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Winter Term bookings open

| Platonic Love from Mon 7 July | Eric Timewell Memorial Lecture Sat 12 July | Signifying Nothing: the invention of zero and the perils of saying what can’t be said The 3rd Annual Eric Timewell Memorial Lecture is a free public lecture at 4pm, 12 July, in the Greek Read more…

By Bernie Lewin, 3 weeks31 May 2025 ago
History

Autumn Salon: Raphael’s Platonic Vision for the Vatican

| 3pm Saturday 31 May 2025 | in Brunswick | Speakers: Martin Leckey & John Bigelow | Bookings Essential [BOOKED OUT] | Donations Accepted | UPDATE: WATCH RECORDING | Raphael represented ancient Greek cosmology in one of the most famous paintings of the High Renaissance at the Vatican in Rome. We show how Raphael uses Read more…

By Bernie Lewin, 1 month13 May 2025 ago
History

Spring Salon : Baghdad’s House of Wisdom

| 3pm Sat 21 September in Parkville Brunswick | Guest Speaker: Dr Muhammad Kamal | Bookings essential | Donations accepted | At the end of the 8th century, while Western Europe remained struggling in decline, scholarship was revived in Bagdad, where the great translation project got underway. But how did Read more…

By Bernie Lewin, 10 months4 September 2024 ago

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