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Read more at: Platonism and a Muslim-Christian Metaphysics Across Borders | 29 November 2020
Platonism and a Muslim-Christian Metaphysics Across Borders | 29 November 2020

Platonism and a Muslim-Christian Metaphysics Across Borders | 29 November 2020

5 December 2020

Zoom conference "Platonism and a Muslim-Christian Metaphysics Across Borders", organised on behalf of Tabah Foundation, and the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism at the University of Cambridge.

Read more at: New Publication - "The History of Religious Imagination in Christian Platonism": Exploring the Philosophy of Douglas Hedley
New Publication - "The History of Religious Imagination in Christian Platonism": Exploring the Philosophy of Douglas Hedley

New Publication - "The History of Religious Imagination in Christian Platonism": Exploring the Philosophy of Douglas Hedley

26 November 2020

New collection of essays, edited by Christian Hengstermann.

Read more at: Dr. Stróżyński, "The One as Giver in Plotinus - Metaphysical and Spiritual Implications"

Dr. Stróżyński, "The One as Giver in Plotinus - Metaphysical and Spiritual Implications"

26 November 2020

On October 19 (2020), Dr. Stróżyński held a Zoom conference for the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism.

Read more at: Renaissance Vegetarianism: The Philosophical Afterlives of Porphyry's 'On Abstinence'
Renaissance Vegetarianism: The Philosophical Afterlives of Porphyry's 'On Abstinence'

Renaissance Vegetarianism: The Philosophical Afterlives of Porphyry's 'On Abstinence'

17 November 2020

Presentation of Cecilia Muratori's new monograph

Read more at: New Publication - Adamantiana XII: "That Miracle of the Christian World": Origenism and Christian Platonism in Henry More
New Publication - Adamantiana XII: "That Miracle of the Christian World": Origenism and Christian Platonism in Henry More

New Publication - Adamantiana XII: "That Miracle of the Christian World": Origenism and Christian Platonism in Henry More

6 October 2020

New Essay Collection on Cambridge Platonist Henry More, edited by Centre Fellow, Dr Christian Hengstermann

Read more at: Metaphysics across Borders
Metaphysics across Borders

Metaphysics across Borders

6 October 2020

New Interfaith Research Project funded by the Spalding Trust

Read more at: Research Assistantship in the ‘Reception of German Mysticism’
Research Assistantship in the ‘Reception of German Mysticism’

Research Assistantship in the ‘Reception of German Mysticism’

19 June 2020

PhD researcher appointed as part of the ‘Reception of German Mysticism’ grant

Read more at: Prof. Rob Koons - Tolkien, Barfield, and Neoplatonism: How Metaphysics Moulded Middle Earth
Prof. Rob Koons - Tolkien, Barfield, and Neoplatonism: How Metaphysics Moulded Middle Earth

Prof. Rob Koons - Tolkien, Barfield, and Neoplatonism: How Metaphysics Moulded Middle Earth

3 June 2020

Lecture delivered via Zoom

Read more at: Prof. Hedley on Ralston College Podcast 'Reason, Imagination, and Reality'
Prof. Hedley on Ralston College Podcast 'Reason, Imagination, and Reality'

Prof. Hedley on Ralston College Podcast 'Reason, Imagination, and Reality'

18 May 2020

Prof. Douglas Hedley joins Dr Stephen Blackwood on the Ralston College Podcast

Read more at: Barfield, Coleridge and the Imagination
Barfield, Coleridge and the Imagination

Barfield, Coleridge and the Imagination

1 May 2020

Zoom Conference

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CCSP & USJ Online Workshop | '250 Years of Philosophy: Current Perspectives on Schelling' | 23rd May 2025

3 May 2025

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...

Workshop | 'An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists' | 25th-26th April 2025

19 April 2025

The University of Münster in collaboration with the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism is hosting a workshop on the recent volume An Anthology of the Cambridge Platonists , edited by Douglas Hedley and Christian Hengstermann (Routledge, 2024). This event will begin with a public lecture by Douglas Hedley on the...

New Publications from Centre Members

8 March 2025

Two new publications by Centre members, published by the Prometheus Trust. Harold Tarrant’s monograph, Chaerephon: Rethinking Platonic Characters in the Light of the Derveni Papyrus examines the significance of minor characters in the dialogues of Plato in the light of recent advances in our understanding of the Orphic...

Talk | Sean McGrath, 'The Soul of Nature: Boehme / Schelling / Jung' | 11th March 2025

5 March 2025

On Tuesday 11th March 2025, the Centre will host Prof. Sean McGrath, who will give a talk, 'The Soul of Nature: Boehme / Schelling / Jung'. This event will take place in the Runcie Room of the Faculty of Divinity, beginning at 5pm (UK time). The talk can be joined remotely via this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/...

Conference | 'Theosis' | 9th-10th June 2025

7 February 2025

On Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th June 2025, the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host a conference on the theme of 'Theosis'. As this year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, this event will explore this crucial aspect of theology and philosophy through Christian history, and in...

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