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THE MASTER AND FELLOWS
The Master, among many activities, published Christ the Heart of Creation (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018). In July 2018 he preached at the Grocers’ Company Election Service, took part in a Royal Academy conversation with Anthony Gormley on ‘Art with Christianity’, and attended the Pusey House Theological Conference in Oxford; in September he gave a lecture ‘Encountering the Other’ at St-Martins-in-the-Field; in October he was awarded membership of the Academy of Athens, attended the Canonisation of Archbishop Oscar Romero in Rome, gave the Grand Challenges Lecture on ‘Ethics, Law, and the Future of Democracy’ at Keele University, and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Winchester; in November, he gave the Faraday Lecture in Cambridge on ‘Human Identity in a Scientific World’, was keynote speaker at the Lester Randall Preaching Fellowship in Toronto, was in conversation with John Gray at the Cambridge Literary Festival on what it is to be human and the role of atheism and religion, and attended a Religion and Literature Conference at the University of Notre Dame; in December, he attended the book launch of Yazid Said and Lejla Demiri (eds), The Future of Interfaith Dialogue: MuslimChristian Encounters through A Common Word at Lambeth Palace, and performed, along with Sally Bradshaw and Michael Haslam, some festive readings and songs in the Master’s Lodge. In February 2019 he received an Honorary Degree and delivered the Paddock Lectures at the General Seminary, New York; in March he gave the 48th annual R T Orr Lecture on ‘Theology and Human Rights: Conflict and Convergence’, received an Honorary Degree from Huron University College, Ontario, followed by a lecture ‘What Shall I Cry? How do we preach today?’, and spoke at the Annual Interfaith dinner on ‘Human dignity and religious faith’ at St Fagan’s National Museum of History, Cardiff; in May, he gave the Professor Peter Gilbert Memorial Lecture on ‘Mysticism, Mental Health and Spirituality’ at the Roman Catholic Church St Aloysius, London; in June he spoke on ‘Faith, Reason, Theosis’ at the Patterson Triennial Conference at Fordham University, New York. Professor Duffy has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Heythrop College, University of London. Professor Cornish has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the University of Sofia. Professor Dupree has been named a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher, with his research group featuring in the top 1% most cited works worldwide in the ‘cross field’ category. He has been awarded the BA Stone award for Excellence in Plant Polysaccharides Biochemistry. Dr Stoddart has edited Delicate Urbanism in Context: Pre-Roman German Urbanism (Macdonald Institute, 2017). Mr Thompson has been appointed Chairman of the Varrier Jones Foundation, a property and investment charity providing financial support to the Papworth Trust. 15
