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On Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September 2026, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host a conference on the theme of the garden in Christian Platonism. This event will take place in the Thirkill Room of Clare College. A program can be found here: . Please contact Gareth Polmeer (gp515@cam.ac.uk) or Johan N. Prinsloo (johan-nel.prin…

On Monday 15th June, Dr Piotr Szalek will deliver a talk, 'Psychologism vs. Anti-Psychologism: Platonism, Intentionality, and the Early Modern Representationalism'. An abstract for the talk can be found below. This event will take place in the Room 7 of the Divinity Faculty, beginning at 5pm. The talk can be joined remotely via this Zoom link.   

On Monday 8th June, Dr Gregory MacIsaac will deliver a talk, 'The use of Plato’s Theaetetus in Ralph Cudworth’s A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality'. This event will take place in the Lightfoot Room of the Divinity Faculty, beginning at 5pm. The talk can be joined remotely via this Zoom link.   

From Thursday 18th - Saturday 20th June 2026, the Centre will host a conference on the World Soul. This event can be joined remotely via this Zoom link. A provisional programme can be found below: 

From Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th May, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will run a series of seminars on Friedrich Schelling's Philosophy of Art. These will take place as follows:Tuesday, 26th May, 14:00 - 17:00Lecture Room 3, Divinity Faculty Wednesday, 27th May, 15:00 - 18:00Seminar Room 7, Divinity Faculty Thursday 28th May, 15:00 …

On Monday 25th May, Dr Jan Kerkmann will speak at the Centre. His talk is entitled From Idea to Experience: The Paradoxical Metaphysics of Goethe’s Philosophy of Nature. This event will take place in the Lightfoot Room of the Faculty of Divinity, from 5-7 pm, closing with Q&A. This talk can be joined remotely via this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoo…

On Tuesday 26th May, Alex Illingworth will speak at the Centre. Alex has recently published Periphyseos and Uranopolitia, two philosophical texts exploring Christian-Platonic ideas of nature and politics. This event will take place in Lecture Room 3 of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5 pm. The talk can also be joined remotely via this Zoom li…

8-10 May, 2026The Archbishop's Palace, Southwell, Notts, U.K.Visual Theology's fourth conference takes place this coming May. This conference is designed to suit a range of interests and professional or avocational concerns; all who values conversation about art, culture, and the religious imagination are invited. Everybody is welcome regardless of…

On Monday 17th November 2025, Dr Andrea-Maria Lemnaru will deliver a talk 'Does anything truly transmigrate? Proclus on the soul vehicle'. This talk will take place in the Lightfoot Room of the Faculty fo Divinity, beginning at 5 pm; it can also be joined remotely via this link.

It is with deep sorrow that we at the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism record the passing of Professor Jean-Louis Vieillard-Baron on 28 September 2025. Born in Tunis on 19 April 1944, Professor Vieillard-Baron served as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Poitiers and was a member of the Académie catholique de France.Author of n…

This event has taken place. A recording of the talk can be found here.---On Tuesday 11th November, Dr Mark Vernon will speak at the Centre on 'William Blake and Neoplatonism'. This event will take place in the Runcie Roon of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5 pm. The talk can also be joined remotely via this Zoom link. Mark has recently publis…

This event is has taken place; a recording of the talk can be found here.---On 20th October 2025, the Centre will host Prof. Robert Goulding, who will give a talk 'What are eyes for? Taking a second look at Plotinus' visual theory'. This event will take place in the Lightfoot Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5 pm. An abstract to the ta…

The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism is very happy to announce the publication of Centre associate Dr Matthew Nini's latest volume. A collection of fragments exploring the philosophical meaning of the night, The Book of Nocturnes is published by Spring Publications. More information can be found here.

The CCSP is deeply saddened by news of the death of Dr Barrie Fleet.  Barrie was an associate of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism. A leading scholar of Plotinus, and a devoted trailblazer of Neoplatonic studies in the English speaking world, Barrie was renowned for his Plotinus Enneads III.6, edition with translation and commentary (…

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of F.W.J. Schelling, CCSP postdoctoral fellow Hadi Fakhoury will be co-hosting a bilingual (French-English) online workshop titled “250 Years of Philosophy: Current Perspectives on Schelling.”The event will take place on Friday, May 23, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. (GMT+1). As part of the program, Pro…