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14 Jul 2017: This project discusses issues arising from current legislation on medically assisted suicide for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and mental illnesses.

14 Nov 2017: Roundtable discussion organised jointly with the Centre for International Policy Studies and the Social Movements and Civil Society Research Group of City University of London.

6 Mar 2017: The VHI is pleased to welcome Professor Bernard Laurent as a new Senior Research Associate, and Dr Gorazd Andrejč, Dr Gianmarco Contino, Rev Dr Vlado Kmec, and Rev Dr Boris Gunjević as new Research Associates, from February 2017.

16 Feb 2017: Most great thinkers, starting with Plato and Aristotle, have thought that the best reflection on reality in all its riotous complexity begins in wonder. Wonder has thus been at the foundation of the whole gamut of disciplinary inquiries, whether in

11 Jan 2017: The group led by Dr Flavio Comim will read and discuss Love's Knowledge by Martha Nussbaum. What is the importance of love for morality? How does love influence ethics and the way that our moral sentiments are shaped?

18 Apr 2017: Dr Vlado Kmec gave a talk on the role of religion in conflict and peace at a meeting of the Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Thematic Reference Group of the Conference of European Churches in Brussels, on Monday 27 February 2017.

23 Jan 2017: On Friday 23rd January the Research Associates of the VHI held their Annual General Meeting in the Okinaga Room at St Edmund's College.

10 Mar 2017: VHI Reserch Associate Dr Vladimir Kmec gave a talk on the role of religion in conflict and peace at a meeting of the Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Thematic Reference Group of the Conference of European Churches in Brussels on Monday, 27 February

6 Oct 2017: Most great thinkers, starting with Plato and Aristotle, have thought that the best reflection on reality in all its riotous complexity begins in wonder. Wonder has thus been at the foundation of the whole gamut of disciplinary inquiries, whether in

18 Feb 2017: Over Lent and Easter terms 2017 the VHI will host a research group seminar and reading group under the title ‘Forms of Life, Forms of Discourse’.

19 Jan 2017: The Contributions of Catholicism in the Third Millennium to a Secular University H. E.

17 Nov 2017: Bartolomé de las Casas OP was a sixteenth-century entrepreneur turned opponent of genocide and advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples in the “new world”.

19 Jan 2017: The following is a report by VHI Research Associate Patents on Life’ conference hosted by the VHI, in collaboration with the Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy, of the University of St Thomas, Minnesota, in September 2015.

4 Apr 2017: The latest issue of Reviews in Religion and Theology has been published by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal moved to the Von Hügel Institute in October 2015, and is edited by VHI director Dr Philip McCosker. Volume 24, Issue 2 i

10 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Sara Silvestri was guest speaker at World Congress on Pastoral Care of International Students. was a guest speaker at the IV World Congress on the Pastoral Care of International

4 Apr 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Simon Ravenscroft responds to George Scialabba and publishes review essay on irony. has written a response to a recent essay by George Scialabba for the Luce Project on Religion and

3 Apr 2017: Dr Sara Silvestri has recently been interviewed on the religious discrimination in the workplace ruling of the European Court of Justice:

27 Mar 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Philip McCosker to give the Notre Dame Student-Alumni Lecture in London on 5th April. will be giving the Notre Dame Student-Alumni Lecture in London on Weds 5th April from 6-8pm. The

22 May 2017: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Simon Ravenscroft writes at ABC Religion & Ethics on truth and post-truth in the satire of Slawomir Mrozek. has written an essay at ABC Religion & Ethics, which uses the Polish