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Prof. Fr. Michael Baggot, LC named Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC
Prof. Fr. Michael Baggot, LC, Chair Research Scholar and Assistant Professor of Faculty of Bioethics, has been named a Fellow of "Medical Ethics: Transhumanism and the Body" program at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at University of Southern California....
Research Scholar Prof. Fr. Michael Baggot, LC, at the University of Edinburgh
On March 23rd, 2024, Prof. Fr. Michael Baggot, LC, Research Scholar of the Chair and Professor of the Faculty of Bioethics, was one of the keynote speakers at a day conference organised by the Edinburgh chapter of the Thomistic Institute and the Albertus Institute...
Bioethics and Surrogacy: Chair Assistant Researcher Giulia Bovassi at the Glass Palace – NY
On March 20, 2024, the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations and ADF International organized the conference "Too High a Cost: End Surrogacy Now Preventing the Exploitation and Commodification of Women and Children," during the "68th Session...
FIRST ReCUI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
On the occasion of World Education Day the Recui- Network of Italian UNESCO Chairs organized its first General Assembly on the topics: peace education future. It was also an opportunity to present a Statement on Migration, the outcome of the work of the group...
Bioethics Summer Course 2024
Bioaesthetics: for an understanding of Global Bioethics through aesthetic experience Course presentation. The 22nd Summer Course in Bioethics “Bioaesthetics: for an Understanding of Global Bioethics through Aesthetic Experience” will be held on July 1-5, 2024. The...
10th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop – Jerusalem
An Interreligious and Multicultural Perspective on The Nature of Medicine and the Role of Physicians DECEMEBR 17-19, 2024 During the three days of our UNESCO Chair workshop, we will analyze and discuss “The Nature of Medicine and the Role of Physicians”. The...
Prof. Fr. Joseph Tham,LC, at the World Medical Association’s Regional Expert Meeting in Pacific on the WMA Declaration of Helsinki
On December 1st, Prof. Fr. Joseph Tham, LC, Full Professor in Bioethics and Research Scholar of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, will present during the ‘World Medical Association’s Regional Expert Meeting in Pacific on the WMA Declaration of...
Prof. Fr. Joseph Tham, LC, at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong
On December 5th, Prof. Fr. Joseph Tham, LC, Full Professor in Bioethics and Research Scholar of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, will present during the three-day conference "Regulatory Governance of Emerging Health Technologies" in the “Reproductive...
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