University of Wales, Lampeter
The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture
The Centre was set up with funding from the Sophia
Trust and is located within the University's Archaeology and
Anthropology department. It has a wide-ranging remit to investigate
the role of cosmological, astrological and astronomical beliefs, models
and ideas in human culture, including the theory and practice
of myth, magic, divination, religion, spirituality, politics
and the arts. The main qualification we teach is the MA in Cultural
Astronomy and Astrology.
Much of our work is historical but we are equally concerned with contemporary culture and lived experience. 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.
'The scope of the MA is as broad as possible and the syllabus is ground-breaking, unique and innovative. We study the many ways in which human beings have used the sky as a theatrical backdrop to tell stories and create meaning.' Dr Nick Campion, Director of the Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture.
Staff Profiles:
Nick Campion
BA (Queens' College, Cambridge), MA (School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), PhD (University
of
the West of England).
Director of the Centre and Course Director of the MA in Cultural Astronomy
and Astrology
E mail: n.campion@lamp.ac.uk
Nick Campion read history at Queens' College, Cambridge, and has been teaching the history of astrology since 1982. He has lectured widely and has been involved in documentaries on the subject for BBC1 and Channel 4 (UK), and the Discovery and History Channels. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in History at Bath Spa University. His research interests include the history of astrology and astronomy as well as the place of both disciplines in contemporary culture, millenarian and apocalyptic belief, magic, New Age and pagan ideas and practices, the sociology of new religious movements and the nature of belief in general.
University of Wales, Lampeter
The Sophia Centre
Main Contacts
University Telephone No:
01570 422351
From Overseas:
+44 1570 422351
Main University Fax No:
01570 423423
Students' Union Telephone No:
01570 422619
E mail: n.campion@lamp.ac.uk
