Past lectures

9th February 2012 at 2:00pm Kinetica Art Fair Ambika P3 35 Marylebone Road London NW15LS Abstract: Today the term ‘art and science’ is on everyone’s lips. But what is it and where is it going? I predict that in the future art and science – the traditional ‘two cultures’ that still often eye each other … Read more

For the Colloquium: Art, Science and Culture: Towards a reevaluation of the work of Carl Gustav Jung May 10-12, 2012 University of Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Abstract: At a key time in his scientific development, the physicist Wolfgang Pauli underwent analysis by Carl Jung. The encounters were inspiring for both men and sparked changes in their … Read more

February 6, 2012 – 6:30pm Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design University of the Arts London Granary Building 1 Granary Square London N1C 4AA (Open only to staff and students at CSM) Abstract: Almost simultaneously, in the first decade of the 20th century Albert Einstein discovered relativity and Pablo Picasso cubism. How – … Read more

November 21, 2011 – 6:00pm Le Laboratoire 4, Rue du Boubi 75001 Paris France Abstract: Today the term ‘art and science’ is on everyone’s lips. But what is it and where is it going? I predict that in the future art and science – the traditional ‘two cultures’ that still often eye each other warily … Read more

November 14, 2011 – 3.00pm Central Saint Martins Bryam Shaw Building 2 Elthorne Road London N19 4AG Open only to staff and students at Central Saint Martins Abstract: Artists and scientists alike seek visual images of worlds both visible and invisible. They attempt to ‘read’ nature in a very similar way – drawings precede both … Read more

Thursday, October 27, 6:00 pm Department of Art History, NYU Room 301, NYU Silver Building (Enter at 32 Waverly Place) Abstract: Art and science once seemed opposed, but some of today’s most innovative artists are fusing them. Striving to visualize the invisible, pondering what it will mean to be human in the future, they create … Read more

6 October, 2011 Main Auditorium CERN Geneva Switzerland Abstract: In 1930 a nineteen-year-old Indian graduate student, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, came up with the first mathematical proof of black holes. But five years later, when he presented his findings at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, he found himself pitted against the greatest astrophysicist of the day, … Read more

4 October 2011 Theory Conference Room Building 4-3-006 CERN Geneva Switzerland Abstract: Almost simultaneously, in the first decade of the 20th century Albert Einstein discovered relativity and Pablo Picasso cubism. How – and why? This fascinating story involves their often turbulent personal lives; the high drama of their struggles to achieve new ideas in the … Read more