Last week, following the Ordered Universe symposium at McGill, various members of the team stayed on and enjoyed a second event with our friends in Montreal. Organised between Durham University’s Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, and McGill University, we took part in a joint graduate conference on 7th May. Taking place at
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Moving objects, and heavenly bodies: Ordered Universe at McGill, Montreal
Last week the Ordered Universe team met at McGill University, Montreal. Some 18 members of the core group, from Durham, York, Oxford, Lincoln, Beirut, Siena, Berlin, Washington DC, Toronto, and the home team from Montreal, gathered together in the
Guiding Stars, Motion and Light
Our next symposium is nearly upon us, this time at McGill University in Montreal, hosted by Faith Wallis. The programme is available in pdf form, or on Issuu. The three texts for scrutiny are On the Six Differences, On the Movement of Celestial Bodies, and On Bodily Motion and Light, which open up new territory for the collaborative readingContinue reading “Guiding Stars, Motion and Light”
Public Lecture at the Redpath Museum, Montreal
A free public lecture from the Ordered Universe team on the world of Robert Grosseteste, sounding objects, how contemporary science finds its cultural and intellectual identity, the importance of listening to the past and how delicate what we know turns out to be, science, religion and Grosseteste’s contested legacy between English Protestant and Catholic authorsContinue reading “Public Lecture at the Redpath Museum, Montreal”
Montreal – McGill – and the Guidance of the Stars
Ordered Universe is off on its travels. Fresh from our project conference, Easter School and participation in other conferences and colloquia, the next symposium takes place in Canada, at McGill University, Montreal. We are delighted to be hosted by Professor Faith Wallis, a core team member, and are very much looking forward to four daysContinue reading “Montreal – McGill – and the Guidance of the Stars”
Updates on recent events: Montreal
It has been a busy month or so for the Ordered Universe, as we come to the end of October, and, almost a full year since the award of major AHRC funding for the project. Work is proceeding apace on the first volume from the project which will comprise the edition, translation and analysis ofContinue reading “Updates on recent events: Montreal”