Catholic Theology Research Seminars

Convenor: Prof. Karen Kilby. Contact ccs.admin@durham.ac.uk for more information.

Meetings: Usually once a month on Thursdays (4pm-6pm), Seminar Room B

The Durham Catholic Theology Research Seminar is a regular forum for scholarly discussion of pertinent issues in the Catholic traditions of theology and church. It draws together people with specialist interests across the traditional theological disciplines (scriptural, historical, philosophical, systematic, liturgical, ethical and practical/pastoral); Catholic social thought and practice; Catholicism, literature, and the arts; and Lived Catholicism.

The seminars are free of charge and are open to all. Forthcoming seminars are shown on the Centre for Catholic Studies Events page. 

Epiphany Term 2026

Thu 12 Feb at 4-6pm ‘TBC'

Joshua Ralston (Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh)

Seminar Room C, Abbey House, and online

Thu 12 Mar at 4-6pm ‘Óscar Romero and the Structure of Catholic Theology: Uniting What We Separate’

Todd Walatka  (Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies and Kellogg Faculty Fellow, Notre Dame) 

Lindisfarne Room, St Cuthbert’s Society, and online

Tue 17 Mar at 4-6pm ‘TBC’

Linn Tonstad (Professor of Theology, Religion, and Sexuality, Yale Divinity School) 

Seminar Room B, Abbey House, and online