Evening in honour of St Thomas Aquinas
The Theology Students’ Association is organising its annual academic evening in honour of St Thomas Aquinas at the Grand Ballroom, Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. A lecture entitled ‘Searching for Happiness’ will be delivered by Prof.
The Theology Students’ Association is organising its annual academic evening in honour of St Thomas Aquinas at the Grand Ballroom, Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
A lecture entitled ‘Searching for Happiness’ will be delivered by Prof. Sigrid Muller, vice-dean and lecturer of moral theology at the University of Vienna’s Faculty of Catholic Theology.
A reception will follow the lecture.
Prof. Muller’s special research interests are the history of moral theology and bioethics with a focus on the ethics of technology.
In 2008, she was appointed a Junior Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a member of the Curatorial Board of the Austrian Science Fund FWF.
She will also be delivering a lecture entitled ‘Creating New Forms of Life: Ethical Challenges of applying Synthetic Biology in a Medical Context’ at the University’s New Anatomy Lecture Room, Biomedical Building, on Thursday at 10 a.m., and one entitled ‘Between Spirituality and Morality: the Role of Charity in Late Medieval Moral Theology’ at Gateway Building Hall E on Friday at 10 a.m.