The Ordered Universe, in association with the International Robert Grosseteste Society, is organising a conference, 3-5 April 2018, at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. The call for Papers and Posters is available now. Please circulate and put in an application! Science, Imagination and Wonder: Robert Grosseteste and His Legacy…
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Alex Carr – Aesthetica Art Prize
Supporters of the Ordered Universe will be pleased to know, I’m sure, that Alex Carr has been long-listed for the Aesthetica Art Prize. More details on Alex’s website. A video of the shortlisted piece, Phi, will be on show at the exhibition at York Gallery this May. It will also be published in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology whichContinue reading “Alex Carr – Aesthetica Art Prize”
Heat, Comets, and Collaboration: a post by Dr Seb Falk
The 18th Ordered Universe symposium – and the fourth held under the sponsorship of the Arts and Humanities Research Council – took place in Oxford, at Pembroke College, on 17-19 May. We were wonderfully hosted by the College, with lunches and dinners held in its magnificent Victorian Gothic hall; the symposium organisation
Below the Moon: Comets, Heat and Water
The next Ordered Universe symposium takes place in the week to come, May 17-19, at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. It will be great to be back at Pembroke, one of the original homes of the project, and to be broaching two new treatises for collaborative reading. These comprise the De cometis – On Comets and the De impressionibusContinue reading “Below the Moon: Comets, Heat and Water”
New Podcast: Tom McLeish at University College Dublin’s Institute for Discovery
Tom McLeish talking to Dr Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain from University College Dublin, about interdisciplinary, Ordered Universe, and wider themes concerning science, faith and creativity.
Ordered Human Project Launches Today
Jack Cunningham’s Ordered Human project, based at Bishop Grosseteste University, launches today. The project puts together medievalists and modern educationalists in order to unravel the teachings of Grosseteste on the subject of how and why we learn. More details on the project and conference are available here. This is an exciting venture, and one that the Ordered UniverseContinue reading “Ordered Human Project Launches Today”
Ordered Universe Reading Group (Durham)
A short notice to say that our informal reading group will be continuing during Easter term at Durham University. Our first meeting of the term will take place on the 22nd May at 3pm in Seminar Room 2 at Durham University’s Department of History. The reading group will examine the Natural Questions of Seneca (c.Continue reading “Ordered Universe Reading Group (Durham)”
Experiments in Space, Time and the Body
Thursday and Friday last week, 19th and 20th of April, saw the latest colloquium in the Ordered Universe programme. This time the focus was on the medieval science of time-reckoing – Compotus. To this science Grosseteste made a notable, and highly original contribution, in the 1220s. The colloquium took the theme of compotus, using the beautiful, tiny, andContinue reading “Experiments in Space, Time and the Body”
Jack Cunnigham on ‘In Our Time’
Ordered Universe core research team member Jack Cunningham, from Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, features on In Our Time in a programme dedicated to Roger Bacon, which aired on Thursday 20th April. Together with Amanda Power (University of Oxford), and Elly Truitt (Bryn Mawr College), Jack discusses with Melvyn Bragg the life and legacy of Bacon, including hisContinue reading “Jack Cunnigham on ‘In Our Time’”
History of Science Seminar in Oxford
For those in Oxford for the coming term, Dr Philipp Nothaft and Dr Dimitri Levitin, are running a History of Science seminar at All Souls College. All are welcome, and it’s a fantastic array of speakers, from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period.