Welcome to SPICA, the postgraduate journal of Cosmology in Culture, published by the Sophia Centre Press in partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. The journal has emerged out of teaching and research in the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, together with our experience in teaching the online MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology. Originally established at Bath Spa University from 2002-7, the Centre – and the MA – are a part of the Institute of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Our work concerns the study of the many, varied and rich ways in which human beings relate to the cosmos, and use the sky as a backdrop for their lives, looking to it to provide meaning and encourage action. Astronomy and astrology in the sense they are widely understood now were not distinguished in pre-modern and non-western societies, which explains why we can bracket them together in the wider pursuit of understanding the relationship between humanity, culture and the cosmos. Please download our PDF about the Sophia Centre and Cosmology, Astronomy and Astrology in Culture here.
Spica, being a postgraduate journal will publish the best quality postgraduate work in the subject area. If your work is of the highest quality, we encourage you to submit, having consulted the submission guidelines, of course.
We encourage all who are interested in our academic work to make contact with the editor Rod Suskin at rod@spica.org.uk.