During the coming week the Ordered Universe project will be featured in an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Durham University’s Insitute of Advanced Study, at the House of Lords. Transforming The Way We Think will showcase the Institute’s varied activities over the last ten years, and its leading role in the promotion of interdisciplinary thinkingContinue reading “Ordered Universe at the House of Lords”
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Ordered Universe in Brussels
On the 15th June, Giles, Cecilia and Sigbjørn took the Ordered Universe project on the road to Brussels, and, in particular, the Université Libre de Bruxelles. An invitation by Professor Christian Brouwer, Department of Philosophy and Director of the Bibliothèque des Science Humaines, to present the concept and results of the project in a seminarContinue reading “Ordered Universe in Brussels”
Grosseteste in Glass
The first of the creative collaboration seminars between the Ordered Universe project and the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, was a great success. The project sparked a great deal of interest across a wide spectrum of fields and has continued to provoke and stimulate thought. The experience of watching glass architecture being created inContinue reading “Grosseteste in Glass”
Grosseteste in Glass
The first of the Creative Collaboration Seminars took place on Tuesday 31st May at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland. Led by Cate Watkinson and Colin Rennie, with Giles and Hannah, members of the Ordered Universe team and staff and students from the National Glass Centre had a fabulous day exploring Grosseteste’s texts onContinue reading “Grosseteste in Glass”
New Publication: Grosseteste and Religious and Scientific Learning
Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Religious and Scientific learning in the Middle-Ages. (Springer 2016) Eds. Jack P. Cunningham & M. Hocknull. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33468, ISBN 978-3-319-33466-0. No. of pages 401. No. of illustrations 16 colour. £86.00. July 2016 will see the publication of the proceedings of the 3rd international Robert Grosseteste Conference which took placeContinue reading “New Publication: Grosseteste and Religious and Scientific Learning”
Through a Glass Darkly – Creative Collaboration Seminar 1
Next Tuesday, 31st May, sees the first activity in the collaboration between the Ordered Universe and the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, Through a Glass Darkly. We have a day of creative collaboration across a wide range of media. Brian, Giles, Hannah, Clive, Josh, Ana Dias – a PhD student in medieval manuscript illumination atContinue reading “Through a Glass Darkly – Creative Collaboration Seminar 1”
On the Utility of the Arts
A reminder for Durham-based Ordered Universe participants and devotees, that tomorrow we have a two-session On the Utility of the Arts on Grosseteste’s treatise De artibus liberalibus- On the Liberal Arts. Starting at 10.30 and finishing at 2.30, the seminar takes place in the Hatfield College SCR Dining Room. We will be joined by Faith WallisContinue reading “On the Utility of the Arts”
Spektrum Success: Ordered Universe Creatives
It is a great pleasure to report that Alexandra Carr has been awarded a place at a major exhibition organised by Spectrum, a convergence of cultural communities and transdisciplinary groups based in Berlin. The exhibition, States of Matter, takes place in June, 23-26, this summer. The exhibit, The Lens of Sound takes the form of a video presentation inContinue reading “Spektrum Success: Ordered Universe Creatives”
The View from Kalamazoo 2016
May 12th-15th 2016: the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Durham and Ordered Universe contingent (Giles Gasper, Helen Foxhall Forbes, Sigbjørn Sønnesyn, Sarah Gilbert, Jon Turnock and Stephanie Britton) travelled down to Kalamazoo from Toronto on the 11th. A journey of about 9 hours (as opposed to theContinue reading “The View from Kalamazoo 2016”
