Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities
Historian Peter Jones on Peter Abelard, logical analysis of the Scripture and what was the role of the univers...
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June 21, 2021
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May 31, 2021
Student Life in the Medieval Universities
Historian Peter Jones on the seven liberal arts, first textbooks and drinking as part of the student culture
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culture
October 15, 2020
Scientific Examination of Art
Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on the documentation techniques in art forensics, types of paints and how can we ...
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Impact
September 22, 2020
The Role of Science in Art
Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on the art market, the ‘American Leonardo’ and why connoisseurship doesn't work i...
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history
September 1, 2020
Knowledge in Art
Art historian Jeffrey Taylor on connoisseurship, how can we tell an original painting from a copy and why less...
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history
April 30, 2020
Materiality in the History of Christianity
Historian Peter Jones on the medieval obsession with relics, Christian heresies and why we shouldn’t reduce ob...
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British Scientists
April 9, 2020
The New Science of Culture
Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi on the division into natural sciences and humanities, how to read art usin...
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history
June 11, 2018
Social Сondenser and Socialist Urban Planning
Social anthropologist Michal Murawski on the soviet constructivism in architecture, the origins of the concept...
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British Scientists
July 20, 2017
Dante’s Heaven
Alessandro Scafi on Divine Comedy story line, the desire of God, and Mark Twain
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history
May 26, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci
Historian of Art Martin Kemp on Leonardo da Vinci's intellectual contribution to engineering, Madonna Lisa, an...
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history
September 26, 2016
Vikings: Raiding and Trading in the Middle Ages
Professor of German Studies Rudolf Simek on the Vikings' nomadic life, their cultural achievements, and the en...
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history
September 23, 2016
King Arthur
Professor of French and Medieval Studies Norris Lacy on the evolution of Arthurian legend, the Grail Quest, an...
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