Annual Lecture with the Posbury St Francis Trust

October 5th 2026 • Professor Mark Hill KC

6:00pm (drinks from 5:30pm) Monday 5th October 2026, University of Exeter (Harrison Building, 004 Lecture Theatre, Streatham Campus)

(in partnership with the University of Exeter Centre for Ethics and Practical Theology)

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 caselaw 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 is Global Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, London, and Chancellor of the Dioceses of Chichester, Leeds and Europe. He 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.