We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Matraszek Scholars, Ema Luna Lalić and Andrija Jurić have arrived at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, where they will be pursuing graduate research as part of the New Generation Research Exchange. Ema is a PhD student at the University of Rijeka, working on humanistic philosophy, engaging thinkers including Richard Rorty and Bernard Williams. Andrija, a PhD student at the University of Novi Sad, is investigating egology and th

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 realist