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17 Jan 2019: Over the summer the VHI has move into brand new offices in Benet House, on the beautiful grounds of St Edmund's College, and is looking forward to welcoming more researchers soon!  

21 Nov 2016: How can disagreement help in the pursuit of greater catholicity? How do varieties of difference help us grow? Austen Ivereigh will tease out Pope Francis’ encouragement of diversity, conversation, and disagreement in key aspects of his reforming

4 May 2018: Christians are called to discern the will of God in the concreteness of the situations in which they find themselves. There they have to look for God’s grace, love and wonder. This applies to all families even those in the situations that do not

6 Feb 2018: Philosophy and Wonder: The Dearth of Astonishment and Thinking as Negativity Philosophers since Plato and Aristotle have emphasised that our thinking about reality starts in wonder, but what does that mean?

6 Mar 2017: The video of Terry Eagleton's lecture 'How to Disagree Without Being a Liberal Pluralist' and of the Annual Von Hügel Lecture by Cardinal Luis Tagle are now available online on our YouTube Channel The complete collection of video and audio

27 Feb 2017: Julian Baggini, Lorna Donlon, and Michael O'Loughlin CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE! Please note that this event will take place on Thursday 9th March in the College Chapel, and not in the Garden Room on Friday as previously announced.

15 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Dr Boris Gunjević. Name:. Rev Dr Boris Gunjević. Member for. 7 years 3 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on

22 Feb 2019: Catholicity, the key marker of the Roman Catholic Church, has been understood in many different ways over the last two millennia. As worldviews change in complex ways human communities, whether religious or not, imagine their place in the cosmos

23 Apr 2019: The VHI is currently exploring different visions of one of its key markers, ‘catholicity’, and contemporary constrictions in its embodiment of that capacious characteristic.

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Shaun Larcom. Name:. Dr Shaun Larcom. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Peter Heslam. Name:. Dr Peter Heslam. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

15 Jan 2014: Baron Anatole von Hügel (1854-1928) was a crucial figure in the history of at least three Cambridge institutions.

17 Nov 2017: Lidia Ripamonti has published five articles in the new Edith Stein - Lexikon (Herder, 2017).

30 Nov 2018: The October issue of Reviews in Religion & Theology published by the VHI in association with Wiley is now online and available HERE for those with an institutional access.  This issue contains the review article 'What Does It Mean to Be Human? A

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Anna Rowlands. Name:. Dr Anna Rowlands. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary

23 Jan 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor John Ryan. Name:. Professor John Ryan. Member for. 10 years 5 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on

2 Feb 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. College and generic images. No items in this folder. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global realities, and

31 May 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Heidemarie Winkel. Professor Heidemarie Winkel. Name:. Professor Heidemarie Winkel. Member for. 7 years 1 month. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic

1 Mar 2024: How do you rebuild a life after a great and unexpected loss? When the very foundations upon which you’ve built an identity, a relationship, a career, or a worldview fall through? And how might Shakespeare offer us a new way forward?

11 Sep 2015: The relevance of Catholic social thought and practise in the field of migration and asylum policy in the UK This project, led by Dr Sara Silvestri, with the assistance of Dr Elif Cetin, and funded by Plater Trust, lasted between July 2015 and July

19 Sep 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Philip Sheldrake. Professor Philip Sheldrake. Name:. Professor Philip Sheldrake. Member for. 7 years 9 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic

27 May 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Article on the Christology of Pope Francis published in 'Ecclesiology' by Dr Philip McCosker. VHI Director Dr Philip McCosker has published an article in the theology

20 Sep 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Walter van Herck. Professor Walter van Herck. Name:. Professor Walter van Herck. Member for. 6 years 9 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic

30 Jun 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Directory. Select. please select. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. Name. Office phone. Email address. Job titles. A unique institute of

2 Feb 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Events. Conferences. Conflict Resolution and Interreligious Encounter Disability and Knowledge Patents on Life Sisters in Arms: Reinventing the Bond Between Philosophy and Theology

21 Oct 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Brigid Graff. Brigid is the Executive Officer of the VHI. Most recently, she served as Chief of Staff to Tina Brown’s Women in the World Media, a live events / live journalism

21 Jun 2019: In this book I examine the story of the small and diverse group of people who attended Bonhoeffer’s final service in Schönberg at 10:00 on April 8th, 1945, and

21 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rupert Shortt. Rupert Shortt was appointed VHI Research Associate in 2019. He was religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020, and is a former Visiting Fellow

21 Jun 2019: and Peace in Israel /Palestine, and Reconciliation and Culture in Palestinian Society', 'Learning from South African Experience: Reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians', 'Forced Migration and the Refugee Problem – Why people move?',

3 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Clemens Sedmak. Clemens Sedmak joined he VHI as a Senior Research Associate in January 2023. He is Professor of Social Ethics in the Keough School of Global Affairs and

21 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Wojciech Szczerba. Wojciech Szczerba joined the VHI as a Research Associate in 2019. He studied in Amsterdam (Theological Seminary) and Belgium (Heverlee at Evangelische

1 Jul 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Dr Isidoros Charalampos Katsos. Isidoros Katsos has joined the VHI in 2019, after completing his PhD thesis at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, under the

19 Jun 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Professor Greg Peters. Greg Peters is a Professor of Medieval and Spiritual Theology in the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University in La Mirada, CA, USA and also the Servants

2 Aug 2018: The VHI interdisciplinary research team pursues high quality academic research which results in books, articles, and reports. Publications 2019-20 Publications 2018-19 Publications 2017-18 Publications 2016-17 Publications 2015-16 Publications

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26 Feb 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Maria Cimperman, RSCJ. Maria Cimperman joined theVon Hügel Institute as a Senior Research Associate in 2024, She is a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, working at

5 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Michael Driessen. Michael Driessen is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the MA program in International Affairs at John

1 Jul 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Johannes Hoff. Johannes Hoff was appointed VHI Senior Research Associate in 2019. Since September 2020 he is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Katholisch-Theologische

14 Nov 2023: The Von Hügel Institute was delighted to welcome two student interns from the University of Notre Dame (USA) for Fall 2023. Leah Brucal and Maria Murinova joined the VHI during the Michaelmas term as part of the internship programme through Notre

1 Aug 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Elif Çetin. Name:. Dr Elif Çetin. Member for. 9 years 11 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global

18 May 2018: Most Reverend Bernard Longley (2012). The Jewish People and Scriptures in the Christian Bible - the 2001 Document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. ... Dom Henry Wansbrough (2002). A Land Flowing with Milk, Honey and People.

15 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Dr Boris Gunjević. Boris received his PhD in 2012 from the Catholic Theological Faculty in Zagreb, Croatia. He was ordained in 1998. In December 2013 he was colloquized into the

14 Feb 2019: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sarah Ambrose. Name:. Sarah Ambrose. Member for. 5 years 4 months. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global

25 Jan 2014: The VHI runs a range of initiatives and events for the academic and wider community. The international journal Reviews in Religion and Theology is published from the Von Hügel Institute in association with Wiley.

23 Feb 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Colin Williams. Colin Williams joined the VHI as Senior Research Associate in 2018. He is Honorary Professor, in the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, where he previously

15 Mar 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Lecture Series. Lecture Series. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on contemporary global realities, and dedicated to encounter,

11 May 2022: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Thomas Graff. Thomas Graff is the Academic Officer of the Von Hügel Institute. His academic formation includes a BA in Philosophy & Theology and Italian Literature (Notre Dame);

14 Dec 2022: The project is a piece of participative research based in Lyn’s House Cambridge, a Christian community of people with and without intellectual disabilities.

19 Dec 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Jeroen Jans. Jeroen is a PhD Student in empirical religious studies at Radboud University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) since 2016. In 2012 he obtained his master degree in Theology and

2 Aug 2018: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry exists to promote mutual enrichment between the best of the secular academy and the Catholic traditions of theology, philosophy and ethics through events, research, and contributions to the