Poetry, Faith, and Silence: A Conversation with Anthony V. Capildeo

• Thursday, September 18
• 12:00 PM
• College Street Tent
• 470 College Street
• MAP
• FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join us for an intimate conversation on the profound intersections of poetry, faith, and silence with 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize recipient Anthony V. Capildeo. This special event will be moderated by Fr. Albert Robertson OP. Born in Surrey, Fr. Robertson studied at universities in London and Oxford before becoming a Catholic and entering the Order of Preachers. After ordination, he served as a university chaplain at the University of Edinburgh, where he was assigned to the Dominican community. This promises to be a deeply reflective dialogue, exploring the spiritual and artistic dimensions of Capildeo’s work and the broader role of silence and belief in poetic expression.

Fr. Albert Robertson OP was born in Surrey, just outside of London. He went to university at the London School of Economics where he studied Social Anthropology, before going on to graduate studies at the University of Oxford where he worked at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Having become a Catholic, Fr. Albert became a Dominican in 2015, and spent six years in Oxford studying philosophy and theology at the Dominican study house there. After ordination in 2022 Fr. Albert worked briefly in Edinburgh, and in 2023 took up a position as Assistant Chaplain in the Catholic Chaplaincy to the University of Cambridge. He begins doctoral studies in the fall of 2025.

Weather Alert: In the case of a weather disruption, this event will be moved to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Mezzanine (121 Wall Street, New Haven, CT). Please check our social media channels for real-time updates.