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6 Feb 2014: Dr Sara Silvestri is one of the organisers of the Wilton Park Conference Religion, foreign policy and development: making better policy to make a bigger difference, held on 5-7 February 2014 in association with Wilton Park, The Foreign &

19 Dec 2017: The VHI is delighted to welcome doctoral student Jeroen Jans from Radboud University (the Netherlands) who will be spending a few months in Cambridge to work on his PhD in empirical religious studies.

15 Jan 2014: Congratulations to Professor John Loughlin, Director of the VHI, who has been included in the 2013 edition of Who's Who.

16 Sep 2015: Contemporary discourse in bioethics and healthcare policy frequently arrives at an impasse caused by disagreement, often unspoken, about what constitutes ‘health’.

12 May 2014: The week of May 12th 

12 Dec 2019: The Von Hügel Institute is saddened to learn of the death of Father Frank McHugh, who was the institute's Director from 1990 to 2000.

4 Apr 2018: Wonder is the capacity of the mind and heart to be seized by the breadth of reality. The ancient Greeks regarded wonder as the basis of philosophy because it undergirds the ultimate homecoming by which one returns to the depth of being.

15 Jan 2014: Dr Frank Madsen has published a new article on Organ Transplantation and Transnational Organised Crime on the RUSI Journal (Oct 2013, Vol. 158, No. 5). Dr Madsen also leads the Research Programme on Illicit Trade in Organs at the Von Hügel

24 Feb 2014: Professor John Loughlin has been appointed to the Chaire Ganshof van der Meersch at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) for the academic year 2013-14. The programme of his lecture series is available here. The opening lecture European

10 Jul 2014: VHI Research Associate

31 Jul 2014: Sir Tom Phillips KCMG, who has recently been appointed Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies, has agreed to join the

19 Jun 2014: Professor John Ryan's newest article on Policy Review: The German economic model and the Eurozone crisis.

30 Nov 2018: Say it to God: In Search of Prayer was chosen as the 2018 Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book and welcomed by many as an honest, accessible guide to freshen their practice of prayer in the midst of busy modern life. In Touched by God, Gioia moves

17 Jan 2019: VHI Senior Research Associate

10 Mar 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Silvestri awarded research grant by Charles Plater Trust. had been awarded a research grant by the Charles Plater Trust for a project on the contribution of Catholic social thought

6 Oct 2015: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice. A unique institute of advanced studies inspired by Catholic thought and culture, focussed on

5 Mar 2014: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Dr Silvestri gives lecture on European Muslim women at ULB. gave a guest lecture on Muslim women in Europe at the Universite' Libre de Bruxelles on 12 February 2014. On 20 February

31 Jul 2014: Congratulations to Mr Francis Campbell on his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of St Mary's University College, Twickenham, a Catholic university in London. Mr Campbell is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College and a member of the

6 Jun 2017: The VHI is seeking a dynamic and innovative Development Officer to support a major fundraising campaign

17 Feb 2021: jointly organised with St Edmund's College Combination Room