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Blackfriars Hall | ||||||||||||
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University of Oxford | ||||||||||||
Location | St Giles', Oxford | |||||||||||
Established | 1994 | |||||||||||
Named after | The black cappa of the Dominican friars | |||||||||||
Regent | Rev. John O’Connor, OP [1] | |||||||||||
Undergraduates | 0 (4 visiting students) | |||||||||||
Postgraduates | 86 [2] | |||||||||||
Website | Hall website |
Blackfriars Hall is a Catholic permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. Unlike a college, a hall is owned and governed by an outside institution (in this case, the English Province of the Order of Preachers) and not by its fellows. Although historically a centre for the study of theology and philosophy informed by the intellectual tradition of St Thomas Aquinas, it now admits men and women of any faith to a wide range of postgraduate degree programmes in the humanities and social sciences. The current Regent of Blackfriars is Fr. John O'Connor, O.P..
Blackfriars Hall is the home of a number of other institutes including, the Las Casas Institute on ethics, governance and social justice. [3] Launched in November 2008, the institute contributes to the hall's founding vision to be a centre of the social as well as the sacred sciences. [4] Its founding director (from October 2008 to January 2011) was Francis Davis; [5] As of 2022 [update] the director is Richard Finn. [6]
The Aquinas Institute was established in 2004 under the directorship of Fergus Kerr. [7] It aims to foster study of St Thomas at Oxford through seminars, conferences, summer schools and programmes. Patrons of the institute include John Haldane, Alasdair MacIntyre and Eleonore Stump. [8]