On 11 March, Professor Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers) will deliver a talk entitled "Divine Bootstrapping:  Do Abstract Objects Lead to Atheism?" at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. Date: 11 March 2026 Time: 3pm-4:45pm Venue: the Aula, Blackfriars Hall, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LY This event is free and open to the public. Abstract: Realism about a certain kind of “abstract object”, namely, universals or properties, has been thought to pose a problem for theism. To be a realis

We are delighted to announce this year’s Marek Matraszek Scholars who are currently pursuing their research projects at Blackfriars Hall,...

Applications from masters and early-stage PhD students in Central and Eastern Europe are invited for the 2025-2026 New Generation...

Participants are invited for a thought-provoking discussion of the intersection of these disciplines. Time: 10:30 May 8th – 14:00 May 9th...

On 24 April Dr Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode will deliver a talk entitled "The Meaning of Mourning" for a special instalment of the HPP/IRC...

On 7 February, Dr Iain McGilchrist will deliver a talk entitled "Dominus Illuminatio Mea: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Future of...

On 7 March, Revd Buki Fatona (Oxford University) will deliver a talk for the HPP/IRC seminar entitled '“Do this in Remembrance of me”:...

We are delighted to announce that Bartosz Wesół (University of Warsaw) has been awarded the 2023 Oxford University Prize for Central...

A book launch for The Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death, Loss and Grief, edited by HPP organiser Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode will...

The HPP and its partners invite applications, and papers for its 2023 study week, ‘Minds, Persons and Cosmos’. This event will comprise a...