Reading and transcribing medieval manuscripts is a task that is humbling and exhilarating in equal measure. It is a very immediate way in which to bring the past back to life; a direct link to the physical presence of the great thinkers and writers we study. They bear witness to profound achievements attained without the use of the modern technologies we take for granted, and to the creative and intellectual capabilities of humankind regardless of time or place.Continue reading “Scribal loyalties: A note from a new post-doc.”
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’s lecture, on Grosseteste’s wonderful, image-heavy, poem of the fall and redemption of humanity, could not have been more appropriate for the occasion. To a full auditorium in the Robert Hardy theatre, Michael presented a tour-de-force of learning and sensitive reading, placing the Anglo-Norman poem, its allegory of the Virgin Mary as Castle, and extended commentary on the redemption of creation, into a series of contexts.Continue reading “A Guided Tour of the Chateau d’Amour: with video clips”
Ordered Universe goes Down Under
As Giles has already indicated, I have been enjoying a lecture tour over the last week in Australia and New Zealand. Originally catalysed by the Faith and Wisdom in Science book (which does have some Grosseteste stuff in it), and an invitation from the Theology department of Otago University here in Dunedin – particularly their Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI), it grew into a series of visits to departments of physics, chemistry as well as interdisciplinary centres and theology departments in Melbourne, Aldelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Queenstown, Dunedin and Wellington. In Australia my host organisation was ISCAST, a network supporting thinking and public engagement of Christianity and science.Continue reading “Ordered Universe goes Down Under”
Ordered Universe in Aotearoa
Tom completes his lecture-tour in New Zealand, and will be talking on Monday about Ordered Universe in two, almost back-back sessions. For more reflections on Tom’s other experiences, conversations and debates take a look at his blog, Faith and Wisdom in Science. It certainly looks like a very stimulating series of discussions and encounters! The interest provoked by Ordered Universe and Robert Grosseteste’s engagement with the world around him, conceptually and really (as it were), has been heart-warming and delightful to watch.Continue reading “Ordered Universe in Aotearoa”
Podcasts and Public Lectures
Tom continues his antipodean tour, and there is a good opportunity to catch up with his interview on ABC Brisbane. He is talking with Steve Austin about faith, wisdom, science, and the role that medieval insights can play in modern science.
Brian and Giles, meanwhile, will be talking today at the Royal Society, as part of the Open House London, activities. ‘A Thirteenth Century Theory of Everything’ will present the different views of Grosseteste over the centuries, from medieval to now, how medieval scholars thought about unity and multiplicity, and Grosseteste’s explanations for the model of the universe he presents in the De luce. Tickets are free: details at the Royal Society website.Continue reading “Podcasts and Public Lectures”
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.Continue reading “Annual Grosseteste Lecture: Mike Huxtable”
Tom McLeish, and the Ordered Universe in Brisbane
As part of a series of lectures in Australia and New Zealand, on subjects connected to his recent book, Faith and Wisdom in Science, Rheology, and the Ordered Universe project, and fresh from Melbourne, Tom will be speaking in Brisbane next Tuesday, 15th September, on:
Working with Medieval Scholars on 13th Century Science Texts – A Scientist’s TaleContinue reading “Tom McLeish, and the Ordered Universe in Brisbane”
Book Launch: Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln
A notice of a special event for Philippa Hoskin and the Lincoln Record Society:
On Friday 11th Sept. 2015 the Lincoln Record Society will be launching their much anticipated, Robert Grosseteste as Bishop of Lincoln: The Episcopal Rolls 1235-1253. Ed. Philippa M. Hoskin, Pub. Boydell & Brewer. The event is free (including parking) and light refreshment will be available. The event will take place in the Hardy Building, Seminar Room 1 (next to main Reception) at 4.00pm.Continue reading “Book Launch: Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln”
David Howard at the Proms…
David Howard (University of York), and Ordered Universe stalwart, will be featured in a Proms Concert Interval programme, tonight, talking about his amazing research into human voice production and its reproduction by machines. ‘Singing Machines’ will be broadcast in the UK at about 19.10 and will be available on the BBC Radio 3 website for about 30 days thereafter. Continue reading “David Howard at the Proms…”
Ordered Universe in Australia
Tom McLeish will be giving a talk on the Ordered Universe project in Melbourne, at Monash University, 11th September (2015), in the South Lecture Theatre, 2.15-3.45. Tom will be speaking about the genesis and development of the project and some of the wonderful, surprising things that happen when you put medievalists and scientists together, to unlock and interpret the works of a master-mind of the 13th century.Continue reading “Ordered Universe in Australia”