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13 Nov 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Lydia Fox. Lydia Fox is an actress and writer. She has toured in Shakespeare and appeared on the West End Stage and worked in film and television; and has recently completed an MA in

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

30 Apr 2024: The Lattey Lecture 2024 God’s Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible In this lecture, Professor Candida Moss will give a portrait of the many enslaved and nameless collaborators responsible for producing the earliest

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

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

13 Nov 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Richard Ayoade. Richard Ayoade is a writer and director. In addition to directing and co-writing the television show Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe

6 Dec 2023: Professionally, I’ve grown by asking better questions while collaborating with people from different backgrounds. ... By connecting with so many different people in this community, I look at the world and how I approach things very differently.

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?

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

30 Jan 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Nancy Michael. Since December of 2014, Nancy Michael has served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Neuroscience and Behavior major at the University of Notre Dame.

24 Jan 2024: Intelligence, Imagination, Illumination - Theological responses to The Matter With Things Following the publication of his widely acclaimed The Matter With Things: Our brains, our delusions, and the unmaking of the world, the Cambridge Theological

25 Jan 2024: VHI Reading Group for Lent 2024 During Lent Term 2024, VHI Research Associate Dr Flavio Comim will lead an online reading group to discuss Daniel Chandler’s Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?

4 Dec 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sofia N Carozza. Sofia Carozza is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Human Network Initiative at Harvard Medical School. She uses computational modelling to study the role of the

11 Dec 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Peerawat Chiaranunt. Peerawat Chiaranunt is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford in Medieval & Modern Languages, where with the support of the Clarendon Fund and under

16 Jun 2023: In Spring 2023, Sir James MacMillan CBE, world-renowned conductor and composer, delivered the Von Hügel Lecture at St Edmund's College: 'Music as a Sacred Language: A Catholic Composer's Perspective'. After a nearly two-year pandemic pause, the

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

9 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Scott Jackson. Scott received a dual BA in theatre and history from Indiana University Bloomington and an MFA (distinction) in Actor Training and Coaching from Royal Central School of

28 Jun 2023: The University of Notre Dame in England (UNDE) announces the appointment of Dr Vittorio Montemaggi, Director of the Von Hügel Institute and Fellow of St Edmund's College, as its new academic director.

9 May 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Alain Tschudin. Alain Tschudin joined the VHI as a Senior Research Associate in 2024. He is Professor of Peace Studies and Director of the International Centre of

26 Feb 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Maura A. Ryan. Professor Maura Ryan, PhD is the John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C., Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, and vice president and associate provost for faculty

25 Jan 2024: Senior Research Associate Professor M.

18 Jan 2024: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Caterina Milo. Dr Caterina Milo is Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of Sheffield, where she is currently leading the Health Law research group. She is Fellow of the

7 Mar 2024: She’s a member of Lyn’s House, a Cambridge-based Christian community of people with and without intellectual disabilities.

6 Dec 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Maria Devlin McNair. Maria Devlin McNair received her PhD in English Literature from Harvard University in 2017. She is a writer, senior editor, and producer for Lyceum, an

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

9 Oct 2023: As part of a joint University of Notre Dame (USA) and Von Hügel Institute event, Notre Dame's London Global Gateway will be receiving Dr Andrew Skotnicki (Manhattan College) on Thursday, 12 October.

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

27 Sep 2023: The international conference Conflict Resolution and Interreligious Encounter took place on 5-8 September, jointly organised by the Von Hügel Institute and the Wasatia Graduate School at the Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF).

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

14 Dec 2023: It was interesting seeing how people ignored each other or listened as others spoke…What can help [us] is hearing someone else speak’.

9 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Paolo Carozza. Paolo Carozza is a professor of law and political science at the University of Notre Dame, where he has been a faculty member since 1996. His scholarly expertise is

27 Jun 2023: envisions the incarnation and atonement as justifying the historical persecution of the Jewish people.

23 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Rev Stephen Chase Pepper CSC. Stephen Chase Pepper, CSC, is a Roman Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, USA, Fr Chase earned his

8 Oct 2023: Dr Thana de Campos-Rudinsky, a research associate of the Von Hügel Institute since 2014, directed the seminar 'Ethics of Care and Motherhood: Towards a Public Policy' on 6 October, 2023. It took place at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

23 Oct 2023: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Professor Mihaela Kelemen. Professor Mihaela Kelemen is Chair in Business and Society at Nottingham University Business School, UK where she is also Director of Professional Practice.

14 Jun 2023: University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., has been elected an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund’s College, in recognition of his significant contributions to higher education, as well as for his role in developing the partnership

19 Jun 2023: The Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry (VHI) recently welcomed writers Richard Ayoade and Lydia Fox, newly admitted Distinguished Members of the VHI, to facilitate a student workshop at the College.

20 Nov 2023: Dr Paolo Carozza, Senior Research Associate of the VHI, gave an address at the end of the Feast on 18 November, highlighting the significant and positive contributions that institutions like St Edmund's and the University of Notre Dame can make in a