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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

23 Feb 2021: At the core of the VHI's innovative interdisciplinary research are our regular Research Seminars, in which Research Associates present and discuss their work.

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.

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.

23 Sep 2016: The VHI was founded in 1987 to ‘preserve and develop’ the Catholic traditions of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge.

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

6 Oct 2015: The VHI's 'Patents on Life' project looks at the ethical and religious issues surrounding the patenting of life forms, as well as broader themes in Intellectual Property law. Its first major event was held in September 2015, with a two-day

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

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

14 Jan 2016: Former VHI director Prof John Loughlin and research associate

9 Nov 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Vittorio Montemaggi. Dr Vittorio Montemaggi is the Academic Director at the Notre Dame London Global Gateway and the Director of the Von Hügel Institute. Prior to his current

12 Oct 2020: VHI researchers Professor Ralf Wuestenberg and Dr Zeina Barakat (European University Flensburg/ VHI, St Edmund College) recently participated in the Hafis -Menschenrechtsdialog Weimar workshop that took place on the 23-24 of September 2020 in Weimar.

1 Jul 2014: The Von Hugel Institute is saddened to learn of the death in a car accident of Rev Dr John Hughes, Dean of Jesus College. Rev Hughes, a noted specialist on the relationship between Catholic Social Teaching and economics, delivered one of the VHI

16 Nov 2016: 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

27 Sep 2016: 2023: Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?

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?

29 Apr 2016: We are pleased to announce the launch of the Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice on 13th June 2016.

1 Apr 2019: Cambridge University Press has announced the publication of Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, edited by Thomas C. Berg, Simon Ravenscroft. The volume includes several c

6 Mar 2017: On Sunday 5 March the VHI Director, Dr Philip McCosker, will run the Cambridge Half Marathon in support of our Institute.

11 Oct 2017: Dr Vlado Kmec published a new journal article: Transnational and Local: Multiple Functions of Religious Communities of EU Migrants in Dublin in  Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, Volume 5 (2017) pp. 20-39.   

17 Feb 2021: Hosted in conjunction with the Faculty of Divinity New Testament Senior Seminar

31 May 2022: The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology and the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry will be hosting a joint research seminar, examining the theme "Literature and Spiritual Living." The discussion will be facilitated by present

4 Apr 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Ryan delivers lecture at the Madariaga College of Europe Fundation in Brussels. gave a lecture on “Eurozone Debt Restructuring – undesirable but unavoidable” at the

17 Nov 2017: On the 5 hundredth anniversary of the publication of Martin Luther's Ninety Five Theses in Mainz, one of our former Visiting fellows, Dr Fintan Lyons O.S.B., a monk of Glenstal Abbey, Ireland has published a book, Martin Luther his Challenge Then

15 Jan 2014: The Von Hügel Institute (VHI) is a constituent part of St Edmund's College in the University of Cambridge. The institute was founded in 1987 as a means of continuing the St Edmund's College’s mission of service to Catholic life and thought.

14 Sep 2015: 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.

13 May 2014: VHI research Associate

26 Feb 2020: The VHI was delighted to welcome Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald to St Edmund's College on 7 February as he delivered a fascinating annual Von Hügel Lecture titled 'Christians in the Arab World: The Present Situation'.

5 Jul 2018: In June the VHI had two days of exciting meetings in Cambridge with Prof Brad Gregory, Director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, and Dr Don Stelluto, the Associate Director, about future collaboration between our two institutes.

2 Aug 2018: A publication of the former Centre for Faith In Society, Migration and Itinerant Peoples Group at the VHI, which had been commissioned by the Diocese of Westminster, the Archdiocese of Southwark

4 Apr 2014: Dr Sara Silvestri has been recently quoted in two recent news articles on the

19 Jun 2019: VHI Research Associate

23 Jan 2014: VHI Research Associate Dr Roman Cholij has completed a research report on Law and Religion.

20 Sep 2017: On Friday 15 September the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry held its first annual Research Day.

6 May 2022: The latest issue of Reviews in Religion & Theology (Jan-April 2022) is now online and freely available to those with institutional access. It includes review articles on Natural Theology, by Owen Anderson, and on the Decolonisation of Theological

8 Nov 2018: On the 23rd of October the  Von Hügel institute held an evening presentation in the lecture room of the Jesuit America Magazine Office in the Avenues of America, Manhattan, with our growing network of New York frie

25 Jan 2014: This is a list of papers and presentations delivered by invited speakers during VHI Lecture Series, conferences and workshops.

2 Dec 2014: Prof Gamble's lecture on the Crisis of the UK Political Class is featured on the New Statesman’s rolling politics blog: "Democratic crisis: how do we stem the remorseless rise of nationalists and populists?"

3 Oct 2020: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI), based at St Edmund’s College in the University of Cambridge invites applications for the position of Administrator.

9 May 2018: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sara Silvestri attends workshop on Catholic Social Teaching at the Notre Dame London Gateway and speaks on religion, war and migration. VHI Research Associate and Bye Fellow of St

27 Sep 2023: On 5-8 September 2023 the Von Hügel Institute is hosting the International conference 'Conflict Resolution and Interreligious Encounter', jointly organised with the Wasatia Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the

2 May 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sovereign debt restructuring: the ECB’s troubling policy conundrum. has published in Policy Review "Sovereign debt restructuring the ECBs troubling policy conundrum". A unique

15 Jan 2014: Congratulations to Professor John Loughlin, Director of the VHI, who has been included in the 2013 edition of Who's Who.

2 Nov 2020: An online event on Tuesday 3 November 2020, 5.30-6.45pm GMT (by Zoom), celebrating the launch of: David Jones and the Art of Theology: Becoming Beauty At this celebratory launch event, author Elizabeth Powell (La Retraite Fellow in Theology and

10 Feb 2014: Dr Sara Silvestri will give a public talk on European and US Approaches to Religion in Foreign Policy: Responses to the Arab Uprisings and Beyond at Chatham House, London on Tuesday 11 February 2014 at 17:30.

20 Jul 2018: VHI's Research Associate Çetin has recently completed a report on socio-economic, political, legal and institutional aspects of migration governance in Turkey, as part of the EU-funded Horizon2020 RESPOND project Multilevel Governance of Mass

6 Feb 2014: Dr Sara Silvestri is one of the organisers of the Wilton Park Conference Religion, foreign policy and development: making better policy to make a bigger difference, held on 5-7 February 2014 in association with Wilton Park, The Foreign &

10 Jul 2014: VHI Research Associate

12 May 2014: The week of May 12th 

15 Jul 2020: VHI Research Associate, Professor Wojciech Szczerba, has published a new article examining the concept of Imago Dei in biblical writings, theological tradition and modern philosophy in the context of religious inclusion and human dignity: The