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15 Jan 2016: The group led by Dr Flavio Comim will read and discuss The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render

29 Apr 2016: Dr Sara Silvestri was a guest speaker at the Home Affairs Committee conference on countering extremism held in Cambridge on April 21st, and which is part of the evidence gathering of the government inquiry into Countering Extremism.

21 Oct 2016: We are pleased to announce the programme for our 2016-17 themed lecture series, entitled 'Dynamics of Dis/Agreement'.  Throughout our social, political, and cultural lives—online as well as offline—we see increasing oppositional and bitter

5 Apr 2016: Maggi Hambling, Ben Quash, and James Cahill

27 May 2016: Most biblical, theological and philosophical understandings of mercy were conceived in very different contexts to our own, globalised and urbanised world.

27 May 2016: Music is a key element of the culture which forms us. How can the musical arts represent mercy? Can it discourage or encourage its practice?

25 May 2016: With Europe and the world in the grip of a major migration crisis, sorely testing all political and practical resources, we ask: what does mercy look like in this context? How can mercy be practised in the context of migration? What are the

1 Mar 2016: In Lent and Easter terms 2016 we are hosting a research group on the theme of St Paul and radical philosophy.

14 Mar 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Article on Ivan Illich published in Telos by Dr Simon Ravenscroft. s article "Modernity and the Economics of Gift and Charity: On Ivan Illich's Critique of Abstract Philanthropy" has

1 Sep 2016: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. Simon Ravenscroft publishes book chapter in French edited collection on Ivan Illich. has a chapter in the recently published collection, Ivan Illich, l'alchimiste des possibles (Paris