The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture is a research and teaching centre within the Faculty of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. The Centre\u2019s purpose is the consideration of how we live on planet Earth, with particular reference to the sky and cosmos as part of the wider environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main qualification we teach is the distance-learning, on-line, MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology<\/a>, the only academic degree in the world which explores humanity\u2019s relationship with the sky. The programme is taught entirely online and is available Part Time or Full Time. There is no need to live in the UK to study this MA. We have a global community of students and scholars who connect on the web. For all academic inquiries and for further information, please contact Dr Nicholas Campion<\/a> at n.campion@uwtsd.ac.uk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Centre\u2019s work is partly historical, partly anthropological and partly philosophical. It has a wide-ranging remit to investigate the role of cosmological, astronomical and astrological beliefs, models and ideas in human culture, including the theory and practice of myth, magic, divination, religion, spirituality, architecture, politics and the arts. Our work considers the ways in which people have tries to live in harmony with the cosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We deal with the modern world as much as indigenous or ancient practices, and our work ranges from the study of Neolithic sites to medieval cosmology, the history of astrology in the ancient world, India and the west, the nature of space and place on Earth as well as in the sky, and the ethics of modern space exploration. We do not confine ourselves to any time period or culture. If it concerns the sky then we will find a place for it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also offer the following flexible options for study which suit students with either particular interests or with commitments which make it difficult to sign up for the full MA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you sign up for one of these options initially, you can then progress to the full MA if you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Centre also supervises PhD students, holds conferences, publishes books and articles, sponsors events and manages research projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are interested in the way we use the sky to create meaning and significance then the Centre may be the best place for you to study. By joining the Sophia Centre you enter a community of like-minded scholars and students whose aim is to explore humanity\u2019s relationship with the cosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018The work of the Centre is as broad as possible and the MA syllabus is ground-breaking, unique and innovative. We study the many ways in which human beings endow the cosmos with value and use the sky as a theatrical backdrop to tell stories and create meaning. \u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Dr Nicholas Campion, Director of the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture is a research and teaching centre within the Faculty of Education and Humanities at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. The Centre\u2019s purpose is the consideration of how we live on planet Earth, with … Continue reading About the Sophia Centre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":632,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spica.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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