Seminar on Faith and Migration

Dr Sara Silvestri gave a talk on "Understanding faith in migrants’ lives: challenges & opportunities for social cohesion in a diverse Europe" on 19th January at the new CAMMIGRES SEMINAR SERIES "Spotlight on faith and migration". The Cambridge Migration Research Network (CAMMIGRES) brings together a superb tract of...

God and the EU: new publication by Routledge

Former VHI director Prof John Loughlin and research associate Dr Diana Beech have both contributed chapters to a new book " God and the EU: Faith in the European Projec t " (Roudledge 2016), e dited by Jonathan Chaplin and Gary Wilton, with a preface by Rowan Williams. This book offers a fresh, constructive and critical...

First paper from Patents on Life conference published by the VHI's Thana Campos

In September the Von Hügel Institute hosted the two-day international conference, Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religion and Social Justice in Cambridge, alongside the Terrence J. Murphy Institute of the University of St Thomas, MN. The conference featured a wide range of different papers and presentations...

New publication from the Caritas in Veritate Foundation

The Caritas in Veritate Foundation has published its sixth working paper , which explores the ethics of nuclear weapon possession and examines, in particular, the Church's position on the question of deterrence. The Working Paper Nuclear Deterrence An Ethical Perspective is available online . The Caritas in Veritate...

Dr Cetin appointed Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education

Dr Elif Cetin has achieved the status of Associate Fellowship of the UK Higher Education Academy. Elif is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College , Cambridge, and a Post-doctoral Research Assistant at the VHI, working on the contribution of religious non-governmental organisations in the field of migration in...

Policy report on religion and peace-building, co-authored by Dr Silvestri, is published by the British Academy

The British Academy's latest international policy report, on the role of religion in conflict and peace-building, has been published. It is co-authored by Dr Sara Silvestri , Director of Research at the Von Hügel Institute, with Professor James Mayall FBA, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of...

Dr Silvestri to speak on freedom of expression at Cambridge Festival of Ideas

This year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas (19 October – 1 November) will include a series of debates on censorship and freedom of expression with leading thinkers and experts in their fields, including VHI Director of Research Dr Sara Silvestri. Sara will speak on Saturday 24 October to aswer the question, ‘Can writers and...

Dr Philip McCosker appointed new Director of the Von Hügel Institute

St Edmund’s College and the Von Hügel Institute are pleased to announce that Dr Philip McCosker has been appointed Director of the Institute and Fellow of St Edmund's College from 1 October 2015. He will continue to be Departmental Lecturer in Modern Theology in the University of Oxford, and Affiliated Lecturer in the...

Sara Silvestri speaks at BBC Radio 4 on migration and Europe

VHI Director of Research Dr Sara Silvestri was a guest of the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme, on 13 September, discussing the challenges of migration to Christian Europe.

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.

Dr Silvestri speaks at CAMMIGRES Seminar on Faith and Migration

God and the EU: new publication by Routledge

First paper from Patents on Life conference published by the VHI's Thana Campos

New publication from the Caritas in Veritate Foundation

Dr Cetin appointed Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education

Policy report on religion and peace-building, co-authored by Dr Silvestri, is published by the British Academy

Dr Silvestri to speak on freedom of expression at Cambridge Festival of Ideas

Dr Philip McCosker appointed new Director of the Von Hügel Institute

Sara Silvestri speaks at BBC Radio 4 on migration and Europe

Frank Madsen Gives Lecture on Damnatio Memoriae

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