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9 Jun 2017: VHI Research Associate, Dr Flavio Comim, is organising a three-day conference on 19, 20 and 21 June on ‘the capability approach’. This is the second annual Cambridge Capability Conference and it will take place at the Centre of Development

16 Jan 2017: 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

6 Jun 2017: The VHI is seeking a dynamic and innovative Development Officer to support a major fundraising campaign

15 Dec 2017: The VHI is delighted to host the launch of The Archbishop of Canterbury Lent Book 2018 Say it to God: In Search of Prayer, introduced by Professor Sarah Coakley and the book's author,

25 Apr 2017: Former VHI Director, Professor John Loughlin, and Cristina Odone, Director of the Legatum Institute's 'Centre for Character and Values', have recently co-authored a research report on positive parenting and family values.

11 Oct 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Op-Ed and Book Chapter on EU Migration Policies by Elif Cetin. recently wrote on EuropeNow on 'What Prospects for Change to Achieve a Sustainable EU Migration Policy?' (EuropeNow,

14 Jul 2017: This project discusses issues arising from current legislation on medically assisted suicide for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and mental illnesses. ... The contentious issues surrounding the debate on consent and

12 Jun 2017: VHI Research Associate Dr Elif Çetin was recently interviewed on the issue of Europe's policies towards refugees and asylum-seekers. Çetin's research focuses on politicisation of immigration, immigration politics, political discourse formation,

11 Oct 2017: The VHI is delighted to welcome Professor Walter Van Herck, Professor Heidemarie Winkel, and Professor Ralf Wüstenberg as new Senior Research Associates beginning 1st October 2017.

9 Jun 2017: Dr Sara Silvestri recently spoke on BBC Cambs on counterterrorism and religious ideology in the wake of the recent terror attacks in the UK. She was also interviewed on TRT World and (for Spanish speakers) on La Segunda.

18 May 2017: Dr Thana Cristina de Campos has recently published a book based on her doctoral thesis at the University of Oxford titled The Global Health Crisis: Ethical Responsabilities (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

19 Jan 2017: The Price of Truth: Herbert McCabe on Love, Politics and Death Perhaps the greatest theologian of the English-speaking world in the late twentieth century, the Dominican Herbert McCabe never thought of himself as a political theologian.

18 Oct 2017: We are delighted to announce that Research Associate

18 Apr 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. New paper for the UN Development Programme by Flavio Comim. has authored a background paper to the Global Human Development Report prepared by the United Nations Development Program.

19 Oct 2017: On Monday 24 July the VHI held a seminar to present the key findings of the research project

10 Oct 2017: The Las Casas Institute at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, is collaborating with St Mary's University, Twickenham, in running a series of workshops and public lectures examining the importance of human dignity in areas of public concern.

11 Oct 2017: Professor John Loughlin, former VHI Director and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's Colllege, has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Department of Politics, Policy and International Relations of St Mary's University, Twickenham.

17 Nov 2017: Elif Cetin have hosted several events to present highlights of the recently completed Roundtable discussion organised jointly with the Centre for International Policy Studies and the Social Movements and Civil Society Research Group of City

21 Jun 2017: The Director of the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry,

3 Nov 2017: The Early Detection Program based at the CRUK/Cambridge Cancer Centre, University of Cambridge, and the Von Hügel Institute (VHI) are planning an interdisciplinary workshop to explore methodological, bioethical and societal Impasses of early

14 Nov 2017: Roundtable discussion organised jointly with the Centre for International Policy Studies and the Social Movements and Civil Society Research Group of City University of London.

18 Apr 2017: Dr Vlado Kmec gave a talk on the role of religion in conflict and peace at a meeting of the Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Thematic Reference Group of the Conference of European Churches in Brussels, on Monday 27 February 2017.

23 Jan 2017: On Friday 23rd January the Research Associates of the VHI held their Annual General Meeting in the Okinaga Room at St Edmund's College.

15 Dec 2017: Çetin, Elif, Review of Brazal, Agnes M. and Maria Teresa Davila, Living With(Out) Borders: Catholic Theological Ethics on the Migrations of Peoples, Reviews in Religion and Theology 24.2, 2017.

6 Mar 2017: The VHI is pleased to welcome Professor Bernard Laurent as a new Senior Research Associate, and Dr Gorazd Andrejč, Dr Gianmarco Contino, Rev Dr Vlado Kmec, and Rev Dr Boris Gunjević as new Research Associates, from February 2017.

10 Mar 2017: VHI Reserch Associate Dr Vladimir Kmec gave a talk on the role of religion in conflict and peace at a meeting of the Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Thematic Reference Group of the Conference of European Churches in Brussels on Monday, 27 February

16 Feb 2017: Most great thinkers, starting with Plato and Aristotle, have thought that the best reflection on reality in all its riotous complexity begins in wonder. Wonder has thus been at the foundation of the whole gamut of disciplinary inquiries, whether in

11 Jan 2017: The group led by Dr Flavio Comim will read and discuss Love's Knowledge by Martha Nussbaum. What is the importance of love for morality? How does love influence ethics and the way that our moral sentiments are shaped?

6 Oct 2017: Most great thinkers, starting with Plato and Aristotle, have thought that the best reflection on reality in all its riotous complexity begins in wonder. Wonder has thus been at the foundation of the whole gamut of disciplinary inquiries, whether in

19 Jan 2017: The Contributions of Catholicism in the Third Millennium to a Secular University H. E.

18 Feb 2017: Over Lent and Easter terms 2017 the VHI will host a research group seminar and reading group under the title ‘Forms of Life, Forms of Discourse’.

10 Mar 2017: was a guest speaker at the IV World Congress on the Pastoral Care of International Students, organised by the Pontifical Council for Migrant and Itinerant People (Rome, 28 Nov - 2 Dec

17 Nov 2017: Bartolomé de las Casas OP was a sixteenth-century entrepreneur turned opponent of genocide and advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples in the “new world”.

4 Apr 2017: The latest issue of Reviews in Religion and Theology has been published by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal moved to the Von Hügel Institute in October 2015, and is edited by VHI director Dr Philip McCosker. Volume 24, Issue 2 i

19 Jan 2017: The following is a report by VHI Research Associate Patents on Life’ conference hosted by the VHI, in collaboration with the Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy, of the University of St Thomas, Minnesota, in September 2015.

4 Apr 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Simon Ravenscroft responds to George Scialabba and publishes review essay on irony. has written a response to a recent essay by George Scialabba for the Luce Project on Religion and

3 Apr 2017: Dr Sara Silvestri has recently been interviewed on the religious discrimination in the workplace ruling of the European Court of Justice:

27 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Philip McCosker to give the Notre Dame Student-Alumni Lecture in London on 5th April. will be giving the Notre Dame Student-Alumni Lecture in London on Weds 5th April from 6-8pm. The

22 May 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Simon Ravenscroft writes at ABC Religion & Ethics on truth and post-truth in the satire of Slawomir Mrozek. has written an essay at ABC Religion & Ethics, which uses the Polish

15 Jul 2017: Mental Illness’ to discuss issues arising from current legislation on medically assisted suicide for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, with a specific focus on mental health. ... The contentious issues surrounding the debate on

13 Nov 2017: 11.15 – 11.35 The Implications of Assisted Dying Legislation for People with Intellectual Disabilities:. ... Murphy Institute, University of St Thomas). 3.35– 3.55 'Assisted Dying' for People Who are Not Dying: Suicide Prevention or Culturally.

6 Jun 2017: YES. NO. 8. References Please provide the names and addresses of two people who have consented to act as referees on your behalf, one of whom, if possible, should be your

10 Nov 2017: eating and drinking for people with progressive neurological disease with and without decision-. ... the palliative care of people with intellectual disabilities (learning disabilities). She has close.