Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture 2026
Monday, 05 October 2026 at 17:30
In the 2026 Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture, Professor Mark Hill KC will examine the importance of freedom of religion in the current age.
Event details
Key Details
- Date: Monday 5 October 2026
- Time: 5:30pm - drinks reception; 6pm lecture starts
- Location: Harrison Building, 004 Lecture Theatre, Streatham Campus
- Option to join the lecture remotely via MS Teams
- If you would like to register to join this event, please email CAHRT@exeter.ac.uk for the Eventbrite link. Registration closes 29 September at midday.
- If you register to join us remotely, the Teams link will be circulated to registered online attendees after registration closes.
We will start the event with a drinks reception at 5:30pm and the lecture will start at 6pm.
Freedom of Religion in a Secular World
Professor Mark Hill KC
Global Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame, London
Chancellor of the Dioceses of Chichester, Leeds and Europe
In the 2026 Posbury St Francis Trust Lecture, Professor Mark Hill KC will examine the importance of freedom of religion in the current age. Drawing on recent case law in the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, this year's lecture will consider perceived threats to religious liberty: are they illusory or real?
Professor Mark Hill KC practises at the Bar in London and for the past eight years has been Vice President of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies. His publications include: Islam, Religious Liberty and Constitutionalism in Europe (2024); Religion and Law in the United Kingdom (2021); The Routledge Handbook on Freedom of Religion or Belief (2020); Christianity and Criminal Law (2020); and Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law (2015).
Organiser
Theology and Religion
Location
Harrison Building, Lecture Theatre 004