The Aquinas Institute was established in 2004 under the directorship of Fergus Kerr OP. It aims to foster study of St Thomas at Oxford through seminars, occasional conferences, summer schools, and programmes that will bring international research scholars to the university each year.

The Institute seeks to foster the study of St Thomas from three perspectives: theology; philosophy; medieval studies and the history of ideas.

Members of the Institute include

Revd Dr Vivian Boland OP (Director), Revd Dr Fergus Kerr OP (Founding Director), Prof. Steve Baldner (Visiting Fellow, Trinity term 2006), Dr William Carroll (Aquinas Fellow Hilary Terms), Revd Dr Simon Gaine OP, Revd Peter Hunter OP Revd Dr Aidan Nichols OP, Revd Dominic Ryan OP

The Aquinas colloquium

The 4th annual colloquium of the institute will take place on Saturday February 28 2009. Blackfriars is grateful to Blackwell Publications for their sponsorship of this event. For further details of this meeting and of last year's colloquium, see our Events pages.

Aquinas seminars

The Institute puts on a weekly seminar in Hilary term each year in which leading international scholars address a theme connected with the teaching of St Thomas. To see who will be speaking next, or to look at who previous speakers have been, please consult the pdf files below.

Reading classes and other events

In Michaelmas term, the Director runs a weekly advanced reading class on Aquinas for University and Studium students. In Trinity term, the Director runs a seminar on Medieval authors before and after Aquinas.

Patrons of the Institute

Professors John Haldane Alasdair MacIntyre Ralph McInerny Eleonore Stump