The Hook Lecture stimulates debate around an issue of faith in the context of Leeds.

The event is organised jointly by Leeds Church Institute, Leeds Minster and School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science at the University of Leeds. With the UK hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow in November 2021, we would like to offer our annual Hook Lecture on theology and the environment.

The lecture usually takes place in Leeds Minster and we hope by the autumn to be able to have the event in person.

About the speaker

Dr Carmody Grey is currently Assistant Professor of Catholic Theology at Durham University. She works mainly in the areas of philosophical theology and theological ethics, with a focus on science, nature and environment. She has degrees in theology from Trinity College Oxford, King’s College Cambridge and the University of Nottingham. Before starting her doctorate she was Head of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics at Bedales School in Hampshire, as well as pursuing her ongoing interest in ecology and the life sciences through a postgraduate degree from Edinburgh. She teaches and speaks publicly in a variety of arenas, and is a columnist for The Tablet.