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14 Sep 2015: 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.

28 Sep 2015: 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

14 Jan 2015: We regret to announce that the lecture “Are political parties fit for purpose?” to be delivered by Baroness Williams of Crosby, which was scheduled for this Friday 16th January, has unfortunately been postponed to a new date (to be announced).

20 Mar 2015: Churchill 2015 - 21st Century Statesmanship Global Leaders Programme Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, Von Hügel Institute, St Mary's University Twickenham, Theos, Faith in Leadership, Christ Church Oxford, Georgetown University ‘Statesmanship in

27 Aug 2015: 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.

16 Mar 2015: The Von Hügel Institute (VHI) at St Edmund’s College wishes to recruit a Conference Organiser/ Research Assistant to assist with the planning and organisation of a major international Conference on ‘Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law,

16 Jul 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr McCosker gives paper on Pope Francis’ Christology. gave a paper on 'From the Joy of the Gospel to the Joy of Christ: Situating and Expanding Pope Francis’ Christology' at a

27 Aug 2015: The place of religion in the 'public squares' in Europe and in the European Public Square has become an increasingly contentious and urgent matter.

11 Feb 2015: On Thursday 12 February at 8.00pm Dr Sara Silvestri, Director of Research, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmund's, will speak on "How to think about Religion and Politics" at Fisher House (Cambridge University Catholic Chaplaincy).

12 Jan 2015: The Von Hugel Institute is saddened to learn of the sudden death of Fr Robert Kaggwa, who died last Friday aged 55.

30 Jan 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Integrating Religious Engagement into Diplomacy' a new paper by Dr Silvestri. senior lecturer in international politics at City University London and director of Research at the Von

23 Jan 2015: VHI research associate Dr Diana Beech writes on the values of a university and the nature of academia: Without values the academy risks anarchy.

13 Jan 2015: POLITICAL EMOTIONS: WHY LOVE MATTERS FOR JUSTICE. is Martha Nussbaum's latest book about how love is important for achieving and sustaining liberal societies in which people can aspire to justice

16 Feb 2015: The Theme of Mercy What is mercy? What can it look like in action? How does mercy relate to justice? What are the obstacles to practising mercy today? Is it possible or even legitimate in an age of universal human rights?

20 Mar 2015: Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice 4-5 September 2015 Hosted by the Von Hügel Institute, St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge Sponsored by the Von Hügel Institute and the Terrence J.

5 Mar 2015: Its aims include the establishment of a more just society and, to achieve this aim, it works in collaboration with other Christian denominations, other faiths and, indeed, all people of good

21 Oct 2015: 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

6 May 2015: Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice 4-5 September 2015 Hosted by the Von Hügel Institute, St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge Sponsored by the Von Hügel Institute and the Terrence J.

16 Sep 2015: projects. The range of presentations was broad, from Catholic Social Thought in Migration and Asylum Policy, to Humanitarians under ISIS, and Intercultural Engagement of Young People of Migration Background in Ireland

24 Mar 2015: This is the concluding seminar of the Themed Lecture Series: 'Ethical Standards in Public Life' 2014-15, jointly organised by the Von Hügel Istitute, St Mary's University Twickenham and Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Oxford.   Is Just War Theory

6 Oct 2015: With no statutory limits on patent eligibility, and with myriad concerns complicating congressional action following a patent’s issuance, it is not Congress, the representative of the people, determining patent eligibility. ... But this and related

6 May 2015: Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice – 'defining the boundaries' 4-5 September 2015 Programme Day one – Friday 4th September 8:15-9:00 – Arrival and registration, Buckingham House, Murray Edwards C

10 Sep 2015: The VHI conference 'seen here). The event was opened on the Friday morning by the Master of St Edmund's College, The Hon Matthew Bullock, and closed on the Saturday evening by the Director of the Von Hügel Institute, Professor John Loughlin. The

15 Dec 2015: 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.

2 Oct 2015: 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