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23 Sep 2019: The VHI is planning a 3-year interdisciplinary research project on Clericalism and Sexuality. The goal of this project is to collect reliable data and analyze it from the viewpoint of the relation between clericalism and sexuality.

6 Nov 2019: Dr Sara Silvestri were invited speakers at the Cambridge RESPOND conference: 'Unpacking the Challenges and Possibilities for Migration Governance', which took place on 17-19 October at Newnham College, Cambridge.

5 Jan 2022: The October 2021 Issue of Reviews in Religion and Theology is now online and freely available to those with institutional access. The international reviews journal, edited by Philip McCosker and Vittorio Montemaggi, is published from the Von Hügel

27 Jan 2020: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Colin Williams gives plenary opening address at National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Conference. is travelling to Minsk, Belarus, this month to give a Plenary Opening Address

13 Jan 2015: Inequality is back at the centre of the public discourse. Is this good or bad news for the European Union? In this article on the Social Europe (SE) forum Jan Zielonka argues that the EU should concentrate on selected social projects where it could

14 Feb 2019: Former VHI Director and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's College, Professor John Loughlin is the editor of Human Dignity in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2019).

2 Jul 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome Rev Professor Greg Peters who has been appointed as Visiting Scholar of St Edmund's College and the Von Hügel Institute for the academical year 2019-2020.

3 Feb 2014: The Human Person in Catholic Social Teaching: Biblical Perspectives

8 Dec 2016: Dr Sara Silvestri, on Thursday 8 December at 6pm at City University of London. The event is organised by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and is free to attend. Click here for more details.

5 Oct 2023: Patrons Lord David Alton of Liverpool Independent Crossbench Life Peer Rt Rev Alan Hopes Bishop Emeritus of East Anglia Stephen Hough CBE Classical pianist, composer, and author Mary McAleese Former President of Ireland Honorary Fellow of St

1 Jun 2020: Due to the unprecendented circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, the doors of the VHI had to temporarily remain closed, however at St Edmund's College we are working tirelessly to prepare for the next phase.

15 Jan 2014: On 24 July 2013 the British Council and Luce Foundation awarded Dr Sara Silvestri and Professor Peter Mandaville (George Mason University) a joint "Bridging Voices" grant for two transatlantic dialogues on religion in international affairs.

8 May 2014: VHI Director Professor John Loughlin was interviewed by Voice of Russia UK, along with representatives of different think-tanks, to discuss a recent report on Britain's ethnic minority groups. Read more:

1 Aug 2014: On 16 July 2014 Dr Elif Cetin will be working on this project as research assistant.

6 Sep 2018: The VHI is delighted to welcome Professor Gill Goulding CJ as new Senior Research Associate beginning 1st October 2018. Sr Gill Goulding is Professor of Systematic Theology at Regis College, the Jesuit school of Theology at the University of Toronto,

5 Oct 2023: The Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue: Religious Change, Citizenship and Solidarity in the Middle East Michael Driessen (John Cabot University, Rome) Jointly organised by the Notre Dame London Gateway and the Von Hügel Institute Why have

17 Jan 2014: On Wednesday, 23 October, 2013 Father Timothy Radcliffe OP delivered the Lattey Lecture 2013 with the title What authority does the Word of God have in the Catholic Church? The Lecture inaugurated the new VHI Seminar Series on "Faith and

9 Jan 2015: In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks

3 Feb 2014: ‘Habit Matters: The bodily Character of the Virtues’ by Professor Stanley Hauerwas

15 Nov 2019: The 2020 Von Hügel Lecture delivered by Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald: Christians in the Arab World: The Present Situation This lecture will offer a survey of the present situation of Christians in the Arab World, ie. MENA: Middle East and North

4 Sep 2014: The place of religion in the 'public squares' in Europe and in the European Public Square has become an increasingly contentious and urgent matter.

22 Feb 2018: Organised jointly with the Early Detection Program, CRUK/Cambridge Cancer Centre. This event is part of the Cambridge Science Festival 2018

26 Feb 2020: St Edmund's Chapel and the Von hügel Institute are among the RC institutions in Cambridge participating in a Shared Lenten Pilgrimage.

23 Jun 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. New Publication: The Cambridge Companion to the Summa Theologiae, edited by Philip McCosker and Denys Turner. VHI Director Dr Philip McCosker is co-editor with Professor Denys Turner

17 Feb 2021: One Day Symposium

25 Feb 2019: The VHI is delighted to welcome visiting student

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.

29 Aug 2014: Dr Sara Silvestri and Dr Francois Foret are amongst the speakers of the Cambridge Conference The Sacred in a Global Age, organised by the CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (CRASSH) on 4 September 2014 - 5 September 2014.

25 Feb 2015: On the 24th February Professor John Loughlin was interviewed on BBC Wales TV on the issue of migration. He responded to the Week In Week Out survey of attitudes towards immigration in Wales.

1 Feb 2018: Dr Vlado Kmec was invited to contribute to the debate on the EU's Integrated Approach: From Vision to Action at a meeting of the ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the Council of the European Union in Brussels on 31 January

24 Nov 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Philip McCosker gives keynote lecture at ACU/CUA seminar 'Conceiving Change in the Church'. VHI Director Dr Philip McCosker gave the opening keynote lecture at the seminar Conceiving

5 Mar 2014: We regret to announce that the sixth seminar in the 2013-14 Seminar Series Faith and Governance to be delivered by Professor Stefano Zamagni, which was scheduled for Friday 14 March, has unfortunately been cancelled. The VHI will try to reschedule

3 Feb 2014: VHI Research Associate Professor John Ryan published a new article on Eurozone Crisis Causes Swiss Policy Conundrum on the Social Europe Journal.

17 Jan 2018: The Contributions of Catholicism in the Third Millennium to a Secular University H. E.

1 Aug 2014: VHI Director of Research

1 Mar 2023: In March 2022, the University of Notre Dame and St Edmund’s College signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). As part of the MOU, in Fall 2022, the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry hosted the first Notre Dame intern, Katherine

17 Feb 2021: Organised by the University of Cambridge’s Strategic Research Initiative for energy researchers, Energy@Cambridge in partnership with The Faraday Institute, Woolf Institute, VHI and KLICE

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.

14 Oct 2016: On Saturday 19 November VHI Research Associate

17 Feb 2021: A Panel Discussion on the Anniversary of Nostra Aetatae jointly organised with the Woolf Institute

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.

19 Jan 2015: Professor Loughlin will be retiring from his position as Director of the VHI with effect from September 2015 although he will remain as an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund's College. The College is currently recruiting for a new VHI Director.

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

6 Jun 2023: The 2023 Von Hügel Lecture delivered by Sir James MacMillan CBE: Music as a Sacred Language: A Catholic Composer's Perspective On this occasion, Sir James will sit in conversation with St Edmund's College Master, Catherine Arnold OBE, to discuss

5 Mar 2014: A Channel One (main Russian TV) interview with Dr Sara Silvestri on British counter-terrorism experiences in the context of a report on the ongoing Duma debates about increasing counter-terrorism powers in Russia, broadcast 15 January 2014.

29 Sep 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Philip McCosker gives paper at Rome Symposium 'Ascetical Practice in a Secular Age'. gave a paper on 'Music, Liturgy, and Paradox' at an interdisciplinary research symposium,

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).

27 Mar 2014: The Institut de l’entreprise, an indipendent French Think Tank that conducts research on major economic and social issues, had launched a study on the UK's "Big Society".  In 2013 the institute conducted about thirty interviews in the UK

5 Oct 2016: The VHI is delighted to welcome Professor Philip Sheldrake as a new Senior Research Associate, and Professor Luigi Gioia OSB and Dr Elif Çetin as new Research Associates, beginning 1st October 2016. Luigi Gioia is Associate Professor of Systema

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.