Sigbjørn Sønnesyn will be delivering a talk in Durham this week, on subjects related to the background to Grosseteste’s intellectual formation. Speaking in the Medieval Mind Lecture Series organised by Dr Thomas Ball and Dr Sara Uckelman, of the Philosophy Department at Durham, Sigbjørn’s paper is entitled: ‘Words Incarnate: Spirituality, Experience and Epistemology in Twelfth-CenturyContinue reading “Words Incarnate: Durham Talk”
Category Archives: Conferences
A Guided Tour of the Chateau d’Amour: with video clips
Last week, on Friday 9th October, Michael Huxtable gave his lecture ‘A Guided Tour of the Chateau d’Amour’ as the Annual Bishop Grosseteste Lecture, at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. The 9th, at least according to the Anglican canon, is the commemorative day for Grosseteste, and the lecture was given in collaboration with Lincoln Cathedral. Michael’sContinue reading “A Guided Tour of the Chateau d’Amour: with video clips”
Annual Grosseteste Lecture: Mike Huxtable
The Ordered Universe project is delighted that Mike Huxtable will be delivering the Annual Grosseteste Lecturer for 2015, at Bishop Grosseteste University. Mike’s lecture is entitled: ‘A Guided Tour of Robert Grosseteste’s Chateau d’Amour‘ The lecture will take place at on Friday, October 9th, at Bishop Grosseteste University, Robert Hardy Lecture Theatre, starting at 3.pm.
Ordered Universe at the Royal Society Public Lectures: Open House
The Ordered Universe, in the persons of Brian Tanner and Giles Gasper, will be delivering a public lecture at the Royal Society as part of its Open House Weekend.
Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop
Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop. Read Tom’s full version of the Ordered Universe Conversation article written in tandem with our presentation at the Cheltenham Science Festival. The transmission of ideas between cultures within the ancient and medieval periods, as well as within the modern, are key aspects to the whole project. TheyContinue reading “Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop”
Travelling Wisdom – Ordered Universe
Earlier this year in May, Ordered Universe team members participated in a extremely interesting conference organised at the University of Southern Denmark, in Odense. The theme of ‘Travelling Wisdom: Medieval Science in the North c.1000-1500’, proved irresistible, especially when the Ordered Universe team, led by Brian Tanner, was invited to make the opening keynote presentation byContinue reading “Travelling Wisdom – Ordered Universe”
(Medieval) Science and some Spin-Off Contemplations about Ethics and Interdisciplinarity
During the introductory session on the Liberal Arts and modern scientific methodologies, Giles posed the question to the group whether failure of a scientific theory could ever be due to moral rather than intellectual failure. Whilst Giles is the one to turn to if you’re interested in the motivation behind this question, I’d like toContinue reading “(Medieval) Science and some Spin-Off Contemplations about Ethics and Interdisciplinarity”
Ordered Universe Presents…
Ordered Universe presents the two, joint, public lectures from earlier this year at the Mahfouz Forum for Interdisciplinary Studies, Pembroke College, Oxford. After a lovely introduction from the Master, Dame Lynne Brindley, we gave two linked presentations. The first, involving Tom, Giles and Richard, ‘Forming the Body of the Cosmos: Robert Grosseteste’s ‘On Light’ focusedContinue reading “Ordered Universe Presents…”
What a wonderful world – aha-moments triggered by insights into a medieval thinker’s mind
In the aftermath of Ordered Universe gatherings I find myself time and again struck by how little appreciation I normally give to the complexity of the natural world. So many fundamental properties of the physical universe I usually take for granted, without even giving it a thought that someone would have some sort of explanatoryContinue reading “What a wonderful world – aha-moments triggered by insights into a medieval thinker’s mind”
Grosseteste goes public: disseminating medieval and modern science
The Mahfouz Forum on Grosseteste’s De generatione sonorum (On the generation of sound) culminated in a set of public lectures held in the Pichette Auditorium of Pembroke College. With this having been the third time that I got to enjoy being part of an Ordered Universe gathering, I had heard before some elements of theseContinue reading “Grosseteste goes public: disseminating medieval and modern science”