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SUMMARY:Are universities losing the battle for free speech?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and announced close to the date of the month’s panel. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. To register and for more details about this series see: https://global.georgetown.edu/series/free-speech-at-the-crossroads-international-dialogues. \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nThe panel will include: Professor John Drakakis\, University of Stirling; Dr Clare Broome Saunders\, Blackfriars Hall.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/are-universities-losing-the-battle-for-free-speech/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
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SUMMARY:'Gotta Be Goin On' America’s Encounter with the Land
DESCRIPTION:Following the climactic gunfight in the saloon at the end of the classic Western film Shane (1953)\, Shane rides alone into the mountains\, into the virgin land\, leaving behind the farmers he has protected as they sought to cultivate what was once the open range. Like many American heroes\, Shane\, as Huck Finn puts it\, lights out for the territory\, searching in the untamed wilderness for the lost Eden\, for the longed-for brave new world. \nIn this online talk\, Georgetown University Teaching Professor Emeritus\, Michael Collins will examine America’s imaginative encounter with the putatively virgin land just beyond the settlement and look at the paradoxical response that the United States has traditionally made\, in the past and in our own time\, to the abundance of open land it believes it has been given. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/gotta-be-goin-on-americas-encounter-with-the-land/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251112T160000
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SUMMARY:Who will emerge as the next world power?
DESCRIPTION:In 2025\, China’s Belt and Road Initiative totaled $124 billion across 150 countries\, securing more than 175 construction and investment deals. Last year\, India\, a country on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027\, contributed nearly 17 percent to global growth. Meanwhile\, emergent powers in Asia\, Africa\, Latin America\, and the Middle East continue to pursue self-interested foreign policies. In an era of deep polarization and unpredictability\, how will these countries influence international diplomacy? Should the West be concerned as China\, India\, and other rising powers form new economic and security partnerships? \nThese online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and announced close to the date of the month’s panel. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. To register and for more details about this series\, see the link \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nThe panel will include: David Jones\, former Secretary of State for Wales. \nupcoming events in this series\n10 Dec: ‘Are universities losing the battle for free speech?’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/who-will-emerge-as-the-next-world-power/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251110T160000
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SUMMARY:The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)
DESCRIPTION:Herod and the Racial Conflation of Jews and Muslims in Medieval and Early Modern England\nThe Massacre of the Innocents episode from the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew has inspired numerous literary\, visual\, and musical adaptations across a range of continents and languages\, from the medieval period to the twentieth century. In this online talk\, Georgetown University Professor M. Lindsay Kaplan will analyze the depiction of Herod in Matthew 2 and follow some of its various adaptations to demonstrate the surprising incorporation of Muslim identity in portrayals of the Jewish King Herod in medieval English images and drama. This tradition continues into an early modern English dramatic convention that portrays a coordinated racialized Muslim/Jewish identity through the figure of Herod\, with particular focus on Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello\, The Moor of Venice and Elizabeth Cary’s adaptation\, The Tragedy of Mariam\, The Fair Queen of Jewry. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nM. Lindsay Kaplan is a professor of English at Georgetown University where she teaches courses on medieval and early modern English literature\, focusing on questions of race\, sexuality\, and gender. She is most recently author of Figuring Racism in Medieval Christianity (Oxford\, 2019) and editor of The Merchant of Venice: The State of Play (Arden Shakespeare\, Bloomsbury\, 2020). Her current book project traces the racial coordination of Muslims and Jews in medieval visual images and drama to demonstrate its continued influence on early modern English drama. \nMichael Scott is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \nupcoming events in this series\nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-massacre-of-the-innocents-matt-2/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Mary Beckett’s 'Give Them Stones'
DESCRIPTION:When Mary Beckett wrote Give Them Stones in 1987\, the Troubles novel about conflict in Northern Ireland was already a well-established genre. However\, the genre was known primarily for the work of male authors; the only other Troubles novel by a woman was No Mate for the Magpie (1985) by Frances Molloy. Beckett’s Give Them Stones was met with acclaim before falling out of print. It has only been in recent decades that a younger generation of writers have begun to tell the story of how women experienced the Troubles. And yet\, more recent novels\, and the academic literary establishment\, usually ignore the religious dimension both in the political struggle itself and in the novels that depict it. \nBeckett’s novel tells the story of an ordinary working-class woman on Belfast’s back streets who is concerned only with keeping her family alive until she is called upon to stand up against violence on both sides of the political divide. She does so not because she has become politicized\, but because her religious faith gives her courage. Give Them Stones is now back in print as part of the Catholic Women Writers Series with Catholic University of America Press\, edited by Bonnie Lander Johnson and Julia Meszaros. In this online talk\, Downing College Fellow and Associate Professor\, Bonnie Lander Johnson will explore the book’s overlooked religious dimensions and make the case for restoring Beckett’s work to the literary canon. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nBonnie Lander Johnson is fellow and associate professor at Downing College\, Cambridge and senior research fellow at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. She has written numerous academic books on Renaissance literature and culture. She is an editor of the Catholic Women Writers series at Catholic University of America Press and The Oxford Handbook of Modern Catholic Women’s Writing. Her most recent book\, Vanishing Landscapes (Hodder Press\, 2025)\, combines nature writing and cultural history to tell the story of our alienation from the landscape after the Reformation. \nMichael Scott (chair) is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \nupcoming events in this series\nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/mary-becketts-give-them-stones/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251027T150000
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SUMMARY:Going Against the Stream: The Irish Buddhist Monk U Dhammaloka in Colonial Burma
DESCRIPTION:The dominant voices in early Western encounters with Buddhism adapted the religion to their own purposes: romanticism\, esotericism\, an emphasis on scientific religion (at the cost of the history of Catholicism)\, and a form of social capital. Even those who were ordained as Buddhist monks seemed to look more to their Western audience back home than their Asian hosts. An exception to this is the Irish Buddhist monk U Dhammaloka\, an illiterate working-class Catholic man who ended his career as a sailor while in Rangon\, Myanmar\, to be ordained at a local temple. He then became a renowned preacher among the Burmese\, drawing crowds of thousands. What did he preach\, and how did he find common cause with the locals who supported him? \nIn this online talk\, Balliol College Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies Kate Crosby will explore the book The Irish Buddhist: The Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire (2020) and examine how common concerns were able to unite subjects of British colonialism across the globe. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nKate Crosby holds the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies at Balliol College\, University of Oxford. She completed her D.Phil. on medieval Sri Lankan Pali literature at the University of Oxford in 1999. Her publications cover the history\, ethics\, and practices of Theravada Buddhism. She has taught widely on the religions\, history\, and literature of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asian mainland\, with appointments between 1994 and 2022 at the University of Edinburgh\, University of Lancaster\, University of Cardiff\, the School of Oriental and African Studies\, and King’s College\, London\, as well as visiting posts in Cambodia\, Canada\, Taiwan\, and Korea. \nMichael Scott is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \nupcoming events in this series\nProfessor Bonnie Lander Johnson\, Cambridge\n3 Nov: ‘Mary Beckett’s Give Them Stones’ \nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/u-dhammaloka-the-irish-buddhist/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T160000
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DTSTAMP:20251021T115343Z
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SUMMARY:Is it ever necessary or desirable to revise history?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and announced close to the date of the month’s panel. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos.  For more details about this series see: https://global.georgetown.edu/series/free-speech-at-the-crossroads-international-dialogues. \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nThe panel will include: Professor Martin Johnes\, Swansea University; Jennifer Scott\, Director\, the Dulwich Picture Gallery. \nRegistration is required. \nupcoming events in this series\n12 Nov: ‘Who will emerge as the next world power?’ \n10 Dec: ‘Are universities losing the battle for free speech?’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/is-it-ever-necessary-or-desirable-to-revise-history/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T170000
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CREATED:20250930T115915Z
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SUMMARY:Life\, Ideas\, and Revelation: Lucy Beckett’s 'A Postcard from the Volcano'
DESCRIPTION:Lucy Beckett’s A Postcard from the Volcano: A Novel of Pre-War Germany (2009) is a great intellectual novel situated in a time of massive of geopolitical changes. Set in what was then Germany and is now Poland (mostly) between 1914 and 1939\, young European intellectuals and artists—Catholic\, Protestant\, Jewish\, some religious\, some atheist\, friends and sometimes lovers—wrestle with the great ideas in the light of real events which are impinging increasingly on their daily lives. In this online talk\, Rev Dr Dominic White O.P.\, Blackfriars Hall\, will be exploring how Lucy Beckett\, former head of classics at Ampleforth College\, brings together an intellectual feast with writing of profound compassion and humanity that unfolds the subtle and mysterious workings of divine grace. He will also look at how she positions the narrative voice as a kind of “revelator” and discuss the award-winning sequel\, The Leaves Are Falling (2014)\, in which the creative possibilities of this “revelator” role are developed further. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nRev Dr Dominic White O.P. is a fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, prior of Blackfriars Priory\, and a research fellow at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology\, Cambridge. A Dominican friar and Catholic priest\, he received a Ph.D. at Imperial College London. His theological interests focus especially on theology of the arts and the implications of the arts for metaphysics\, liturgy\, and spirituality. Fr. White is the author of The Lost Knowledge of Christ: Christian Cosmology\, Contemporary Spiritualities and the Arts (2015) and How Do I Look? Theology in the Age of the Selfie (2020)\, for which he was awarded a Ph.D. in theology by the University of Cambridge. \nMichael Scott is senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college advisor for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University\, where he is professor emeritus. \nupcoming events in this series\nProfessor Kate Crosby\n3pm\, 27 Oct: ‘U Dhammaloka: the Irish Buddhist’ \nProfessor Bonnie Lander Johnson\, Cambridge\n3 Nov: ‘Mary Beckett’s Give Them Stones’ \nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/lucy-becketts-a-postcard-from-the-volcano/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251006T160000
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SUMMARY:Fratelli Tutti at Five: An Encyclical for a Divided World
DESCRIPTION:Released in October 2020\, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic\, the encyclical Fratelli Tutti (“Brothers and Sisters All”) marked an important juncture in the development of Catholic social thought. Pope Francis’ call for human fraternity\, social friendship\, and a culture of encounter built on the teaching of his predecessors\, adapting the tradition to the challenges of a divided world. In this online talk\, Thomas Banchoff\, director of the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion\, Peace\, and World Affairs\, will discuss the message of Fratelli Tutti and its significance for our current global moment. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nupcoming events in this series\nRev Dr Dominic White O.P.\n20 Oct: ‘Lucy Beckett’s A Postcard from the Volcano’ \nProfessor Kate Crosby\n3pm\, 27 Oct: ‘U Dhammaloka: the Irish Buddhist’ \nProfessor Bonnie Lander Johnson\, Cambridge\n3 Nov: ‘Mary Beckett’s Give Them Stones’ \nLindsay Kaplan\, Georgetown\n10 Nov: ‘The Massacre of the Innocents (Matt 2)’ \nProfessor Michael J Collins\,\n17 Nov: ‘“Gotta Be Goin On” America’s Encounter with the Land’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/fratelli-tutti-at-five-an-encyclical-for-a-divided-world/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250820T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250820T170000
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CREATED:20250812T132301Z
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SUMMARY:Why Does Democratic Britain Keep Its Monarchy?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. \nIn the 17th century\, Britain abolished its monarchy due to civil war and political unrest. It was subsequently restored and eventually became subject to constitutional constraints. Today\, a majority in democratic Britain views it as a symbolic institution that “reigns\, but does not rule\,” a unifying force of national identity and tradition. Yet a growing number\, especially in younger generations\, view it as an outdated and expensive institution that is antithetical to democracy. What is the future of the monarchy\, and why does Britain keep it? How open is the dialogue surrounding it? \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration required. \nJohn Battle served as a Labour Party politician in Parliament for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010\, and was a Cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair. He chairs the justice and peace commission of the Diocese of Leeds. Battle was Minister of State for Trade and Industry from 1997 to 1999\, and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1999 to 2001. He is a fellow at Leeds Trinity University and Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford. \nLaura Beers\, a professor of history at American University\, focuses on modern Britain. Her most recent book\, “Orwell’s Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century\,” explores the relevance of George Orwell’s writing for understanding modern politics. Her book “Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson\, Socialist\, Feminist\, Internationalist\,” a history of Britain’s second female cabinet minister\, won the 2017 Stansky award for best book in the field of modern British history. \nElan Closs Stephens serves as the electoral commissioner for Wales. She is an emeritus professor of communications and creative industries and pro-chancellor at Aberystwyth University. With extensive experience as a chair and non-executive specializing in broadcasting\, cultural policy\, and governance of public bodies\, she has been a member of the BBC board for the past 13 years\, where she chaired its commercial holdings. She previously held the role of acting chair of the BBC. \nPanelist #4 – TBD \nMichael Scott (moderator)\, senior dean and fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, is college adviser for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously was the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University. \nSanford J. Ungar (moderator)\, president emeritus of Goucher College\, is director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University\, which documents challenges to free expression in American education\, government\, and civil society. Director of the Voice of America under President Bill Clinton\, he was also dean of the American University School of Communication and is a former co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/why-does-democratic-britain-keep-its-monarchy/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250716T160000
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SUMMARY:Can the United States be Trusted by the Rest of the World?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. \nPresident Donald Trump’s second\, nonconsecutive term has been marked by several controversies. A military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities has left everyone in a state of suspense. Unpredictable “on-again\, off-again” tariffs on several countries\, including the United States’ largest trading partners\, have shaken up diplomacy. A Cold War-era law has been deployed to deport non-citizens\, even when they have not been convicted of a crime. Millions of dollars have been cut from key government departments – allegedly to combat “wokeism” – and billions more in cuts have been proposed. Meanwhile\, Trump continues to direct vendettas at people and organizations he dislikes\, including law firms\, higher education institutions\, and even legislators. \nAs the United States engages in what seems like ongoing uncertainty\, how should the international community strengthen democracy throughout the rest of the world? As global problems require global solutions\, can the United States be regarded as a trustworthy partner? \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration required. \nAnne Lonsdale\, a British sinologist and higher education expert\, served as the President of New Hall (now Murray Edwards College)\, University of Cambridge\, from 1996 to 2008. Previously\, she was the secretary-general of the Central European University and joined the team creating Nazarbayev University in Astana\, Kazakhstan\, where she was appointed founding provost from 2010 to 2012\, returning to that position in 2015. She is a long-standing member of the Council for At-Risk Academics. \nAlynna J. Lyon\, a professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire\, has authored several books and articles\, including US Politics and the United Nations\, The United Nations: 75 Years of Promoting Peace\, Human Rights\, and Development (with Kent Kille)\, and The United Nations in the 21st Century.She is editor-in-chief of Global Governance and a faculty fellow for the Global Racial and Social Inequality Lab at UNH. \nTerry Peach\, a historian of political economy\, teaches economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. His research interests include the history of economic thought\, principally classical economic theory\, and ancient Greek and Chinese thought. He previously taught at the University of Manchester and was a lecturer in economics at Corpus Christi College\, Oxford. He studied at the University of Oxford\, where he obtained a B.A.\, B.Phil.\, and D.Phil. \nPanelist #4 – TBA \nMichael Scott (moderator)\, senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college adviser for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously was the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University. \nSanford J. Ungar (moderator)\, president emeritus of Goucher College\, is director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University\, which documents challenges to free expression in American education\, government\, and civil society. Director of the Voice of America under President Bill Clinton\, he was also dean of the American University School of Communication and is a former co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/can-the-united-states-be-trusted-by-the-rest-of-the-world/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250618T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250618T170000
DTSTAMP:20250609T124001Z
CREATED:20250407T115505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T124001Z
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SUMMARY:Can independent academic research survive?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. \nIndependent academic research was once considered bipartisan and sensible. But drastic and sudden changes to research and development policy in the United States have disrupted the landscape. Budget cuts to science have fueled uncertainty around domestic projects\, as well as the future of international cooperation. Meanwhile\, in Europe\, research faces challenges related to sustainable funding\, bureaucratic hurdles\, and data protection. In an era of ongoing political and economic strain\, can independent research survive throughout the West? Can the global community uphold the integrity of research without succumbing to outside pressure or undermining advancements? \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is  required. \nJohn Drakakis\, emeritus professor of English studies at the University of Stirling in Scotland\, holds a PhD from the University of Leeds\, as well as an honorary DLitt from the University of Clermont-Auvergne. He has published many articles in learned journals and chapters in books on Shakespeare\, Jacobean literature and drama\, media studies\, modern critical theory\, and cultural studies. He is a fellow of the English Association and an elected member of the Academia Europaea. \nJennifer Jones directs the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She provides leadership and guidance for the Center’s staff as they work together for strong and independent public science; a robust\, transparent democracy; justice for overburdened communities; and the effective use of science in public policy. Previously\, she led the Center for Environment and Society at Florida Gulf Coast University. \nJohn O’Connor is the Regent of Blackfriars Hall and Studium\, and Regent of Studies for the English Province of the Order of Preachers. He studied electronic engineering at the National University of Ireland\, Galway. He holds a PhD in applied superconductivity and electron microscopy from the University of Oxford. He was a teaching fellow in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a lecturer in moral theology at the University of Glasgow. \nPanelist #4 – TBD \nMichael Scott (moderator)\, senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college adviser for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously was the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University. \nSanford J. Ungar (moderator)\, president emeritus of Goucher College\, is director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University\, which documents challenges to free expression in American education\, government\, and civil society. Director of the Voice of America under President Bill Clinton\, he was also dean of the American University School of Communication and is a former co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/can-independent-academic-research-survive/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250507T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250507T170000
DTSTAMP:20250505T092151Z
CREATED:20250407T115325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T092151Z
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SUMMARY:What could possibly be wrong with checking the facts?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. \nFact-checking\, once seen as a noble and common-sense endeavour to reduce errors and misunderstandings\, has become increasingly contentious. Some autocrats have denounced it as a biased practice\, as well as a violation of free speech that censors dissenting opinions. Amid concerns around misinformation and disinformation\, a relentless news cycle on social media has made fact-checking an onerous process. As companies like Meta have announced they had stopped fact-checking\, ostensibly to preserve free expression\, questions loom about when inaccurate content should be removed from public sources. Is correcting false information a form of censorship? Can fact-checking endure in today’s climate of polarizing politics? How can the West restore this practice as a credible tool for safeguarding a free press\, and counter efforts to discredit it as biased or one-sided? Experts will discuss. \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nAled Eirug is a journalist and former head of news and current affairs for BBC Wales. He ran the largest newsroom in the UK outside network news\, and has 25 years of experience with that public network and Independent Television News. In recent years\, Eirug has served on the content board of Ofcom\, the regulatory body for broadcasting in the United Kingdom. He is currently an honorary research fellow at Cardiff University. \nLisa Fazio\, an associate professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University\, studies how people learn new information\, both true and false\, and how to correct errors in people’s knowledge. This includes how to mitigate the effects of reading false information and how to increase classroom learning. Her research informs basic theories about learning and memory\, while also having clear applications for practitioners\, such as journalists and teachers. \nLauren Gibbons covers state politics and policy for Bridge Michigan. She previously worked at MLive\, where she led coverage of the state legislature and the redistricting process\, and before that covered the state Senate for MIRS News. She has covered the ins and outs of Michigan politics for nearly a decade and has won awards\, both for her political coverage and her work documenting the sexual abuse case involving Larry Nassar\, the former the doctor of the U.S. women’s national gymnastics team. \nCarlos Hernández-Echevarría is the assistant director at Maldita.es\, a Madrid-based nonprofit dedicated to combating disinformation and promoting information integrity. A seasoned journalist and media executive\, he spent 15 years in television\, primarily at laSexta. He is a former chair of the association of European fact-checking organizations EFCSN and a professor of International Journalism at Universidad Carlos III. \nMartin Williams directs Radar Public Relations in North Wales. He has more than 25 years experience in media and public relations\, working at several newspapers\, including the North Wales Weekly News\, Visitor\, and Daily Post. He previously was the head of communications at Wrexham University. His work has been published in The Daily Telegraph\, The New York Post\, The Sun\, and The Mirror\, among several others. \nMichael Scott (moderator)\, senior dean\, fellow of Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford\, college adviser for postgraduate students\, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously was the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University. \nSanford J. Ungar (moderator)\, president emeritus of Goucher College\, is director of the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University\, which documents challenges to free expression in American education\, government\, and civil society. Director of the Voice of America under President Bill Clinton\, he was also dean of the American University School of Communication and is a former co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/what-could-possibly-be-wrong-with-checking-the-facts/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250428T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250428T170000
DTSTAMP:20250114T115851Z
CREATED:20250107T123026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T115851Z
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SUMMARY:The Bhagavad Gita
DESCRIPTION:In this online talk Martin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\, will discuss the Bhagavad Gita. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-bhagavad-gita/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250414T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250414T170000
DTSTAMP:20250114T120239Z
CREATED:20250107T122728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T120239Z
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SUMMARY:TBA
DESCRIPTION:The speaker and topic of this online talk is TBA. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nUpcoming events in this series\nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/tba/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250407T170000
DTSTAMP:20250303T104635Z
CREATED:20250107T122442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T104635Z
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SUMMARY:Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum
DESCRIPTION:In this online talk Richard Finn O.P. will discuss Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nUpcoming events in this series\nJohn Pfordresher\, Georgetown\n14 Apr: TBA \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/pope-leo-xiii-rerum-novarum/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250331T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250331T170000
DTSTAMP:20250303T104553Z
CREATED:20250107T122217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T104553Z
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SUMMARY:The Great Gatsby
DESCRIPTION:In this online talk Maureen Corrigan\, Georgetown\, will discuss F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nUpcoming events in this series\nRichard Finn O.P.\n7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’ \nJohn Pfordresher\, Georgetown\n14 Apr: TBA \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-great-gatsby/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250324T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250324T170000
DTSTAMP:20250310T112130Z
CREATED:20250310T112130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T112130Z
UID:10239-1742832000-1742835600@adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page
SUMMARY:The Merchant of Venice
DESCRIPTION:In this online talk Professor Michael Scott\, Blackfriars\, will discuss Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nUpcoming events in this series\nMaureen Corrigan\, Georgetown\n31 Mar: ‘F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby’ \nRichard Finn O.P.\n7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’ \nJohn Pfordresher\, Georgetown\n14 Apr: TBA \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-merchant-of-venice/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250317T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250317T160000
DTSTAMP:20250310T120606Z
CREATED:20250107T121033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T120606Z
UID:10115-1742223600-1742227200@adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page
SUMMARY:Humanizing the Enemy: Don Quixote and the Moors
DESCRIPTION:In Don Quixote (1605)\, the unreliable narrator of the first volume names a Moor\, Cide Hamete Benengeli\, as a source for the story he is about to recount—although he warns readers that Moors are often untruthful. Throughout his wanderings\, Don Quixote encounters men and women of different social and ethnic groups. His interactions with Moors are particularly notable\, as they are almost always portrayed in a sympathetic\, humane manner. By the second volume\, Cide Hamete becomes the sole narrator of the story and the true authority on Don Quixote. In this talk\, Bárbara Mujica will show how Cervantes challenges popular stereotypes of Moors in early modern Spain. In this context\, Cervantes sees the otherness in others from a viewpoint which allows cultural encounters that recognize the humanity in all. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nBárbara Mujica is a professor emerita at Georgetown University specializing in early modern Spanish literature. She has published extensively on the Spanish mystics\, early modern Spanish theater\, and Cervantes. In 2022\, her study Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform (2020) won the GEMELA prize for best scholarly book of the year on early modern Hispanic women. Mujica’s novel Frida (2001) was an international bestseller and has been translated into in 18 languages. Her most recent novel\, Miss del Río (2022)\, was named “one of the five best recent historical novels” in 2022 by the Washington Post. \nUpcoming events in this series\nMichael Scott\, Blackfriars\n24 Mar: ‘The Merchant of Venice’ \nMaureen Corrigan\, Georgetown\n31 Mar: ‘F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby’ \nRichard Finn O.P.\n7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’ \nJohn Pfordresher\, Georgetown\n14 Apr: TBA \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/cervantes-don-quixote/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250303T170000
DTSTAMP:20250310T104418Z
CREATED:20250107T120643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T104418Z
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SUMMARY:Heroic Christianity: Tolerance\, Courage\, and Conviction in Willa Cather's 'Death comes for the Archbishop'
DESCRIPTION:Willa Cather’s most famous book Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927)\, based on the true story of two nineteenth-century French missionaries to New Mexico\, is regularly listed among the greatest American novels of the twentieth century. In it\, Cather addresses the theme of this series: the paradoxical relationship between the Church’s missionary task and the Christian call to recognize and accept the culture and character of others. In contrast to most literary treatments of the clergy\, her priests are exemplars of a life well lived. The delicate portrayal of Archbishop Latour’s inner and outer religious life\, along with that of his childhood friend and companion\, the warm\, energetic Fr. Vaillant\, is a rare celebration of the value of an enlightened\, humane\, Catholic vocation—written\, remarkably\, by someone who was not herself Catholic. \nIn this talk\, Clare Asquith will explore Willa Cather’s unusual portrait of two missionary priests who combine spiritual conviction with profound knowledge and respect for diverse classes and cultures\, and contrast it with less positive treatments of the Christian clergy in other late nineteenth century and early twentieth century works of fiction. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nClare Asquith is an independent scholar who lived for many years in Moscow and Ukraine after gaining a starred first in English literature at St. Anne’s College\, Oxford. In 2005 she wrote Shadowplay\, a study of the impact on Shakespeare’s work of the political and religious upheavals of his time. In 2018 she explored the political subtext of his narrative poems in Shakespeare and the Resistance. Since then\, she has published numerous articles and lectured in Europe\, the United States\, Ukraine\, and Russia. \nUpcoming events in this series\nBarbara Mujica\, Georgetown\,\n3pm\, 17 Mar: ‘Cervantes: Don Quixote’ \nDominic White O.P.\n3pm\, 24 Mar: ‘Lucy Beckett: A Postcard from the Volcano’ \nMaureen Corrigan\, Georgetown\n31 Mar: ‘F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby’ \nRichard Finn O.P.\n7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’ \nTBA\n14 Apr \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/willa-cather-death-comes-for-the-archbishop/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T170000
DTSTAMP:20250217T105905Z
CREATED:20250107T120357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T105905Z
UID:10109-1740412800-1740416400@adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page
SUMMARY:Encounters in 17th Century Iceland: The Saga of Hamlet
DESCRIPTION:The story of Hamlet is well-known throughout the world\, having been popularized through Shakespeare’s play\, but it has roots in a medieval Danish work. This talk will focus on a lesser-known version of this story that was written in Iceland in the seventeenth century. What would have happened if Hamlet’s murderous uncle had not shipped him away to be executed off-stage by the king of England? What if\, instead\, he had been sent to the Ottoman Empire\, where he ended up fighting alongside Tamburlaine (Timur) against Emperor Bayezid? The Icelandic saga imagines an answer to these questions with cultural encounters between Scandinavia and Asia Minor\, as well as between Christian\, Jewish\, Muslim\, and pagan. The talk will present this cosmopolitan material and address what these cultural encounters would have meant for Icelandic audiences during the turbulent seventeenth century. In this online talk Philip Lavender\, Gothenburg\, will discuss the Saga of Hamlet. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nPhilip Lavender is a researcher in the field of Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic literature at the University of Gothenburg. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of Long Lives of Short Sagas (2020) and co-editor along with Matilda Amundsen Bergström of Faking It!: The Performance of Forgery in Late Medieval and Early Modern Culture (2022). \nUpcoming events in this series\nClare Asquith\n3 Mar: ‘Willa Cather: Death comes for the Archbishop’ \nBarbara Mujica\, Georgetown\,\n3pm\, 17 Mar: ‘Cervantes: Don Quixote’ \nDominic White O.P.\n3pm\, 24 Mar: ‘Lucy Beckett: A Postcard from the Volcano’ \nMaureen Corrigan\, Georgetown\n31 Mar: ‘F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby’ \nRichard Finn O.P.\n7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’ \nTBA\n14 Apr \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/encounters-in-17th-century-iceland-the-saga-of-hamlet/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T170000
DTSTAMP:20250107T125826Z
CREATED:20250107T125826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T125826Z
UID:10132-1739980800-1739984400@adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page
SUMMARY:Will AI promote or compromise free speech?
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. To get an invitation contact John McCabe: jm3479@georgetown.edu. \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is  required.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/will-ai-promote-or-compromise-free-speech/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T170000
DTSTAMP:20250205T163754Z
CREATED:20250107T115808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T163754Z
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SUMMARY:The Quran: How to Read a Sacred Text?
DESCRIPTION:Reading the Quran can be quite disorienting for anyone who wishes to explore the holy book of Islam independently. It contains repetitions\, a diversity of literary genres\, and numerous and often complex allusions. This is because the text must be understood in dialogue both with the literary traditions that preceded it\, notably the Bible and Syriac patristic texts\, and with the interpretive traditions that later sought to explain it. In this online talk Adrien Candiard O.P.\, Cairo\, will examine the Quran from a reader’s perspective and place the holy book in a historical context. Professor Michael Scott will chair. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the  series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.  \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nRev. Adrien Candiard\, O.P.\, is a Dominican friar at the Cairo priory. He is a scholar in Islamic studies and a member of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies. His research focuses on Islamic theology\, particularly on Ibn Taymiyya. \nUpcoming events in this series\nPhilip Lavender\, Gothenburg\n24 Feb: ‘Encounters in 17th Century Iceland: The Saga of Hamlet’ \nClare Asquith\n3 Mar: ‘Willa Cather: Death comes for the Archbishop’ \nBarbara Mujica\, Georgetown\,\n3pm\, 17 Mar: ‘Cervantes: Don Quixote’ \nDominic White O.P.\n3pm\, 24 Mar: ‘Lucy Beckett: A Postcard from the Volcano’ \nMaureen Corrigan\, Georgetown\n31 Mar: ‘F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby’ \nRichard Finn O.P.\n7 Apr: ‘Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum’ \nTBA\n14 Apr \nMartin Ganeri O.P.\, The Angelicum (PUST)\n28 Apr: ‘The Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita’
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-quran/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:Minding the World’s Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:These online panel discussions will take place at 4pm on a Wednesday once a month\, but the topics are decided according to world events and are announced at the previous month’s event. Recordings are available on YouTube via the Global Georgetown channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGeorgetown/videos. To get an invitation contact John McCabe: jm3479@georgetown.edu. \nThis discussion is part of the ongoing event series Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues. These events are sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University\, the Las Casas Institute and Campion Hall\, Oxford)\, hosted by Georgetown University on Zoom. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is  required.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/minding-the-worlds-mental-health/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241216T130000
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SUMMARY:Conference on Synodality
DESCRIPTION:Georgetown University (USA)\, Blackfriars Hall and Campion Hall (Oxford) are convening a conference in the Aula at Blackfriars on 16 December 1pm-6pm\, which will reflect on the recent Synod on Synodality and its deeper lessons for the Church and the world. \nThere will be 2 panel discussions: \n1. The Experience of the Synod on Synodality\nWhat has the Synod accomplished? How has the process of the Synod – its preparations\, methodology\, and evolution – shaped its overall contributions to the life of the Church? What lessons learned from the experience are critical for the Church and the wider culture?  \nThe panellists are: \n\nTricia Bruce\, Springtide Research Institute;\nKim Daniels\, Georgetown University;\nBirgit Weiler\, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru;\nAnna Rowlands\, Durham University.\nAusten Ivereigh (moderator)\n\n2. The Synod’s Historical and Theological Significance\nWhat is the historical significance of the Synod? How does it relate to other aspects of Francis’s pontificate? How can theological reflection illuminate the significance of Synod for our understanding of the Church\, its internal dynamics\, and its relationship with the world? \nExpected panellists (tbc): \n\nMaria Clara Bingemer\, Pontifical Catholic University\, Rio de Janeiro;\nTomas Halik\, Charles University\, Prague;\nCarmody Grey\, Durham University\nThomas Banchoff\, Georgetown University (moderator)\n\n  \nThese sessions will be followed by \n3. Keynote speech by Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP\nTimothy Radcliffe is a member of Blackfriars\, Oxford; former Master of the Order of Preachers; and appointed Cardinal by Pope Francis. \nThere is no charge for this event. However\, we do have limited numbers owing to the size of the Aula. If interested\, please contact Maggie Scott: mscott4951@gmail.com as soon as possible.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/conference-on-synodality/
LOCATION:Blackfriars Hall\, St Giles\, Oxford\, OX1 3LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241125T160000
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SUMMARY:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
DESCRIPTION:The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum\, c. fifth century CE) are perhaps the most widely read patristic texts throughout history. They have been constantly translated and retranslated into almost all modern languages\, deployed in spiritual direction\, and featured in literature and art. Scholars seek to locate and understand the historical context in Egypt\, Palestine\, and the Judean deserts; however\, modern readers might seek spiritual wisdom to guide or understand themselves. The Sayings often seem larger than life\, revealing aspects otherwise obscured. The Desert Father Anthony of Egypt is reputed to have said: “A time is coming when men will go mad\, and when they see someone who is not mad\, they will attack him saying\, ‘You are mad\,’ since he is not like them.” During this webinar Anthony O’Mahony will offer a wide-ranging reflection on the context\, reception\, and continuing significance of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nAnthony O’Mahony is a tutor in Christianity and world religions at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford and Blackfriars\, Studium. He was reader in the history of Eastern Christianity at Heythrop College\, University of London\, from 1999 to 2018. In 2018\, he was appointed associate fellow at the School of Advanced Studies\, University of London. He held the Sir Daniel and Countess Bernardine Murphy Donohue Chair in Eastern Catholic Theology in 2018 and 2019 at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. His research interests include the modern history of Eastern Christianity\, dialogue between Eastern and Western churches\, Christian-Muslim-Jewish relations\, and the history of Jerusalem.
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-sayings-of-the-desert-fathers/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T170000
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SUMMARY:J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country
DESCRIPTION:A Month in the Country (1980) by J. L. Carr is a short novel that describes the re-emergence of a shell-shocked World War I veteran through his engagement with a small community. The focus of Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti is for us to extend out from self and family to a suffering world. He urges us to pull back from protectionism\, individualism\, and isolation to a more global perspective—in short\, to open our “local” arms to embrace a greater “global.” By looking at A Month in the Country\, Neil Garrod will discuss how someone who has lost their sense of local can rebuild themselves through engagement with the global. It is not as straightforward as adopting someone else’s local but\, rather\, reshaping one’s own local from interactions with the various other locals that make up the global. \nBy taking the perspective of rebuilding an empty husk\, A Month in the Country provides a strong endorsement of the importance of the global to each and every one of us. Rather than a hectoring\, political\, religious\, or moral stance\, it simply conveys the need we all have to maintain our own sense of self. \n\nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nNeil Garrod is an honorary professor in the Faculty of Economy at the University of Ljubljana and a lifelong academic. Originally a mathematician\, he studied management sciences and completed his doctorate in constrained optimization. He is also widely published in the field of accounting and finance. With time he moved into university administration and held senior positions throughout the United Kingdom\, South Africa\, and the United Arab Emirates. His love of literature never left him and now\, in retirement\, he spends much of his time thinking of the best word for his next line of poetry. He splits his time between London\, South Africa\, and as much of the world that he can visit. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/j-l-carrs-a-month-in-the-country/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:George Eliot's Middlemarch
DESCRIPTION:Virginia Woolf famously called George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1871-1872) “one of the few English novels written for grownup people.” One of the aspects of the novel that makes it “grownup” is the constant negotiation with conflict and community it presents. The characters consistently grapple with feelings of otherness as they strive to communicate and grow. This does not lead to happy resolutions for all\, but it does provide a wealth of cultural encounters; through these Eliot can offer a philosophical commentary on her own society and expose the failures and struggles she sees in her present day. \nIn this talk\, Clare Broome Saunders will explore these cultural encounters in Middlemarch\, focusing particularly on the ways in which Eliot uses both recent history and medieval hagiography to illustrate her ideas. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nClare Broome Saunders is the senior tutor at Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford and a member of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. She is one of the United Kingdom’s leading contributors in discussions of nineteenth-century medievalism\, and her research interests include women’s poetry and European travel writers. Her books include Louisa Stuart Costello: A 19th Century Writing Life (2015)\, Women\, Travel Writing\, and Truth(2014)\, and Women Writers and Nineteenth-Century Medievalism (2009). Forthcoming publications include work on the connections between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and William Blake\, and a book on political medievalism in the long nineteenth century. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Neil Garrod\n4pm\, Mon\, 18 Nov: On A Month in the Country \nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/george-eliots-middlemarch/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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SUMMARY:The Book of Mormon as a Boundary Object in Cultural Encounters
DESCRIPTION:The Book of Mormon is considered to be scripture by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However\, the use of The Book of Mormon in actual missionary work is contrasted with its dramatic representation in The Book of Mormon musical\, attracting audiences in a form of encounter. There is however a more important encounter which is specifically enshrined in the Mormon religion. This works through in practice as inviting\, sharing\, teaching\, and testifying about one’s faith\, but then recognizing and accepting the right of the other to choose their own way ahead while continuing to extend unconditional love. \nIn this talk\, Ian Finlay will confront the issue of a religion which is followed by many people in the United States and elsewhere with the way in which it has recently been represented on the theatrical stage. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nIan Finlay is a supernumerary fellow of Harris Manchester College\, University of Oxford. His bachelor’s degree is in social sciences\, and he has graduate qualifications in education and theology. Finlay is also secretary of the Oxford Council of Faith and\, with his wife\, serves as a missionary in the Wembley Outreach Centre teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Clare Broome Saunders\n4pm\, Mon\, 11 Nov: On Middlemarch \nDr Neil Garrod\n4pm\, Mon\, 18 Nov: On A Month in the Country \nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/the-book-of-mormon/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241028T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241028T160000
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SUMMARY:Beowulf: Cultural Encounter and the Beginning of English Literature
DESCRIPTION:The Old English poem Beowulf\, dating from the late seventh or early eighth century\, offers a textual encounter with the dynamic culture of early medieval England. Highlighting the theology of the early English church\, the poem reveals a deep reverence of God as Creator and an acute awareness of God’s ongoing governance of creation through the unfolding of his will in daily life. The spiritual battle between good and evil is a paradigm through which the Beowulf-poet sees reality\, and the Beowulfian imagination is evidently a thoroughly biblical one\, given the poem’s many scriptural allusions and parallels. Textual analysis reveals that Beowulf is not the product of a primitive “Dark Ages\,” but the sophisticated output of an intellectually advanced monastic milieu. Beowulf contributes to a wider corpus of early Old English religious poems which form the roots of English theological and literary tradition. \nIn this talk\, Jasmine Jones will provide a close-reading analysis of Beowulf in the original Old English\, illuminating the two main topics of cultural encounter in the poem: religion and Germanic-heroic culture. \nThis event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project and Blackfriars Hall\, Oxford. It is part of the year-long series\, Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference. \nOnline. Free and open to all. Registration is required. \nJasmine Jones is a college lecturer in English at Pembroke College\, Oxford\, and Stipendiary Lecturer in English (650–1550) at St. Peter’s College\, Oxford. Jones is finishing her doctorate in English at St. Edmund Hall\, Oxford\, where she has been a Clarendon Scholar and the Bruce Mitchell Scholar of Old and Middle English. Her research focuses on understanding the theology of the earliest writings which survive in the English language: Old English monastic poetry from around 650 to 850 CE. \nUpcoming events in this series\nDr Ian Finlay\n4pm\, Mon\, 4 Nov: On The Book of Mormon \nDr Clare Broome Saunders\n4pm\, Mon\, 11 Nov: On Middlemarch \nDr Neil Garrod\n4pm\, Mon\, 18 Nov: On A Month in the Country \nDr Anthony O’Mahony\n4pm\, Mon\, 25 Nov: On The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
URL:https://adoring-mclean.79-99-40-212.plesk.page/event/beowulf/
CATEGORIES:Las Casas Institute
ORGANIZER;CN="Las Casas Institute with Georgetown University":MAILTO:lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk
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