Thoughts on the Pandemic

CCS Staff

Maria Exall (Postdoctoral Research Associate in Catholic Social Thought and Practice)

• COVID-19 and the survival of the fittest

• COVID-19 pandemic and the renewal of political economy

Anna Rowlands (St Hilda Chair in Catholic Social Thought and Practice)

• Living in a time out of shape (What does it mean to spend time well, and how might our collective experience of the current restrictions affect the way we impose them on others in future?)
• Simone Weil and the gift of inarticulacy: How not to live in lockdown
• How not to be an idiot: Hannah Arendt on public life in COVID-19 times
• Gillian Rose and the politics of mourning

Rik Van Nieuwenhove (Associate Professor of Medieval Thought)

• COVID-19, distractions, and hope

CCS Students

Charlotte Bray (PhD student supported by a Louis Lafosse scholarship)

• COVID-19, vulnerability and grief

Gaël Pardoën (PhD student supported by Mary Ward and St Jude bursaries)

• Being the dismembered body of Christ

Florence Taylor (PhD student/CCS member in the Department of Theology and Religion)

• How to avoid getting distracted in lockdown: Pursuing real hope with Simone Weil

Other CCS Members

Giles Gasper (Professor of High Medieval History)

• Co-curator of Narratives of Resilience, a podcast featuring research from the History Department on human responses to crisis and disaster.

CCS Alumna

Gabrielle Thomas (former Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the CCS, now Lecturer at Yale Divinity School)

• How should we draw on the Christian tradition during Covid-19?