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Blackfriars Hall | ||||||||||||
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University of Oxford | ||||||||||||
![]() Arms: Gyronny sable and argent, a cross flory counterchanged. | ||||||||||||
Location | St Giles', Oxford | |||||||||||
Established | 1994 | |||||||||||
Named after | The black cappa of the Dominican friars | |||||||||||
Regent | Rev. John O’Connor, OP[1] | |||||||||||
Undergraduates | 0 (4 visiting students) | |||||||||||
Postgraduates | 86[2] | |||||||||||
Website | Hall website |
Blackfriars Hall is a Roman Catholic permanent private hall of the University of Oxford. Unlike a college, a hall is owned and governed by an outside institution (in this case, the English Province of the Order of Preachers) and not by its fellows. Although historically a centre for the study of theology and philosophy informed by the intellectual tradition of St Thomas Aquinas, it now admits men and women of any faith to a wide range of postgraduate degree programmes in the humanities and social sciences. The current Regent of Blackfriars is Fr. John O'Connor, O.P..