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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

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.

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).

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.

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

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

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,

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: The group led by Dr Flavio Comim will read and discuss the book 'Political Emotions' by Prof. Martha Nussbaum (Harvard University Press; 1 edition 2013).

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.

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

5 Mar 2015: MAJOR NEW SERIES ON FAITH AND RELIGION LAUNCHED TO MARK THE 2015 COMMEMORATIONS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL London – 3 March 2015: To mark the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s death and 75 years since he became Prime Minister, a major

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.

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

16 Sep 2015: Thanks to the generosity of the CAMMIGRES, the ‘Religion, Politics, Migration’ postgraduate group (co-ordinated by Dr Elif Çetin and Vlado Kmec) and Cambridge Muslims in Europe Postgraduate Forum held a successful postgraduate seminar at St