5 Mar 2019
Workshop - Early Christian Origins of the Human Rights Tradition? Exploring Patristic Concepts of Individuality and Freedom
A day-long workshop investigating human dignity in collaboration with members of the EU funded 'The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilisation' project.The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism hosted the workshop 'Early Christian Origins of the Human Rights Tradition? Exploring Patristic Concepts of Individuality and Freedo…
4 Mar 2019
Beierwaltes Lecture - Prof. Anders Christian Jacobsen: 'The Image and Likeness of God: Human Dignity in Origen'
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism proudly hosted Prof. Anders-Christian Jacobsen (Aarhus) for his Beierwaltes Lecture, 'The Image and Likeness of God: Human Dignity in Origen', Monday, 4 March 2019. The lecture moved from Origen's understanding of the creation of humanity, to the notion of the inner and outer human, and considered the…
28 Feb 2019
The Repose of Prof. Dr. Werner Beierwaltes
It is with great sadness that the Centre announces the repose of Prof. Dr. Werner Beierwaltes, who passed away on 22 February 2018. May his memory be eternal!
24 Feb 2019
Prof. George van Kooten’s Inaugural Lecture as the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
Three Symposia: Plato, Philo and John - An Exercise in TriangulationProf. George van Kooten, member of the Centre's Steering Committee, gave his inaugural lecture as the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, 'Three Symposia: Plato, Philo and John - An Exercise in Triangulation', on 19 February 2019. Below is a recording of the event.
21 Jan 2019
CCSP at the Royal Society to View Newly Identified Portrait of Henry More
The Cambridge Platonist Research Group, which consists of Centre Members Prof. Douglas Hedley, Dr. David Leech, Dr. James Bryson, and Dr. Marilyn Lewis, went, with Centre member Prof. Thomas Hanke to the Royal Society on 21 January to view the newly identified portrait of the Cambridge Platonist Henry More and to look at a manuscript containing Mor…
19 Jan 2019
Colloquium Adamantianum III - Ilaria Ramelli - Apokatastasis and Trinity
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism proudly hosted Prof. Ilaria Ramelli on 19 January for Colloquium Adamantianum III, which reflected on themes that emerge throughout her work. In a series of seminal articles and monographs, including a monumental study on The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis, Ilaria Ramelli has defended the thesis …
12 Jan 2019
Deus Ludens - Play & Creation in Hinduism and Christianity
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism proudly hosted the Deus Ludens workshop, 12 January 2019. This day-long workshop focused on the themes of creation and play in both the Christian and Indian religious traditions. The workshop featured presentations given by Prof. Bernard McGinn (U. Chicago), Prof. Francis Clooney (Harvard U.), Prof. R…
15 Dec 2018
Sir Roger Scruton & Dr. Jordan Peterson hosted by the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism, in collaboration with Ralston College, hosted a conversation between Dr. Jordan Peterson and Sir Roger Scruton, moderated by Dr. Stephen Blackwood and introduced by Professor Douglas Hedley, on 2 November 2018 in Cambridge, England.Here is a recording of the discussion:
3 Dec 2018
Workshop on the Latin Works of Henry More II: Concepts of God and Man In Henry More’s Critique of Jacob Boehme
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism, together with Lehrstuhl für Religionsphilosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie Bochum, hosted a workshop on the Latin works of Henry More at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 30 November - 1 December. In attendance and giving presentations were the Centre's Director, Prof. Douglas Hedley, Fellows of the Centre Dr.…
26 Nov 2018
Beierwaltes Lecture - Prof. Maria Rosa Antognazza: 'God, Creatures, and Neoplatonism in Leibniz'
Prof. Maria Rosa Antognazza's Beierwaltes Lecture delivered 26 November in the Divinity Faculty's Runcie Room, brought together some aspects of the Platonic and Neoplatonic inheritance in Leibniz’s thought. It discussed some features of Leibniz’s reworking of this tradition with respect to his theory of the divine infinite, his conception of primar…
21 Nov 2018
Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism at the AAR
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism was well represented at the AAR, 17-20 November, in Denver, Colorado, USA. Dr. James Bryson, a fellow of the Centre, delivered a paper, entitled 'Platonic Love in Henry More's Ethics,' to the Platonism and Neoplatonism Unit's panel, 'Eros and Ascent: Jewish, Islamic, and Christian'; the Centre's Secre…
8 Nov 2018
Beierwaltes Lecture - Jean-Marc Narbonne: 'Negative Knowledge and its Critical Self-Limitation: Reflexions on the Greek Metaphysical Heritage'
The Centre hosted Prof. Jean-Marc Narbonne (Université Laval), who presented his Beierwaltes Lecture 'Negative Knowledge and its Critical Self-Limitation: Reflexions on the Greek Metaphysical Heritage' on 5 November 2018. Prof. Narbonne gave an engaging and provocative reflection on polytheism's ability to accommodate competing truth claims. Below …
28 Oct 2018
Stephen Gersh talk & Beierwaltes Seminar IV
On Friday, 19 October, Prof. Stephen Gersh gave a talk on Ficino's Plotinus commentary.The following day, Saturday, 20 October, the Beierwaltes Seminar IV boasted a full programme devoted to the theme of identity and difference.
The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism has been cohosting the 'Metaphysics of Conversion from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity' Research Seminar with members of McGill University's conversion project, sponsored by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Here is the seminar's programme and below are some pictures fro…
6 Aug 2018
7 July - Beierwaltes Seminar: Ex. 3:14: "I am that I am"
7 July 2018, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism hosted it Inaugural Beierwaltes Seminar, which investigated the theme of Ex. 3.14, "I am that I am".
