Hannah and Giles have been invited to talk to The Society for the History of Medieval Technology and Science, in two weeks time, on Saturday, 14 December at 2:00 pm. We’ll be talking about the project, under the title: “Medieval and Modern Science: Robert Grosseteste (c.1170-1253) in Multi-Disciplinary Perspective”. The recent work on the DeContinue reading “The Society for the History of Medieval Technology and Science – Saturday 14th December”
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Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 2
One of the bedrock principles of the Durham Grosseteste Project is the activity of collaborative reading. It sounds simple, and it many respects it is, but sitting together, to read through a text, slowly and thoughtfully, creates the environment in which exciting and imaginative ideas for research take shape and evolve. All present are ableContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 2”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 1
At the beginning of this week we welcomed members old and new to Durham to explore the second element within our network project based on Grosseteste’s scientific works, namely whether and how the ideas, concepts and problems he discusses can be used in the modern classroom. How to bring Grosseteste’s world to life and how toContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 1”
Medicine, Science and a Porto Perspective
I first heard about The Ordered Universe Project in a seminar led by Giles Gasper and Tom McLeish at Durham last autumn. As someone who specialises in medieval medicine and gender, I was initially fascinated by their willingness to combine medieval science with modern physics, yet I was unaware of what contribution (if any) IContinue reading “Medicine, Science and a Porto Perspective”
Porto Conference Thoughts and Reflections, from a postgraduate perspective, Part One
A few months ago Giles Gasper kindly invited me to attend the FIDEM conference in Porto as part of the Grosseteste project. I gladly accepted the invitation and started to read through the material that I was sent. The Grosseteste project had interested me ever since I heard about it; the idea of collaboration betweenContinue reading “Porto Conference Thoughts and Reflections, from a postgraduate perspective, Part One”
The Grosseteste Project and being involved as a student
My name is Ulrike, and I just finished the second year of my undergraduate degree in Psychology with Philosophy at Oxford. The first time I heard about the Grosseteste project was at a drinks reception we had with our College tutors. We asked Hannah about the various research strands she is involved in, and itContinue reading “The Grosseteste Project and being involved as a student”
Ordered Universe Talks to Date
A run-down of the public and research presentations various members of the team have given on the Grosseteste Science project over the last two years or so.
Photos from the New York Graduate Center…
Here we are then, the three presenters… A wonderful occasion, and a really good set of questions: was Grosseteste a loner or a collaborator, how do the scientific and theological texts work together, how were the key terms in the De colore translated, what are the attractions of the deeper past to modern scientists. Science, asContinue reading “Photos from the New York Graduate Center…”
Durham Grosseteste Project / Ordered Universe in New York
The Ordered Universe Project in February 2013 Three of the team, Giles, Hannah and Tom, enjoyed the wonderful environment of the Graduate Center, CUNY, and gave a public lecture as part of the Science Initiative, at the invitation of William Bialek. The Proshansky Auditorium was a great venue, and we spoke to a large audience,Continue reading “Durham Grosseteste Project / Ordered Universe in New York”