Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Sophia Center


Sophia
Dear Sophia Centre friends,


The Sophia Centre is now at the renamed University of Wales Trinity Saint David and has a new URL:

This is just to let you know about 3 Sophia Centre conferences in 2011

On 4th-5th June 2011 our ninth annual conference, 'Sky and Symbol', will be held in Bath UK, and will address the role, nature and function of celestial symbolism. The keynote speakers will be Liz Greene  (University of Wales Trinity Saint David and University of Bristol), Kristin Lippincott (The Exhibitions Team), Ilana Wartenburg (University College, London), Gary Wells (Ithaca College) and Elliot Wolfson (New York University). The web site is at http://www.historyofastrology.org.uk/conferences/symbolism/

We are also holding two promotional conferences for the MA in in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology, one in Zurich and one in Mansfield, Massachussets, the latter in easy reach of Boston and New York. Both will appeal to potential students but, we should stress, all are welcome. The details are:

13th-15th May 2011, 'Origins: the Babylonian and Egyptian Contribution to Western Astrology', with Nick Campion and Bernadette Brady, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA. More details at

On 8th-10th April 2011, 'Maps of the Psyche', with Liz Greene, Nick Campion and Bernadette Brady, in Zurich.Further details are at 

 Also, a reminder that the Proceedings of the 2009 conference on 'Cosmologies' are for sale at  

best wishes,
Nick Campion,
Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture,
School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology,
University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
http://www.tsd.ac.uk/en/sophia/

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