Course Programme
Session timings are below.
Please plan to arrive online shortly before each session is due to begin.
Friday 5 June, 4.30pm: From Brunelleschi to the Vatican Obelisk: an illustrated story with a shocking end. The Renaissance isn’t just about history of art.
Saturday 6 June, 4.30pm: Origins, books, humanism, the Great Ecumenical Council, and reading Plato.
Sunday 7 June, 4.30pm: Neo-platonism, the authority of the Greeks, and the problem causal explanations; sober and not-so-sober alternative natural philosophy.
Monday 8 June, 4.30pm: The problem with classical cosmology. Copernicus, the wrong answer and the problem of physics; why did nobody care about Copernicus?
Tuesday 9 June, 4.30pm: Kepler, Platonism, circles and ellipses, the right answer for the wrong reason?
Wednesday 10 June, 4.30pm: Printing, algebra, and engineers get ambitions above their station; looking ahead to … a professor of mathematics at Padua.
Thursday 11 June, 4.30pm: Vesalius, Paracelsus, and renaissance medical developments. Renaissance naturalism, alchemy, and the search for an alternative natural philosophy.
Additional requirements
ICE is committed to providing equality of opportunity and to a proactive and inclusive approach to equality. We aim to support and encourage under-represented groups, promote an inclusive culture, and value diversity.
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Course materials
A book list, course syllabus and detailed timetable are circulated as far as possible in advance of a course. You will receive these documents by email if you have provided us with your email address; please check your spam folder if you have not received these documents.
You can also download material from the Documents section at the bottom of this page.
