The Ordered Universe project featured today at Durham University’s Celebrating Arts and Humanities Research Day. The second annual event of its kind, the day showcased research from the past year from all of the departments within the Faculty (History, English, Classics, Theology and Religion, Music, Philosophy, and Modern Languages and Cultures).
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New digs taking shape and celebrating humanities
Seminar in Durham – Friday 23rd
Information about a Sculpting with Light seminar this Friday!
Keynote Speakers: Science, Imagination and Wonder – Oxford Conference April 2018
Delighted to announce our three keynote speakers for the Ordered Universe conference in April 2018 (3rd-5th), Science, Imagination and Wonder – The Legacy of Robert Grosseteste.
Science Stories – Podcast
And here it is, the wonderful show from Philip Ball’s Science Stories, on Radio 4. An evocative opening, and then a treat with Tom talking about Grosseteste, the De luce and the interdisciplinary work of the Ordered Universe, and a final consideration of multiverses with Mary Jane Rubenstein. Thought-provoking, meditative and stimulating by turns! Just showsContinue reading “Science Stories – Podcast”
Never trust an historian…Ordered Universe Reading Group in Durham
Well, by Hercules, as Seneca did, in fact, say, the Ordered Universe Reading Group (Durham Chapter), finished this week its reading of Seneca’s Natural Questions. A very interesting experience, with our usual interdisciplinary mix. While the explanations for terrestrial waters might not have commanded universal interest, the books on Comets and on Cloud <Rain, Hail and Snow>Continue reading “Never trust an historian…Ordered Universe Reading Group in Durham”
Exhibition at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland
Absolutely thrilled to announce an upcoming exhibition at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland. Artists Cate Watkinson and Colin Rennie, with contributions from MA and PhD students from the Centre will be creating a fantastic array of installations, all based on Grosseteste’s treatises on light, colour and the rainbow. The exhibition will run fromContinue reading “Exhibition at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland”
Grosseteste Manuscripts
A new resource for Grosseteste, and wider medieval, manuscript research, is now available on the Ordered Universe website. It comprises a list of all known manuscripts of Grosseteste’s scientific, theological and philosophical opuscula. Compiled by Professor Neil Lewis (Georgetown University), the list is designed to be iterative: if you come across
Sculpting with Light
An update on the Leverhulme Trust funded Artist in Residence position for Alexandra Carr. Alex is settled into the wonderful surroundings of Ushaw College (with many thanks to the fantastic staff), and the programme for the summer is taking shape. This will involve collaborations across the university and across the region. We have a websiteContinue reading “Sculpting with Light”
Medieval ‘Big Bang Theory’…
One not to miss! Tom McLeish is featured at 21.00 on Wednesday this week, talking with Philip Ball, on Science Stories, Radio 4: The Medieval Bishop’s Big Bang Theory. Tom and Philip explore the scientific world of Robert Grosseteste, rainbows, colour and light streaming through Cathedral windows, and the birth of the cosmos described in his treatise ‘OnContinue reading “Medieval ‘Big Bang Theory’…”