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Department: Faculty of Theology and Religion
Talks:
Wednesday 4 March 2026
The Anatomy of a Conversion: Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Religious Certainty in the “Scientific Revolution”
Date: 4 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Dr Nuno Castel-Branco (All Souls College, Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 10.30, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
Organiser:
Ian Ramsey Centre for Science & Religion
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 9 March 2026
Quantum Worldviews - Believing and Belonging
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Dr Shaun Henson (Faculty of Theology and Religion, Oxford)
Venue Details: Room 00.079 (Ground Floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organiser:
Ian Ramsey Centre for Science & Religion
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 11 June 2026
Day 1 - Reimagining Humanism: Religious Humanisms as Frameworks for Building a Common Life in a Fractured World
Date: 11 June 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Reimagining Humanism | McDonald Centre Annual Conference 2026
Date: 11 June 2026, 17:00 - 14:30
Speaker
s:
Rev. Canon Prof. Luke Bretherton (University of Oxford),
Slavica Jakelić (Richard P. Baepler Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Valparaiso University),
Randi Rashkover (Nathan and Sofia Gumenick Chair of Judaic Studies, William & Mary),
Eric Gregory (Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religion, Princeton University),
Ufuk Topkara (Professor of Comparative Theology from an Islamic Perspective at the Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin),
Professor Joshua Hordern,
Aaron Stalnaker (Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University),
Chammah Kaunda (Academic Dean at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS))
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Host:
Rev. Canon Prof. Luke Bretherton (University of Oxford)
Friday 12 June 2026
Day 2 - Reimagining Humanism: Religious Humanisms as Frameworks for Building a Common Life in a Fractured World
Date: 12 June 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
