Weekly informal discussions of current topics appearing in the media for example in Radio 4's 'In Our Time' .
Contact enquiries@grandpont-house.org for details.
25 January 2008: book launch of 'Ethos' and the Oxford Movement: At the Heart of Tractarianism' (OUP) by Fr James Pereiro, chaplain of Grandpont House.
Fr James' latest book provides a new key for a fuller and proper
understanding of the Oxford Movement. He explores the pre-Tractarian
historical circumstances, the intellectual roots of the Oxford Movement, the
formation of the concept of ethos, and the influence it had in the Movement's
ideological and historical development.p>
Christmas Vacation "Is there place for the soul in neural science?" 10th International Interdisciplinary Seminar at Netherhall House 2
to 6 January 2008 These International Interdisciplinary Seminars aim to bring
together students from science, philosophy, law and other disciplines, to study
key issues of current interest. The topic for the 2008 seminar is of immediate interest to
students of scientific and philosophical disciplines. Yet it is ultimately of
interest to anyone who believes in a spiritual soul and who necessarily assumes
that his soul is somehow involved in governing certain movements of his body.
The seminar includes talks by experts and discussion sessions, as well as
papers by some of the student participants. Michaelmas Term 2007 Setting the Record Straight: A Health Check for Independent Minds Grandpont House continues its series of talks aiming to assess
critically some commonly-held contemporary 'orthodoxies' Prof Peter Hodgson will give the second of a series of talks on 'Christianity
and Science'. Prof Hodgson has published over a dozen books and several
hundred research papers in his main research area, the theory of nuclear
structure and reactions; he has also written widely on 'science and society',
including Christianity and science. The Galileo Affair 8.00pm on Wednesday 24 October (Week 3) Hilary Term 2007 Setting the Record Straight: A Health Check for Independent
Minds Grandpont
House continues its series of talks aiming to assess critically some
commonly-held contemporary ‘orthodoxies’. Prof
Peter Hodgson will give the first of several talk s on ‘Christianity and
Science’. Prof Hodgson has recently retired after a distinguished career as a
Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He has published over a dozen books
in his research area, the theory of nuclear structure and reactions, and a
number of others in the area of ‘science and society’. The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science 8.00pm on Wednesday 7th March (Week 8) The New Age Movements: New Media: Looking Ahead Seminars
(continued from last term) exploring the new emerging forms of news and
entertainment media based on the internet; led by Dr Carles Llorens from the
International University of Catalonia, academic visitor at the Centre for
Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University and an expert in media organizations. The New Media
seminars take place on Saturdays from 5 to 6 pm.
A talk given by Stratford Caldecott, a founding
director of ResSource Ltd editor of Second
Spring and the author of Understanding
the New Age Movement, as well as
books on J.R.R. Tolkien, Catholic social teaching, and the sacraments.
8.00pm on
Wednesday 7th February (Week 4)
Week 1, 20
January How the film industry works... and how it fails
Week 2, 27 January TV goes digital:
the implications