In this public lecture Kevin Vallier will introduce and discuss 'Catholic integralism', drawing on the arguments of his 2023 Oxford University Press book 'All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism'. Integralism is an increasingly popular account of the right relationship between the church and state within Catholic political thought, which holds that the state should recognise and uphold the true religion. In thus rejects many of the central tenets of contemporary liberalism.

Almost 80 years on from the end of World War II, the international liberal order is under acute stress around the world while its main supporter, the United States, turns increasingly inward. In his 2024 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria examines the dramatic shifts in geopolitics we are currently witnessing and asks: what is going to come next?

Event Details:

4.15 pm – Registration opens
4.50 pm - Auditorium doors close
5 pm – Lecture & Q&A
6.30 pm – Reception